Req ID: RQ210669
Type of Requisition: Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Public Trust/Other Required: MBI (T2)
Job Family: Software Engineering
Skills:
Agile Methodology,Critical Thinking,Service Design,Software Systems,Technical Architecture
Experience:
15 + years of related experience
Job Description:
Join GDIT where your work will improve outcomes for our Veterans. You will support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with a Veteran first vision to transform the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) with greater visibility into claims processing. Together, we're building a future of fast, transparent claims, empowered teams, and striving for a zero backlog, directly supporting Veterans and making a real impact on the lives of those who served. This high-impact solution accelerates the delivery of benefits to Veterans and their families.
The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in modern AI/ML concepts and technologies, with demonstrated experience leading solution design and translating complex technical capabilities into mission-aligned, compliant solutions for government environments. This role requires the ability to evaluate emerging AI/ML approaches, architect responsible and secure implementations.
As the Solutions Architect, you will be entrusted to deliver business and technical architectural guidance to development teams encompassing both established and innovative products and services. Specifically, you will provide software and product architecture to achieve the desired business outcomes for VBA through incremental product delivery of Unified Claims Acceleration Platform (UCAP). You will be charged with defining milestone delivery and success metrics, and overseeing all facets of technical implementation of UCAP functional capability being developed and deployed.
Responsibilities:
Identifies solutions based on business and technical criteria, and defines / implements solution designs and patterns in an AWS Cloud Environment
Leads a multi-disciplined staff of IT professionals
Ensures technical architecture teams deliver efficient and effective system solutions to support business goals and objectives
Develops, enhances, and maintains established service design by applying process frameworks and methodologies
Prepares technical presentations and analyst briefings
Identifies customer requirements, analyzes alternatives, and conducts product recommendations related to software, platform, and network configurations
Provides updates to stakeholders on solution milestones
May serve as a team or task lead
Utilize professional judgement, critical thinking skills and research to improve program processes and resolve issues affecting program performance
Prepare ad hoc presentations and reports and present them to VA stakeholders
Support change management activities that lead to success adoption of UCAP functionality being deployed and matured
Required Skills:
Bachelor's degree and 15+ years of software development, design and product experience related to the development and deployment of outcome-based functional capability
7+ years of direct experience designing and deploying AWS cloud-based managed service solution
2+ years of experience designing and architecting solutions utilizing AI/ML technologies.
Must demonstrate the ability utilize critical thinking skills to resolve challenging issues related to resolving incorrect processing of pension claims
Knowledge and experience in government contracting and business-to-government (B2G) sales.
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present to business leaders
Must be able to obtain a Position of Trust and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting
Desired Skills:
Experience developing technical presentations and/or writing and presenting business case and white papers
Strong conceptual and solutioning knowledge of Gen AI technologies and understanding of various foundational models.
AWS AI Practitioner, Machine Learning Engineer Associate, Generative AI Developer Professional, or Machine Learning Specialty Certifications.
Experience with the Dept of Veterans Affairs, either as a government official or contractor.
Experience in the healthcare industry.
Agile methodologies as applied broadly across a diverse IT program, both at the strategic and tactical layers.
The likely salary range for this position is $183,498 - $201,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.
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Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
