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Join GDIT as a Cloud Architect SME for a career where your growth is just as important as the mission you support.
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Regular
Top Secret/SCI
Top Secret/SCI
None
IT Infrastructure and Operations
Make meaningful contributions that fuel critical outcomes for some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects. Join GDIT as a Cloud Architect SME for a career where your growth is just as important as the mission you support.
As a Cloud Architect SME, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of Department of War (DoW), Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Special Access Program(s) (SAPs) (DoW SAP CIO).
You will play a crucial role in providing support in the following areas:
Managed Service Offering
Customer Engineering Support
Migration Support Services
Operate and enhance the Fences cloud platform across CUI to TS/SCI/SAR enclaves.
Provision and manage CSP services (AWS, Azure, OCI, GCP) and tenant environments.
Maintain automation-based provisioning, configuration management, and CI/CD processes.
Lead high availability, scalability, and performance optimization initiatives.
Implement FinOps cost transparency dashboards and reporting.
Stand up and operate a multi‑channel service desk and ITSM platform.
Support SAP network integration, cross‑domain solutions, and DTaaS accreditation.
Coordinate with DISA, mission partners, and workload owners for onboarding and network design.
BS degree; may be substituted for additional years of experience
15+ years of IT/DoW Infrastructure and Cloud experience
Security Clearance Level: Top Secret with SCI eligibility
Demonstrated experience supporting multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI).
Expertise in DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform preferred).
Strong understanding of JSIG, RMF, Zero Trust, and DoW cloud security frameworks.
Hands-on experience with high availability design, auto-scaling, and performance tuning.
Experience leading ITSM processes and operating service desk capabilities.
Familiarity with DISA network services, SAP architectures, cross domain technologies, and mission partner onboarding.
Excellent customizable health benefits (Medical, Dental and Vision)
401K with company match
Internal mobility team dedicated to employee advancement
Rewards and Recognition programs
Innovative and collaborative environment encouraging highly motivated critical thinking
The likely salary range for this position is $187,179 - $235,750. 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.
40
Less than 10%
Onsite
USA VA Falls Church
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.
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.
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions 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 mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans