Software Architect SME - TS/SCI with Polygraph

Public Trust: None

Requisition Type: Regular

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.

Job Description

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Software Architect SME supporting customer activities. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Software Architect SME, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Software Architect SME joining our highly skilled team to be a premier provider of software systems engineering services to the customer. We provide consummate software engineering “as a service” across multiple fabrics and centers. We have responsibility to ensure operational IT capabilities provide the client with necessary timeliness, accuracy and security of information demanded from all our highly professional roles. Be the change, lead our change – join us!

HOW A SOFTWARE ENGINEER SME WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Work with a team of systems engineers and software developers to specify, design, develop, test and deploy the end-state system. Development will take place in an iterative fashion using scrum techniques with inputs from multiple stakeholders. The work will be done in a dynamic stakeholder environment within AWS.
• Communicate with team leads and senior leadership and rapidly adjust direction in support of new and/or changing requirements.
• Design and guide the implementation and maintenance of JAVA Microservices
• Architect data integration from one system to another via REST API
• Become an expert on an AWS data workflow that includes AWS Lambda, S3, and other such technologies; as well as other cloud providers
• Architect and design the ingestion and normalization of data from multiple data sources
• Develop technical documentation and briefing materials to support program status reviews, control gates, and other presentations as directed by program management
• Work with other enterprise service programs to leverage their capabilities via web services integration
• Coordinate and/or participate in system integration and/or user acceptance testing
• Coordinate and guide the writing of unit and integration test
• Architect and coordinate the monitoring of applications in production
• Participate in code reviews
• Creates and designs advanced phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Creates and designs overall highly ingenious software systems that addresses and/or exceeds the user/business needs.
• Creates and designs highly impactful models and diagrams that show programmers the software code needed for an application.
• Creates and designs innovative software updates, refinement, testing and debugging processes to meet business needs.
• Utilizes the comprehensive analysis of project specification, activity, and status to create and design highly ingenious software systems.
• Provides highly ingenious and overarching advice on the documentation of the software or system design.
• May provide guidance and work leadership to less-experienced analysts.
• May serve as a mentor to experienced analysts.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Education : Bachelor's Degree
• Experience : 15+ yrs
• Required Technical Skills:
• Deep knowledge of AWS Cloud architecture and services
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate) certification
• Knowledge of Azure, Google and Oracle cloud service offerings
• Security Clearance Level : TS/SCI with polygraph
• Desired Technical Skills:
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional) certification
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Location : Bethesda, MD - On Customer Site

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

Years of Experience

15 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Travel Required

Less than 10%

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship Required