Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
Technical Solutions

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Enterprise Technologies, Information Technology (IT), Solution Architecture
Certifications:
None
Experience:
15 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No

Job Description:

SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT SME

Apply your expertise to advance the mission and optimize our business strategy as a Solution Architect SME at GDIT. Here, you'll support solving some of our clients' biggest challenges and help us grow the business.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Lead solution design for enterprise technology replacement, modernization, and consolidation initiatives spanning identity, cloud infrastructure, end-user computing, networking, and endpoint management
• Serve as the solution lead throughout the project lifecycle - defining integration requirements and architectural guardrails that engineering teams and vendors are accountable for delivering against
• Act as a translator between business and technical teams, converting stakeholder requirements into actionable technical direction and reframing technical constraints into terms that drive decisions
• Work closely with project managers to define technical scope, surface risks early, review project documentation for technical accuracy, and ensure architecture deliverables align with project milestones
• Represent the solution at Architecture Review Board (ARB), Operational Readiness Review (ORR), and other governance gate reviews - synthesizing engineering and vendor inputs into a cohesive, validated solution position
• Provide technical inputs to the communications team and project managers, ensuring stakeholder-facing materials accurately reflect the solution design and current project status
• Develop and maintain internal technical documentation - including design documents, runbooks, and decision logs - that serves as the authoritative source of record across all project stakeholders

What You'll Need to Succeed

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field. Equivalent combination of education and experience considered.
• Required Experience: 15+ years in enterprise IT, systems architecture, or infrastructure engineering. Demonstrated experience leading solution design for platform migrations or technology replacements, and supporting formal governance processes such as ARB, CAB, or PMO gate reviews.
• Required Skills: Broad working knowledge across enterprise IT domains including identity and access management, cloud infrastructure, networking, and endpoint management; familiarity with commercial vs. FedRAMP-authorized cloud environments and how authorization levels affect solution design; ability to produce and validate architectural diagrams at logical, physical, and integration layers; strong written communication skills with the ability to produce accurate, audience-appropriate documentation
• Required Skills and Abilities: Demonstrated experience working across diverse organizational roles - including project managers, business stakeholders, and technical engineering staff - with the ability to adjust communication style and level of detail to suit each audience
• Preferred Skills: Relevant professional certifications in cloud architecture, enterprise architecture, identity platforms, or related technical disciplines (e.g., Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud, TOGAF, or equivalent)
• Location: Hybrid to Falls Church or Herndon VA

The likely salary range for this position is $187,179 - $216,200. 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.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
None

Telecommuting Options:
Hybrid

Work Location:
USA VA Falls Church

Additional Work Locations:
USA VA Herndon

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.