Type of Requisition:
PipelineClearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret/SCIClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret/SCIPublic Trust/Other Required:
NoneJob Family:
IT Infrastructure and OperationsJob Qualifications:
Skills:
Complex Systems, Complex Systems Design, System DesignsCertifications:
NoneExperience:
3 + years of related experienceUS Citizenship Required:
YesJob Description:
Advance your career while impacting our national security in cyber as Solution Architect at GDIT. Here, technologists have many paths to grow a meaningful career supporting cyber missions and operations across the federal government.
The Advana team is seeking a Solution Architect to join their program. Advana is the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s (CDAO) enterprise-wide, multi-domain data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) platform that provides all DoW military and civilian decision makers, analysts, and builders with unprecedented access to enterprise data, tools, and capabilities.
Solution Architect
Designs technical solution architectures supporting Advana enterprise objectives across Unclassified and NIPR, Secret and SIPR, and Top Secret and JWICS environments by translating mission requirements into scalable, secure, and interoperable system designs.
Develops architecture diagrams, interface specifications, and engineering artifacts that reflect Advana system modernization priorities, reference models, and enclave-level parity requirements.
Conducts technology evaluations and alternatives analyses using industry frameworks, cloud service benchmarks, integration patterns, and cybersecurity constraints to recommend components suitable for multi-domain deployment.
Participates in enterprise architecture review boards to validate architectural alignment with Government direction, cross-program dependencies, and operational constraints imposed by Combatant Commands, Joint Staff elements, and federal mission partners.
Supports proof-of-concept efforts by constructing prototype architectures, validating design assumptions, assessing performance characteristics, and documenting technical outcomes to guide full-scale implementation.
Collaborates with software engineering, data engineering, cybersecurity, and platform operations teams to define implementation approaches, integration paths, and migration sequences supporting Advana system evolution.
Produces technical design documents, engineering analysis reports, interface definitions, and configuration artifacts that strengthen traceability, reduce integration risk, and support program decision making.
Maintains architecture documentation libraries and contributes to version control practices, metadata tagging, and architecture governance activities to sustain consistency and alignment across enclaves.
Advances enterprise architecture maturity by recommending improvements that enhance system resilience, operational efficiency, and mission value for Advana stakeholders.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
● Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
● Experience: 3+ years of related experience
●Certification:
● Security clearance level: TS/SCI Eligibility
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
● Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
● Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
● Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
● Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40Travel Required:
NoneTelecommuting Options:
RemoteWork Location:
USA VA Falls ChurchAdditional Work Locations:
Total Rewards at GDIT:
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.
Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.About Our Work:
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.Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events atgdit.com/tc.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected VeteransSkills Required
- Bachelor's degree (BA/BS)
- 3+ years of related experience
- Must currently possess Top Secret/SCI clearance
- US citizenship required
- Experience with complex systems design and system designs
- Experience designing solutions across NIPR, SIPR, and JWICS enclaves
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Affordable Benefits — Pay and benefits are described as good or okay in multiple places, and the overall package is often portrayed as acceptable even when base pay is not viewed as top-tier.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision plan options are presented as comprehensive, with additional protections like disability and life insurance contributing to a well-rounded health and protection offering.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with company match is consistently highlighted as part of the total rewards package, supporting longer-term financial planning.
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What We Do
We are GDIT. The people supporting some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We deliver. Bringing the expertise needed to understand and advance critical missions. We transform. Shifting the ways clients invest in, integrate, and innovate technology solutions. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. We are there. On the ground, beside our clients, in the lab, and everywhere in between. Offering the technology transformations, strategy, and mission services needed to get the job done.
