Lead Systems Engineering Architect
About The Position
Join GDIT’s mission‑driven team supporting the Department of Defense as we help unify the Air Force’s cyber defense to outpace threats with shared insight, faster decisions, and stronger mission protection. This is the authoritative technical architecture lead for the entire hybrid enterprise. The Lead Systems Engineer shall design, govern, and maintain the hybrid enterprise architecture, explicitly defining physical/logical boundaries, data flow, and cloud-to-on-prem networking (e.g., VPN, ExpressRoute). This role conducts independent, objective Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) for architecture decisions, integrating technology assessments, cost, and trade-off analysis, and maintains the enterprise architecture artifact repository and ensures alignment with overarching Department of War strategic directives, such as the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture (JCWA). The role also owns the digital twin discipline: developing, governing, and maintaining authoritative digital models of the large DoW Defensive Cyber hybrid enterprise architecture using standard MBSE languages (e.g., SysML), ensuring these models accurately reflect physical, logical, and security boundaries, and maintaining strict interoperability with JCWA. The engineer continuously updates enterprise models based on internal deployment feedback and independent configuration audits, ensuring the MBSE repository serves as a dynamic, highly accurate "Digital Twin" synchronized to real-world changes in near-real-time. Technical acumen required: Advanced proficiency in MBSE tooling and SysML modeling, enterprise architecture frameworks (DoWAF), and multi-domain hybrid cloud/on-prem network design. Must be capable of leading rigorous AoAs, authoring cost-benefit analyses, and supporting ERB/ARB/CCB governance boards with technical justifications and architecture artifacts, consistent with preparing technical justifications, architecture artifacts, and serving in an advisory capacity for Engineering Review Boards, Architecture Review Boards, and Change Control Boards. Daily SCIF access reflects the need for sustained, hands-on engagement with classified architecture baselines and JCWA integration data. Directly supports the win theme of authoritative enterprise architecture governance tied to JCWA and Zero Trust alignment via MBSE and digital-twin traceability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 10-15 years experience in systems engineering
- 8+ years in DoW enterprise architecture
- 5+ years MBSE experience using SysML or equivalent
- Top Secret with SCI eligibility
- US citizenship required
- Advanced proficiency in MBSE tooling and SysML modeling
- Advanced proficiency in enterprise architecture frameworks (DoWAF)
- Advanced proficiency in multi-domain hybrid cloud/on-prem network design
- Master-level expertise in hybrid enterprise architecture design, AoA, system modeling, and governance.
- Advanced proficiency in MBSE and digital twin creation, synchronization, and requirements integration.
- Experience designing cross‑domain solutions, multi‑classification data flows, and secure enterprise architectures.
- Strong understanding of cloud‑to‑on‑prem networking, data transport security, and DoW cyber architecture requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Leading technical programs or product leadership
Responsibilities
- Design, govern, and maintain the hybrid enterprise architecture, explicitly defining physical/logical boundaries, data flow, and cloud-to-on-prem networking.
- Conduct independent, objective Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) for architecture decisions, integrating technology assessments, cost, and trade-off analysis.
- Maintain the enterprise architecture artifact repository and ensures alignment with overarching Department of War strategic directives.
- Develop, govern, and maintain authoritative digital models of the large DoW Defensive Cyber hybrid enterprise architecture using standard MBSE languages (e.g., SysML).
- Ensure digital models accurately reflect physical, logical, and security boundaries, and maintain strict interoperability with JCWA.
- Continuously update enterprise models based on internal deployment feedback and independent configuration audits.
- Lead rigorous AoAs, author cost-benefit analyses, and support ERB/ARB/CCB governance boards with technical justifications and architecture artifacts.
- Serve in an advisory capacity for Engineering Review Boards, Architecture Review Boards, and Change Control Boards.
- Lead configuration control, CCB/ERB/ARB activities, and ensure “as-built” accuracy across environments.
Benefits
- 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
- Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
