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The Senior Solution Architect position requires expertise in mapping clients’ business processes and technical architecture using industry standard tools common to senior business analysts and information technology systems architects.\nCandidates must demonstrate experience applying these tools to design cloud-based solutions involving complex applications, databases, and interfaces.\n\nCandidates should have a proven track record in developing modernization strategies for hybrid environments that combine mainframes with custom applications from multiple vendors.\n\nCandidates be able to relate their mapping experience and tools used during the interview process and should be able to demonstrate their skills and experience in this area.\n\nThe ideal candidate will analyze client operations and propose strategies that move away from mainframe systems, offering front-end and back-end solutions that align with GDIT’s goals of improving efficiency and strengthening trust with financial partners.\n\nSuccess in this role includes contributing to winning proposals and implementing cloud-based solutions leveraging modern technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, APIs, microservices, and cloud platforms.\nEducation:\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.\n\nRequired Experience:\n10 years of experience in enterprise application architecture, systems design, and implementation.\n\nRequired Technical Skills:\nFamiliar with Mainframe technologies, including COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, and VSAM.\n\nProven experience with modern web/server technologies, including: Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, Postgres, Tomcat/WebLogic, and Linux.\n\nHands-on experience with modernization or migration of legacy mainframe applications to distributed or cloud-based systems.\n\nStrong understanding of system integration, data migration, and application interoperability between legacy and modern platforms.\n\nExcellent communication, collaboration, and documentation skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nPrior experience supporting federal financial systems.\n\nExpertise with financial application architectures (e.g., general ledger, disbursement, or reconciliation systems) that support disbursement operations.\n\nExperience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and DevSecOps pipelines.\n\nFamiliarity with federal IT frameworks, including FISMA, NIST 800-53, and FedRAMP.\n\nCitizenship Required:\nUS Person\n\nSecurity Clearance Level:\nNone\n\nLocation:\nRemote\n\nRewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off\nFlexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home\nCommunity: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY Explore a career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your sense of ownership and pride in the meaningful work we do.\nThe likely salary range for this position is $171,507 - $232,039. 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:\n40Travel Required:\nLess than 10%Telecommuting Options:\nRemoteWork Location:\nAny Location / RemoteAdditional Work Locations:\nTotal Rewards at GDIT:\nOur 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:\nAs 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:\nWe 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. 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