Type of Requisition:Regular
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:Other
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:None
Public Trust/Other Required:Other
Job Family:Cyber and IT Risk Management
Job Qualifications:Skills:CI/CD, Cloud-Native Architecture, DevSecOps
Certifications:None
Experience:10 + years of related experience
ship Required:No
Job Description:We are seeking a Senior DevSecOps Automation Solution Architect to support a large-scale, multi-year Mainframe Modernization initiative for a major federal customer. In this customer-facing role, you will partner directly with the client's technical and business stakeholders to design and implement modern engineering, automation, and delivery practices that accelerate their transformation from legacy mainframe systems to secure, cloud-native platforms. As a key member of the modernization program's architecture team, reporting to the Chief Architect, you will help shape the technical roadmap, lead solution development, and guide engineering teams through modern DevSecOps approaches that ensure reliability, security, and scalability throughout the transformation journey. Your work will directly support mission-critical objectives and enable the customer to achieve long-term operational modernization outcomes.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
In this role, you will collaborate closely with federal customer stakeholders to:
- Design and communicate DevSecOps automation strategies that align legacy-to-cloud modernization goals and customer mission needs.
- Build compelling technical briefings, modernization roadmaps, and reusable solution artifacts tailored for customer consumption.
- LProvide guidance to engineering teams and customer personnel on CI/CD pipeline modernization, security integration, test automation, and cloud deployment approaches.
- Evaluate legacy mainframe workflows and help plan prototype implementations demonstrating modernization feasibility and value.
- Continuously assess modernization progress and support iterative improvements across development, deployment, security, and monitoring workflows.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master's degree preferred
- 10+ years software development experience, including 5+ years in DevSecOps CI/CD and 3+ years developing cloud-native software solutions (AWS Preferred).
- Certifications in software development, DevSecOps, or cloud-native architecture.
- Expertise in DevSecOps automation, Agile/Lean delivery, and enterprise-grade CI/CD tooling (e.g., GitLab/GitHub, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, Sonatype, New Relic, Dynatrace, etc.).
- Hands-on experience designing and supporting cloud-native architectures, containerized microservices, API-driven interfaces, and event-based systems. Strong background in application containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
- Proficiency in modern development frameworks and languages (Java, .NET, Node.js, Spring, Angular, React, JSON, etc.).
- Experience working with large datasets, data migration strategies, and modernization-aligned analytics workflows.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience helping federal customers adopt cloud-native architectures and services (AWS, Azure, container-based microservices, REST APIs).
- Demonstrated ability to onboard teams into modern DevSecOps pipelines and accelerate adoption of automation practices.
- Experience scaling high-performance engineering solutions for structured and unstructured data.
- Strong communication skills and confidence engaging directly with customer stakeholders at all levels.
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 cyber at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your focus on defending and protecting what matters.
The likely salary range for this position is $170,000 - $230,000. 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: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. 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.
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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