Cloud Solutions Architect

General Dynamics Information Technology

1d • $182,750 - $247,250 • Remote

About The Position

Own the opportunity as a Cloud Solutions Architect and help ensure the mission is never interrupted. At GDIT, we deliver clarity with our cloud-native solutions that accelerate digital transformation and enhance mission readiness. Your work will be central to helping our clients modernize, automate and secure different environments using advanced cloud-native capabilities and AI solutions. At GDIT, people are our differentiators. The Cloud Solutions Architect serves as a strategic technical leader responsible for shaping winning cloud solution architectures for federal opportunities. This role operates at the intersection of technology strategy, business development, and government proposals—crafting compelling, compliant, and innovative solutions aligned with agency mission needs. The position requires a charismatic, customer‑oriented technical communicator who can influence capture teams, collaborate across engineering and leadership, and articulate complex cloud concepts in clear, value‑driven terms.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of cloud‑native architectures using AWS services including Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Step Functions, EventBridge, and modern serverless/container patterns
• Working knowledge of AWS AI/ML capabilities such as Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, and Amazon Q, with the ability to position them effectively in government‑focused solution offerings
• Familiarity with DevSecOps design principles—CI/CD, policy‑as‑code, and IaC tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation—to ensure proposed solutions are automatable, scalable, and operationally sound
• Practical understanding of Zero Trust architecture, AWS Well‑Architected Framework, and secure multi‑account designs relevant to federal missions
• Knowledge of government compliance standards including NIST 800‑53, NIST 800‑171, FedRAMP, and DoD Cloud SRG to ensure proposals are audit‑ready and aligned with agency expectations
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or equivalent experience
• 15+ years of total experience, with 8+ years of experience architecting cloud solutions, with a strong emphasis on solution design, technical strategy, and pre‑sales or proposal support
• Demonstrated expertise in cloud‑native architectures and AWS services such as Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Step Functions, EventBridge, Bedrock, SageMaker, and Amazon Q
• Proven experience contributing to federal, state, or local government proposals—including authoring technical volumes, shaping solution narratives, producing architecture diagrams, and supporting orals
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps concepts, CI/CD pipelines, policy‑as‑code, and infrastructure‑as‑code tools (Terraform/CloudFormation) to ensure proposed architectures are feasible and automatable
• Working knowledge of federal compliance frameworks (NIST 800‑53, NIST 800‑171, FedRAMP, DoD Cloud SRG) and the ability to integrate compliance requirements into cloud solution designs
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and persuasively to technical and non‑technical audiences, including executives, capture teams, and proposal evaluators
• Ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, collaborative proposal environment as well as independently with minimal supervision
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with a proactive approach to identifying risks, shaping differentiators, and strengthening overall solution competitiveness
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate required
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance
• US Citizenship Required

Nice To Haves

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Serve as the principal cloud solution strategist during federal capture and proposal efforts, translating mission requirements and evaluation criteria into winning, market‑aligned architectures and technical narratives
• Partner closely with business development, capture managers, proposal managers, and executive stakeholders to define discriminators, win themes, solution storylines, and customer‑aligned messaging for proposals and orals
• Lead development of technical proposal artifacts—including architecture diagrams, technical volumes, briefings, compliance matrices, and oral presentation content—tailored to specific agency acquisition strategies
• Ability to lead all solution aspects of a task area, workstream or functional program area for pursuits. This includes collaborating with cross-functional teams across the organization as well as vendors to deliver compliant, comprehensive, persuasive, and innovative solutions
• Advise internal teams on cloud strategy, modernization pathways, mission resilience, security posture, and cost‑optimized solution approaches that resonate with government evaluators
• Act as a persuasive and charismatic technical advocate, able to clearly communicate complex cloud capabilities to executive, technical, and non‑technical audiences during capture engagements and proposal reviews
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and governance teams to validate technical feasibility, cost structures, deployment models, and compliance alignment (including NIST 800‑53, NIST 800‑171, FedRAMP, and DoD frameworks)
• Guide internal teams on AWS best practices, AI/ML opportunity areas, and differentiating technologies that should be emphasized in competitive proposals
• Facilitate technical solution reviews to ensure proposed architectures are innovative, compliant, accurate, and aligned with evolving government mandates, cloud strategies, and evaluation trends
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies—such as generative AI, container security, edge computing, and automated governance—and translate them into proposal‑ready value propositions and forward‑leaning discriminators

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
• 401K with company match
• Competitive pay
• Paid time off
• 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
• 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness
• 10 paid holidays per year
• GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior