Lead Cloud Architect-AWS-Remote-DC Metro Area
Your Impact Own your opportunity to work alongside federal civilian agencies. Make an impact by providing services that help the government ensure the well being and support of U.S. citizens.
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.
Work Requirements Years of Experience 10 + years of related experience
- may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree
Certification AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional | Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Travel Required Less than 10% Salary and Benefit Information 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. View information about benefits and our total rewards program. About Our Work We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers 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 over 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, cloud, cyber and application development. Together with our customers, 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 gdit.com/tc. Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans Apply tot his job Apply To this Job