Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as the Lead Cloud Architect supporting one of the U.S. Government's premier Agencies. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.
At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As the Lead Cloud Architect, you will educate, plan and lead one of the largest U.S. Government Departments in creating a cloud modernization strategy, providing options for cloud service provisioning, user story capture and refinement, and enhancing cloud capabilities to solve mission problems.
HOW A LEAD CLOUD ARCHITECT WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
- Lead a team that supports a nationwide organization that ensures that everyone in the United States has an affordable, healthy place to live.
- Accept the challenge to strengthen Cloud systems and infrastructure within one of our nation's largest Departments.
- Design and define Cloud Solutions architecture for 215 operational IT systems and other Development, Modernization, and Enhancements (DME) projects.
In this role, a typical day will include:
- Serves as the senior SME for architecting and delivering cloud and on-prem hosting solutions.
- Provides senior expertise to teams for application migration/modernization assessments.
- Provide recommendations to optimize cloud usage costs by analyzing usage patterns and trends.
- Leads assessments that include cloud deployment type (public/hybrid), cloud provider (AWS, Azure, and Google), OS, COTS, codebase, database, cloud services, application dependencies, disaster resilience requirements.
- Maintain an understanding of advancing cloud capabilities, IT, and business needs, while identifying and proposing cost and functional efficiency options for ED's collaborative decisions and actions.
- Create and maintain a roadmap of enhancements according to the customer's decisions and directions.
- Provide expertise in high availability, contingency planning, and automated provisioning.
- Help agency rationalize, architect, and plan application/system migration.
- Leads annual architecture review with critical design recommendations.
- Continuously analyze, research, identify, and recommend the most effective and efficient application of technology to meet HUD's mission requirements.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:- Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
- Experience: 15+ years of experience
- Technical Skills:
- 8+ years of systems engineering experience with at least 5+ years cloud solutions delivery using well-architected cloud frameworks, services, and technologies.
- 2+ years working within a development team, delivering cloud services & solutions, and provisioning/automating infrastructure, services, and enterprise management tools.
- Demonstrated expertise in developing, maintaining, and contributing to technical and process documentation.
- Solutions Architect Associate certification from a major cloud provider such as AWS, Azure, or Google.
- Security Clearance Level: Must be able to obtain a Position of Trust and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting.
- Skills and abilities:
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills and demonstrated experience working with stakeholders and development teams.
- Location: Hybrid
- Timeline: This is a contingent posting, expected to start in January, 2025.
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
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Work Requirements
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Years of Experience
10 + years of related experience
* may vary based on technical training, certification(s),
or degree
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Certification
Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect - Microsoft
Travel Required
Less than 10%
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 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 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.
GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.
