Applications Architect

General Dynamics Information Technology•Chantilly, VA

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Transform technology into opportunity as a Software Architect SME at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.

Requirements

10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years designing enterprise application architectures.
Hands-on delivery of at least 3 production cloud solutions (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including high availability, DR, and cost‑optimized designs.
Strong integration and API background: designed 20+ RESTful APIs with standards for versioning, security (OAuth2/OIDC), and observability; experience with enterprise integration patterns (event-driven, messaging, CDC).
Proven ownership of non-functional requirements, delivering systems meeting uptime, performance, and scalability SLAs.
Architecture leadership experience: ran or contributed to architecture governance (review boards, standards, reference architectures) and mentored engineering teams.
Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree
Active TS/SCI with poly
US citizenship required

Responsibilities

Designing enterprise application architectures.
Hands-on delivery of at least 3 production cloud solutions (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including high availability, DR, and cost‑optimized designs.
Designed 20+ RESTful APIs with standards for versioning, security (OAuth2/OIDC), and observability; experience with enterprise integration patterns (event-driven, messaging, CDC).
Proven ownership of non-functional requirements, delivering systems meeting uptime, performance, and scalability SLAs.
Architecture leadership experience: ran or contributed to architecture governance (review boards, standards, reference architectures) and mentored engineering teams.

Benefits

401K with company match
competitive pay
paid time off
variety of medical plan options
dental plan options
vision plan
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.
full flex work weeks where possible
variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
short and long-term disability benefits
life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance