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Lead Architect - TS/SCI with Polygraph

General Dynamics Information Technology • Bethesda, MD • 1h ago

Req ID: RQ222539

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required: None

Job Family: Software Engineering

Skills:

Project Management,Software Development,System Designs

Experience:

15 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Lead Architect supporting customer activities. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Lead Architect, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Lead Architect joining our highly skilled team to be a premier provider of software systems engineering services to the customer. We provide consummate software engineering "as a service" across multiple fabrics and centers. We have responsibility to ensure operational IT capabilities provide the client with necessary timeliness, accuracy and security of information demanded from all our highly professional roles. Be the change, lead our change - join us!

HOW A SOFTWARE ENGINEER SME WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

Work with a team of systems engineers and software developers to specify, design, develop, test and deploy the end-state system. Development will take place in an iterative fashion using scrum techniques with inputs from multiple stakeholders. The work will be done in a dynamic stakeholder environment within AWS.

Communicate with team leads and senior leadership and rapidly adjust direction in support of new and/or changing requirements.

Design and guide the implementation and maintenance of JAVA Microservices

Architect data integration from one system to another via REST API

Become an expert on an AWS data workflow that includes AWS Lambda, S3, and other such technologies; as well as other cloud providers

Architect and design the ingestion and normalization of data from multiple data sources

Develop technical documentation and briefing materials to support program status reviews, control gates, and other presentations as directed by program management

Work with other enterprise service programs to leverage their capabilities via web services integration

Architect and coordinate the monitoring of applications in production

Participate in code reviews

Creates and designs innovative software updates, refinement, testing and debugging processes to meet business needs.

Utilizes the comprehensive analysis of project specification, activity, and status to create and design highly ingenious software systems.

Provides highly ingenious and overarching advice on the documentation of the software or system design.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Education : Bachelor's Degree

Experience : 15+ yrs

Required Technical Skills:

Deep knowledge of AWS Cloud architecture and services

AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate) certification

Knowledge of Azure, Google and Oracle cloud service offerings

Security Clearance Level : TS/SCI with polygraph

Desired Technical Skills:

AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional) certification

Location : Bethesda, MD - On Customer Site

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

401K with company match

Comprehensive health and wellness packages

Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career

Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications

Cutting-edge technology you can learn from

Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

WeAreGDIT

JET

GDITEnhanced2026

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The likely salary range for this position is $246,500 - $333,500. 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. 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 26,000 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

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