Cloud Architect
Role Overview
Mission and opportunity
GDIT seeks a Cloud Architect to support U.S.
Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) J6 engineering, modernization, and sustainment.
The position contributes to IT modernization project support, strengthening secure, resilient, interoperable mission capabilities for U.S. forces and mission partners throughout the Indo-Pacific.
This role partners directly with government stakeholders and multidisciplinary engineers to translate operational priorities into executable technical outcomes.
How you will make an impact
• Develop secure hybrid-cloud and cloud-adjacent architectures that support J6 enterprise modernization and mission partner interoperability.
• Assess application and infrastructure workloads for migration, rehosting, refactoring, or retention based on mission requirements, connectivity, cybersecurity, and sustainment constraints.
• Define reference architectures for identity, networking, encryption, observability, resilience, backup/recovery, and infrastructure-as-code automation.
• Coordinate cloud architecture with Zero Trust, RMF authorization, data handling, cross-domain, and enterprise networking requirements.
• Develop cloud migration roadmaps, architecture decision records, cost/risk trade studies, proof-of-concept criteria, and transition plans.
What you will need to succeed
• Education: BA/BS required.
• Experience: 8+ years of relevant technical experience.
• Security clearance: Top Secret. U.S. citizenship required.
• Core technical qualifications: Cloud architecture; hybrid cloud; secure migration; automation; compliance; modernization roadmaps.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with government stakeholders, write clear engineering documentation, evaluate risk, and coordinate across cyber, engineering, and operations teams.
• Work location: Onsite, Camp Smith. Travel: Less than 10%.
Key Skills for This Role
Full Job Posting
Skills:
- Cloud Architectures, Cloud Development, Cloud Solutions
- Certifications:
Experience:
- 8 + years of related experience
- US Citizenship Required:
- Yes
- Job Description:
- Cloud Architectures, Cloud Development, Cloud Solutions
- Mission and opportunity
- GDIT seeks a Cloud Architect to support U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) J6 engineering, modernization, and sustainment. The position contributes to IT modernization project support, strengthening secure, resilient, interoperable mission capabilities for U.S. forces and mission partners throughout the Indo-Pacific. This role partners directly with government stakeholders and multidisciplinary engineers to translate operational priorities into executable technical outcomes.
- How you will make an impact
- Develop secure hybrid-cloud and cloud-adjacent architectures that support J6 enterprise modernization and mission partner interoperability.
- Assess application and infrastructure workloads for migration, rehosting, refactoring, or retention based on mission requirements, connectivity, cybersecurity, and sustainment constraints.
- Define reference architectures for identity, networking, encryption, observability, resilience, backup/recovery, and infrastructure-as-code automation.
- Coordinate cloud architecture with Zero Trust, RMF authorization, data handling, cross-domain, and enterprise networking requirements.
- Develop cloud migration roadmaps, architecture decision records, cost/risk trade studies, proof-of-concept criteria, and transition plans.
- What you will need to succeed
- Education: BA/BS required.
- Experience: 8+ years of relevant technical experience.
- Security clearance: Top Secret. U.S. citizenship required.
- Core technical qualifications: Cloud architecture; hybrid cloud; secure migration; automation; compliance; modernization roadmaps.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate with government stakeholders, write clear engineering documentation, evaluate risk, and coordinate across cyber, engineering, and operations teams.
- Work location: Onsite, Camp Smith.
- 8+ years of relevant technical experience.
- Work location: Onsite, Camp Smith. Travel: Less than 10%.
Mission and opportunity
GDIT seeks a Cloud Architect to support U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) J6 engineering, modernization, and sustainment. The position contributes to IT modernization project support, strengthening secure, resilient, interoperable mission capabilities for U.S. forces and mission partners throughout the Indo-Pacific. This role partners directly with government stakeholders and multidisciplinary engineers to translate operational priorities into executable technical outcomes.
How you will make an impact
Develop secure hybrid-cloud and cloud-adjacent architectures that support J6 enterprise modernization and mission partner interoperability.
Assess application and infrastructure workloads for migration, rehosting, refactoring, or retention based on mission requirements, connectivity, cybersecurity, and sustainment constraints.
Define reference architectures for identity, networking, encryption, observability, resilience, backup/recovery, and infrastructure-as-code automation.
Coordinate cloud architecture with Zero Trust, RMF authorization, data handling, cross-domain, and enterprise networking requirements.
Develop cloud migration roadmaps, architecture decision records, cost/risk trade studies, proof-of-concept criteria, and transition plans.
What you will need to succeed
Education: BA/BS required.
Experience: 8+ years of relevant technical experience.
Security clearance: Top Secret. U.S. citizenship required.
Core technical qualifications: Cloud architecture; hybrid cloud; secure migration; automation; compliance; modernization roadmaps.
Demonstrated ability to communicate with government stakeholders, write clear engineering documentation, evaluate risk, and coordinate across cyber, engineering, and operations teams.
Work location: Onsite, Camp Smith. Travel: Less than 10%.
Preferred qualifications
- AWS/Azure/Google Cloud certifications; DoD cloud environments; IaC; containers/Kubernetes; DevSecOps and FinOps.
- Experience with combatant commands, joint operations, service components, and coalition or mission partner environments.
- GDIT Is Your Place
- Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home, when eligible and approved.
- 401K with company match.
- Comprehensive health and wellness packages.
- Professional growth opportunities, internal mobility, paid education, and certifications.
- Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays.
- 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.
- #DefendTheIndoPacific #DefendThePacific
- The likely salary range for this position is $147,050 - $198,950. 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.
- 40
- Less than 10%
- Onsite
- USA HI Camp Smith
- 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. 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.
- 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.
GDIT Is Your Place
Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home, when eligible and approved.
401K with company match.
Comprehensive health and wellness packages.
Professional growth opportunities, internal mobility, paid education, and certifications.
Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays.
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.
#DefendTheIndoPacific #DefendThePacific
The likely salary range for this position is $147,050 - $198,950. 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:
Onsite
Work Location:
- USA HI Camp Smith
- Additional Work Locations:
- Total Rewards at GDIT:
- 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. 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.
- 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.
About Our Work:
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.
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