G- Work from
- United States
- Contract
- Full-time
- Experience
- Lead
- Salary
- $170K – $230K / year
- Posted
- 8 November 2026
- Apply by
- 7 January 2027
In this role, you will collaborate directly with our federal client to modernize and expand their cloud capabilities.
Type of Requisition
Regular
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess
None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain
None
Public Trust/Other Required
BI Full 6C (T4)
Job Family
Software Engineering
Job Qualifications
About the role
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) seeks a Lead Cloud Architect to join our innovative cloud infrastructure team.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design of scalable cloud infrastructure.
- Develop systems to scale support for multi-cloud environments, cross-account applications, SASE, and automated solutions.
- Collaborate with client stakeholders to define technical requirements and objectives.
- Guide a team of DevOps and SecOps engineers, ensuring innovative and secure cloud strategies.
- Promote CI/CD practices and automation tools for provisioning cloud services.
- Partner with senior leadership, enterprise architecture teams, and agency personnel to build cloud adoption strategies.
- Communicate complex cloud architectures effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Requirements
Skills
Cloud Development, Cloud Solutions, Cloud Technology
Experience
10 + years of related experience
Minimum Requirements
- Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree
- 10+ years of IT/digital transformation experience.
- 5+ years of deep hands-on AWS (preferred), Azure, or GCP cloud architectures and implementations.
- Build-out experience of CI/CD Pipelines
Nice to have
- Experience with Linux OS
- Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps methodologies and tools (e.g., Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab).
- Professional Cloud Certifications (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Proven experience bridging on-premise systems with cloud environments.
Security Clearance Level: Must be able to pass a background check to obtain a position of Public Trust.
Sponsorship is not being offered for this position. Candidates must have Official legal status in the United States and continuously resided in the United States for the last two year.
Location: Remote
Benefits
- Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 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.
- To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
- GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year.
- Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire.
- The 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.
- To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
- We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
Salary
The likely salary range for this position is $170,144 - $230,000.
About General Dynamics Information Technology
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at
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Certifications
None
US Citizenship Required
No
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
- Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
- Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
- Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
- Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
- Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in software development at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your dedication to advancing innovation.
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This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Travel Required
Less than 10%
Telecommuting Options
Remote
Work Location
Any Location / Remote
Additional Work Locations
Our Identity Verification Process
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.
Equal Opportunity
Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
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