Solutions Architect - TS/SCI with Polygraph

The Solution Architect plays a strategic, high-impact role at the IDIQ level, embedded within the PMO and serving as the lead architect across multiple task orders and product lines. In this role, you will:

• Serve as the single, trusted focal point for application portfolio rationalization across the IDIQ, driving consistency and alignment among multiple projects and teams
• Provide architectural leadership across multiple task orders and product lines, ensuring solutions are cohesive, scalable, and aligned with enterprise priorities
• Proactively identify opportunities to consolidate and modernize applications, reduce technical duplication, and simplify the technical environment
• Evaluate and recommend emerging and existing technologies that improve performance, security, user experience, and mission outcomes for the customer.
• Guard against the adoption of competing or redundant technologies by driving alignment to an enterprise-wide vision and standards
• Lead and influence the implementation of the Sponsor's unified systems roadmap across product lines, systems, and services at the IDIQ level
• Ensure solutions consistently comply with Sponsor standards, architectures, and long-term strategies, while balancing innovation with risk and cost
• In addition, you will help shape and execute our strategy for integrating AI-enabled tools and capabilities into the development lifecycle by identifying opportunities for automation, improving developer productivity, and advising on responsible, mission-aligned AI adoption.

This position is ideal for architects who enjoy shaping enterprise technology direction at scale, partnering closely with the PMO, and driving measurable improvements across a broad portfolio of complex, mission-critical initiatives.

• Experience analyzing and rationalizing IT portfolio-based platform(s) (cloud applications, hardware, software) to support enhancements to current applications and systems; as well as streamlining and consolidating stacks
• Experience and knowledge of various architecture patterns such as microservices
• Experience with designing and implementing cloud-based solutions
• Experience architecting solutions for Salesforce and ServiceNow
• Experience in developing/supporting complex technical solutions.
• Experience and familiarity integrating with emerging technologies into an enterprise framework
• Mentor and coach engineers on DevSecOps, agile delivery, and automation best practices.
• Stay current with industry trends, tools, and practices in DevSecOps, CI/CD, cloud platforms, containers, and serverless, and recommend improvements.
• Program Delivery Oversight

• Monitor team roadmaps and delivery milestones
• Identify blockers and risks impacting delivery
• Conduct root cause analysis when teams miss objectives
• Identify and implement process improvements
• Translate technical issues into executive-level communications
• Participate in Monthly Program Management Reviews (PMRs) - delivery health and risk reporting
• Technical Advisory o Serve as technical advisor to division leadership on strategic initiatives o Participate in executive meetings requiring deep technical expertise o Bridge communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• TS/SCI with Poly
• 10+ years of experience in software development, DevOps, or platform engineering roles.
• 5+ years of experience as a solutions architect
• 3+ years of experience leading multiple teams across task orders, or similar leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines for complex applications.
• Hands-on experience with:

• CI/CD tools (e.g., Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, ArgoCD).
• Source control and branching strategies (Git, trunk-based, GitFlow, etc.).
• Cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and associated services for VMs, containers, and serverless.
• Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, AKS, EKS, GKE).
• Serverless architectures (e.g., AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, Google Cloud Functions).
• Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Strong knowledge of DevSecOps practices, including automated security testing and compliance integration.
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe or similar scaled frameworks).
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating and integrating AI-enabled development tools, with the ability to identify automation opportunities, improve developer workflows, and guide responsible AI adoption within complex software environments.
• Demonstrated experience working with ServiceNow and/or Salesforce and its core capabilities, including integrating workflows managing platform configuration, and leveraging their solutions to support enterprise development operational needs.

• Master's or Doctorate degree in a related field.
• Certifications such as:

• AWS/Azure/GCP Architect or DevOps Engineer
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or similar
• DevOps or Agile certifications (e.g., SAFe RTE, SAFe DevOps, CSM, PSM)
• Security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CSSLP, CCSP)

• Experience implementing policy-as-code and security-as-code (e.g., OPA, Sentinel, Conftest).
• Experience using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Are you ready to be a part of an elite team at GDIT, working on a large-scale, pioneering National Intelligence program? This is an incredible opportunity to immerse yourself into an environment that fuses innovation, speed, and security to safeguard our Nation. At GDIT, you'll thrive in a dynamic and collaborative setting, where your technical skills will be both challenged and expanded. This program offers the chance to engage with cutting-edge technologies and contemporary development practices in support of a vital mission. You'll play a critical role in addressing some of the most intricate security and operational challenges facing Intelligence and Homeland Security today. Come join us and contribute to a mission that truly matters, while advancing your career alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry.