Principal Solutions Architect

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Suitability:

Public Trust/Other Required:

NACI (T1)

Job Family:

Solutions Architect

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Client Counseling, Design, Solution Architecture, System Designs, Technical Solutions

Certifications:

Experience:

15 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Principal Solutions Architect supporting the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) A large federal healthcare payer. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As the Principal Solutions Architect, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. The Principal Solutions Architect will be trusted to support technical aspects of the project, help with complex security requirements capture, solutions architecture, system design, and technical project management

In this role, you will apply technical expertise across multiple disciplines, understanding our client’s technical drivers, and consulting on the best approach to achieve them. You will demonstrate your know-how to solve major technical challenges and provide leadership for technical innovation. You will be expected to pick-up multiple tasks, support workload when demand spikes, and consistently deliver while meeting expectations for quality and deadlines.

Our work depends on a Principal Solutions Architect joining our fast-paced program that develops cutting edge IT products and services, designing and building an innovative, cost-effective, and efficient cloud centric solution in Windsor Mill, MD. Responsibilities include:

• Develop, define, promote and oversee larger or more complex strategic solutions/architectures
• Design and develop technical solutions based on existing technologies
• Act as the lead for the translation of business objectives and requirements into functional solutions
• Lead, mentor, and work closely with teams of developers and junior solution architects in order to deliver high-quality products and services
• Take a pro-active approach in identifying system improvements, including data flows, services, and system integration patterns
• Analyze and/or define detailed data flows through the system, with the emphasis on data ingestion, validations, error handling, storage, and dissemination
• Present design to technical leads, management, and external stakeholders
• Engage and drive detailed design with technical leads and developers
• Lead brainstorming sessions and identify areas for process improvements
• Prepare and document testing requirements as well as all test data
• Prepare high-quality design documentation, including visual diagrams and processing flows
• Maintain System Design Documents (SDDs)
• Prepare high-quality internal and external presentations in Power Point and other tools
• Actively contribute and explain ideas in technical meetings

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field, or 4 additional years of equivalent experience

Required Experience:

• Strong understanding and experience with Microservices architecture
• Experience with Domain Driven Design
• Experience working in a cloud environment
• 7+ years of experience as a Solution Architect on a multi-tier distributed system. This experience must include end-to-end in system analysis and design
• 7+ years of hands-on experience with Java, Python, and/or open-source design and development
• 5+ years of experience providing solutions based on Enterprise Integration patterns, Event Driven Architecture, web services, SOA and Microservices
• 5+ years of experience designing and integrating custom software components and processing frameworks
• 5+ years of experience with relational databases such as Oracle, SQL Server or PostgreSQL
• 5+ years of experience with application servers and containers such as NGINX, JBoss, Tomcat, WebLogic
• 5+ years of experience with performance optimizations such as improving scalability, availability, demand, continuity, etc.
• 2+ years hands-on experience solu