Cloud Solutions Architect

Cloud Solutions Architect — Remote

Own the opportunity as a Cloud Solutions Architect and help ensure the mission is never interrupted. At GDIT, we deliver clarity with our cloud-native solutions that accelerate digital transformation and enhance mission readiness. Your work will be central to helping our clients modernize, automate and secure different environments using advanced cloud-native capabilities and AI solutions.

This role serves as a strategic technical leader responsible for shaping winning cloud solution architectures for federal opportunities. You will operate at the intersection of technology strategy, business development, and government proposals, crafting compelling, compliant, and innovative solutions aligned with agency mission needs. We expect a charismatic, customer-oriented technical communicator who can influence capture teams, collaborate across engineering and leadership, and articulate complex cloud concepts in clear, value-driven terms.

How you will make an impact:

• Serve as the principal cloud solution strategist during federal capture and proposal efforts, translating mission requirements and evaluation criteria into market-aligned architectures and technical narratives.
• Partner closely with business development, capture managers, proposal managers, and executive stakeholders to define discriminators, win themes, solution storylines, and customer-aligned messaging for proposals and orals.
• Lead development of technical proposal artifacts including architecture diagrams, technical volumes, briefings, compliance matrices, and oral presentation content tailored to specific agency acquisition strategies.
• Advise internal teams on cloud strategy, modernization pathways, mission resilience, security posture, and cost-optimized solution approaches that resonate with government evaluators.
• Act as a persuasive technical advocate who can clearly communicate complex cloud capabilities to executive, technical, and non-technical audiences during capture engagements and proposal reviews.

Technical capability expectations and specific technologies you will use and recommend include:

strong understanding of cloud-native architectures using AWS services including Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, Dynamo. DB, Step Functions, Event. Bridge, and modern serverless/container patterns. Working knowledge of AWS AI/ML capabilities such as Amazon Bedrock, Sage. Maker, and Amazon Q is required, with the ability to position them effectively in government-focused solution offerings. Familiarity with Dev. Sec. Ops design principles — CI/CD, policy-as-code, and Ia. C tools such as Terraform or Cloud. Formation — is necessary to ensure proposed solutions are automatable, scalable, and operationally sound.

You should have a practical understanding of Zero Trust architecture, AWS Well Architected Framework, and secure multi-account designs relevant to federal missions, and knowledge of government compliance standards including NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, Fed. RAMP, and Do. W Cloud SRG so proposals are audit-ready and aligned with agency expectations. Continuously evaluate emerging technologies such as generative AI, container security, edge computing, and automated governance and translate them into proposal-ready value propositions and discriminators.

What we expect from you to succeed:

Education: a Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or equivalent experience;

Experience: 15+ years of total experience, with 8+ years of experience architecting cloud solutions, emphasizing solution design, technical strategy, and pre-sales or proposal support. Demonstrated expertise in cloud-native architectures and AWS services (Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, Dynamo. DB, Step Functions, Event. Bridge, Bedrock, Sage. Maker, Amazon Q) and proven experience contributing to federal, state, or local government proposals, including authoring technical volumes, shaping solution narratives, producing architecture diagrams, and supporting orals.

Technical Knowledge: You must have strong understanding of Dev. Sec. Ops concepts, CI/CD pipelines, policy-as-code, and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform/Cloud. Formation) so proposed architectures are feasible and automatable. Working knowledge of federal compliance frameworks (NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, Fed. RAMP, Do. W Cloud SRG) and the ability to integrate compliance requirements into cloud solution designs is required.

Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills are essential for conveying complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences including executives, capture teams, and proposal evaluators. The ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative proposal environment as well as independently with minimal supervision is expected, along with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Certifications and security:

Certification: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate required (Professional strongly preferred). Security Clearance: Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance. US Citizenship Required.

Location, schedule, and compensation details:

This position is Remote, must be able to travel up to 25% for customer and proposal support. Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40. Travel Required: 10-25%. Telecommuting Options: Remote. Work Location: Any Location / Remote. The likely salary range for this position is $182,750 - $247,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary; salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

A few notes about working at GDIT:

our benefits package for US-based employees includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, paid time off and a variety of other programs to support work/life balance. We typically provide new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year plus 10 paid holidays. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. As part of the hiring process, you will be asked to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence; you are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews and we reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity.

We operate across 50 countries and deliver consulting, technology and mission services to U.S. government agencies. Join us to apply your expertise on meaningful, mission-focused work and help create a safer, smarter world.