Cloud Solutions Architect
General Dynamics Information Technology12 hours ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
Base Salary
$207k - $281k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead cloud solution strategy during federal capture and proposal efforts by translating mission requirements and evaluation criteria into compliant, differentiated architectures and technical narratives.
- Partner with business development, capture managers, proposal managers, executives, engineering, product, governance teams, and vendors to shape win themes, solution storylines, technical approaches, and customer messaging.
- Develop technical proposal artifacts including architecture diagrams, technical volumes, briefings, compliance matrices, and oral presentation content.
- Lead solution aspects of task areas, workstreams, or functional program areas and coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver comprehensive and persuasive solutions.
- Advise on cloud modernization, mission resilience, security posture, cost optimization, deployment models, and compliance alignment.
- Communicate complex cloud capabilities persuasively to executive, technical, and non-technical audiences during capture engagements and proposal reviews.
- Validate technical feasibility, cost structures, deployment models, and compliance alignment with NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP, and DoD frameworks.
- Guide teams on AWS best practices, AI/ML opportunity areas, and differentiating technologies for government-focused proposals.
- Facilitate technical solution reviews and evaluate emerging technologies such as generative AI, container security, edge computing, and automated governance.
- Work 40 scheduled hours per week with 10–25% travel in a remote position.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related technical field.
- 15+ years of related experience, including at least 8+ years architecting cloud solutions with emphasis on solution design, technical strategy, and pre-sales or proposal support.
- Strong expertise in cloud-native architectures and AWS services including Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Step Functions, EventBridge, Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, and Amazon Q.
- 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 such as Terraform and CloudFormation.
- Practical understanding of Zero Trust architecture, the AWS Well-Architected Framework, and secure multi-account designs.
- Working knowledge of NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP, and DoD Cloud SRG compliance frameworks.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and persuasively to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, collaboration, and independent-work skills in a fast-paced proposal environment.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification is required, with the Professional certification strongly preferred.
- US citizenship is not required.
Benefits
- Remote work with a full-flex work week where possible.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, wellness, disability, life, accident, critical illness, and business travel insurance options.
- 401(k) plan with company match and pre-tax and post-tax contribution options.
- Paid vacation, sick, personal, holiday, parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave, including up to 160 hours of paid family leave in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.
- AI-powered career development tools and internal mobility support.
- Military-friendly workplace and award-winning culture of innovation.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About General Dynamics Information Technology
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) delivers enterprise IT, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, and software engineering services to U.S. federal agencies, including defense and intelligence organizations. It provides contract-based professional and managed services ranging from network operations and unified communications to training and simulation. GDIT is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia.