Solutions Architect

Solutions Architect

Iron EagleX (IEX), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), delivers agile IT and Intelligence solutions. Combining small?team flexibility with global scale, IEX leverages emerging technologies to provide innovative, user?focused solutions that help organizations operate smarter, faster, and more securely in dynamic environments.

Your impact: Own your opportunity to work with the largest government agency in the nation. Make an impact by advancing the Department of War's mission to keep our country safe and secure.

Job description: The Solutions Architect position is in support of HQSOCOM at MacDill AFB.

Meaningful work and personal impact: As a Solutions Architect, you will play a multifaceted role developing and implementing platform and infrastructure solutions while managing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and Configuration-as-Code (CaC) processes. You will ensure smooth and efficient implementation of complex systems, diagnose and resolve technical issues, and collaborate across teams to meet mission and project requirements within scope, time, and budget constraints.

This role requires exceptional problem?solving ability, strong communication skills, and deep expertise in systems architecture, emerging technologies, and enterprise?level cloud environments.

This role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and implement scalable and reliable platform and infrastructure solutions that meet enterprise mission requirements
• Collaborate with stakeholders to assess technology and business needs, evaluate solution options, and recommend optimal architectures
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams, ensuring alignment with best practices and standards
• Partner with business development teams to identify new opportunities, support proposal development, and participate in customer engagements
• Work closely with project managers and mission partners to ensure delivery within established scope, timeline, and budget
• Conduct research and evaluation of emerging technologies, tools, and frameworks to ensure solutions align with industry best practices
• Participate in prototype development to validate solution feasibility

Required skills:

• Minimum 5 years of experience designing and implementing platform and infrastructure solutions for large?scale enterprise applications
• Strong expertise in cloud computing, virtualization, containerization, networking, and security
• Proven experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Familiarity with DevOps tools and methodologies including CI/CD, automation, and monitoring
• Proficiency with IaC and CaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
• Experience with version control tools such as Git or SVN
• Scripting experience (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
• Knowledge of containerization technologies including Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong understanding of cloud networking and security
• Experience designing highly available, scalable, and fault?tolerant systems using IaC/CaC
• Experience with Agile and DevOps practices
• Strong analytical, problem?solving, and decision?making skills
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills
• Ability to work independently and in fast?paced, dynamic environments

Desired skills: USSOCOM/SOF experience preferred

What you'll need to succeed:

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI required
• Experience: 12 years of related experience, including 5 years specialized
• Education: BS in Engineering or related technical field (relevant experience may substitute)
• Certifications: Security+ CE or other 8570 certification required; AWS or Azure Cloud Professional certification preferred
• Role requirements: Onsite work at MacDill AFB
• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible

IEX/GDIT is your place: At IEX/GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

Growth: AI?powered career tools for development and advancement

Support: Internal mobility team dedicated to career success

Rewards: Comprehensive benefits, wellness programs, 401K with company match, competitive pay, and PTO

Community: Award?winning culture of innovation and military?friendly values

Own your opportunity: Explore a career at IEX/GDIT and discover endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your passion for mission success.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

The likely salary range for this position is $140,250 - $189,750. 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: None

Telecommuting options: Onsite

Work location: USA FL MacDill AFB

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.