Lead Cloud Architect-AWS-Remote-DC Metro Area
General Dynamics Information Technology, New York, New York, United States
Req ID:
RQ215714
Type of Requisition:
Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None
Public Trust/Other Required:
Other
Job Family:
Software Engineering
Skills:
AWS Architecture,Client Management,Cloud Platform Architecture,Cloud Solutions
Certifications:
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional | Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
Job Description:
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) seeks a
Lead Cloud Architect
to join our innovative cloud infrastructure team. In this role, you will collaborate directly with our federal client to modernize and expand their cloud capabilities, enabling their mission-critical operations through cutting-edge cloud solutions. We manage multi-cloud environments, and as a key technical leader, you will shape architectures, synthesize cross-agency requirements, and drive successful implementation.
What You'll Do:
Architectural Leadership:
Lead the design of scalable cloud infrastructure, including landing zone architecture across AWS, Azure, and GCP platforms.
Develop systems to scale support for multi-cloud environments, cross-account applications, SASE, and automated solutions.
Solution Development:
Collaborate with client stakeholders to define technical requirements and objectives.
Design and implement solutions leveraging AWS Well-Architected Framework and hybrid cloud strategies.
Team Enablement & Mentorship:
Guide a team of DevOps and SecOps engineers, ensuring innovative and secure cloud strategies.
Promote CI/CD practices and automation tools for provisioning cloud services.
Stakeholder Engagement:
Partner with senior leadership, enterprise architecture teams, and agency personnel to build cloud adoption strategies.
Communicate complex cloud architectures effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
What You'll Need:
Minimum Requirements
:
U.S. Citizen/Green Card Holder eligible for Public Trust clearance.
10+ years of IT/digital transformation experience.
5+ years of deep hands-on AWS (preferred), Azure, or GCP cloud architectures and implementations.
Strong communication and collaboration ability
Expertise leading multi-tenant cloud systems (e.g., landing zones, multi-account systems).
Experience developing and managing high-availability, secure, and automated solutions aligned with best practices.
Preferred Qualifications
:
Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps methodologies and tools (e.g., Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab).
Professional Cloud Certifications (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Proven experience bridging on-premise systems with cloud environments.
The likely salary range for this position is $195,500 - $264,500. 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. 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.
Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at https://gdit.com/tc.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
RQ215714
Type of Requisition:
Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None
Public Trust/Other Required:
Other
Job Family:
Software Engineering
Skills:
AWS Architecture,Client Management,Cloud Platform Architecture,Cloud Solutions
Certifications:
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional | Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
Job Description:
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) seeks a
Lead Cloud Architect
to join our innovative cloud infrastructure team. In this role, you will collaborate directly with our federal client to modernize and expand their cloud capabilities, enabling their mission-critical operations through cutting-edge cloud solutions. We manage multi-cloud environments, and as a key technical leader, you will shape architectures, synthesize cross-agency requirements, and drive successful implementation.
What You'll Do:
Architectural Leadership:
Lead the design of scalable cloud infrastructure, including landing zone architecture across AWS, Azure, and GCP platforms.
Develop systems to scale support for multi-cloud environments, cross-account applications, SASE, and automated solutions.
Solution Development:
Collaborate with client stakeholders to define technical requirements and objectives.
Design and implement solutions leveraging AWS Well-Architected Framework and hybrid cloud strategies.
Team Enablement & Mentorship:
Guide a team of DevOps and SecOps engineers, ensuring innovative and secure cloud strategies.
Promote CI/CD practices and automation tools for provisioning cloud services.
Stakeholder Engagement:
Partner with senior leadership, enterprise architecture teams, and agency personnel to build cloud adoption strategies.
Communicate complex cloud architectures effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
What You'll Need:
Minimum Requirements
:
U.S. Citizen/Green Card Holder eligible for Public Trust clearance.
10+ years of IT/digital transformation experience.
5+ years of deep hands-on AWS (preferred), Azure, or GCP cloud architectures and implementations.
Strong communication and collaboration ability
Expertise leading multi-tenant cloud systems (e.g., landing zones, multi-account systems).
Experience developing and managing high-availability, secure, and automated solutions aligned with best practices.
Preferred Qualifications
:
Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps methodologies and tools (e.g., Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab).
Professional Cloud Certifications (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Proven experience bridging on-premise systems with cloud environments.
The likely salary range for this position is $195,500 - $264,500. 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. 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.
Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at https://gdit.com/tc.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans