Strategic Mission Systems Architect

Public Trust: None

Requisition Type: Regular

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to support our nation's defense. Make an impact by connecting and securing critical operations across the globe, keeping our country safe and secure.

Job Description

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT:

The work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of USSTRATCOM. USSTRATCOM is a Combatant Command responsible for strategic deterrence, nuclear operations, and enterprise IT services essential to national security. It oversees Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3), Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (JEMSO), Global Strike, and Missile Threat Assessments, working closely with other Combatant Commands, Services, and defense agencies. SCITLS will be a key component that will ensure mission success and the safety of the U.S. and its allies by providing 24/7 IT services and network support for NIPRNet, SIPRNet, JWICS, and SAP/SAR environment.

You will play a crucial role in providing support in the following areas:

• Deliver business and technical architectural guidance supporting mission critical systems across USSTRATCOM on prem environments.

• Translate operational, mission, and business requirements into secure, scalable, and resilient solution architectures.

• Define and document end to end system architectures for complex, distributed software solutions in on prem data centers and mission environments.

• Lead architectural design sessions, technical assessments, and solution evaluations for GOTS, COTS, and custom developed products and services.

• Ensure proposed solutions comply with performance, interoperability, security, and compliance standards across NIPRNet, SIPRNet, TSLAN, JWICS, and SAP/SAR environments.

• Evaluate and integrate GOTS and COTS products, and define lifecycle strategies for selection, onboarding, configuration/customization, patching/upgrades, operations/maintenance, and decommissioning/replacement.

• Design solutions that effectively leverage on prem compute, storage, and network infrastructure, including virtualization platforms and application servers.

• Establish and enforce technical standards, coding practices, and architectural guardrails to ensure robust, maintainable, and secure solutions.

• Conduct architecture reviews, design walkthroughs, and risk assessments to validate alignment with mission objectives and technical constraints.

• Support modernization efforts involving cloud adoption (where applicable), platform automation, containerization, and advanced architectural patterns in alignment with USSTRATCOM objectives.

• Assisting with financial forecasting and cost modeling for proposed and existing solution architectures, including estimating implementation, licensing, operations, and sustainment costs to inform business cases and program planning.

• Provide senior level technical leadership and mentoring to engineers, developers, and cross functional teams.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• BA/BS (or equivalent experience)

• Experience: 10+ years of related professional experience in architecture, engineering, or technical leadership.

• Required Certifications: ITIL Foundations v4/v5 Certificate and DoW 8140 Certification within 9 Months

• Must have a current/active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI status

• Location: Offutt AFB, NE

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Application Server architecture in a large enterprise environment using WebLogic, JBoss, WebSphere, or similar class server systems

• Broad understanding of web technologies to include application and web servers, load balancers, browsers, protocols, data formats, markup and programming languages, and SSL

• Experience with administering application server architectures in large enterprise environments utilizing WebLogic, JBoss, or similar servers

• Familiarity with the Linux command line and Linux architecture

• Secure architecture design and systems engineering experience

• Cybersecurity engineering and risk management

• Strong knowledge of CI/CD technologies and automated security testing

• Familiarity with containerization, orchestration, and cloud environments

• Knowledge of AFNWC, J6, or similar DoW mission system environments

• Understanding compliance frameworks, industry standards, and audits

• Experience with vulnerability scanning, static/dynamic analysis, and IaC security

• Strategic planning, prioritization, and execution

• Cross-functional team collaboration and stakeholder alignment

• Ability to evaluate and improve DevSecOps pipelines

• Experience with automation, migration strategies, optimization software, and infrastructure as code practices.

• Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, analytics, and business teams, with strong communication and problem solving skills.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• Excellent customizable health benefits (Medical, Dental and Vision)

• 401K with company match

• Educational Assistance and eLearning

• Internal mobility team dedicated to employee advancement

• Rewards and Recognition programs

• Innovative and collaborative environment encouraging highly motivated critical thinking

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Work Requirements

Years of Experience

10 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Travel Required

None

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship Required