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Systems Architect Sr. Principal

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General Dynamics IT

General Dynamics IT

Compensation

$149,469 - $178,250/year

USA MD Rockville
On-site
Posted April 11, 2026

Job Description

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

SAC/Temp 5C

Job Family:

IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Cloud Application Architecture, Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), Healthcare IT Systems, IT System Architecture, NIST 800-53

Certifications:

None

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

We are GDIT. As one of the largest IT and mission services providers to the government, we own our opportunities to better enable healthcare organizations to identify theirs. You can make GDIT your place. You make it your own by turning obstacles into action. By owning your opportunity at GDIT, you’ll play an important role in providing the technologies and services that millions of healthcare professionals depend on every day.

Our work depends on a Systems Architect Sr. Principal joining our team to support federal Indian Health Service (IHS) Electronic Health Record (EHR) modernization program activities. As a Systems Architect Sr. Principal supporting the IHS EHR program, you will be trusted to manage a variety of topics and efforts to ensure the success of our customer.

This position is fully remote, US based.

HOW A SYSTEMS ARCHITECT SR. PRINCIPAL WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

  • Bring deep knowledge of enterprise healthcare archite,ability/interface and identity and access management concepts

  • Partner with Infrastructure, Cloud Hosting, Cybersecurity teams, on both the Team GDIT and customer sides, where such focus areas intersect

  • Develop comprehensive architectural artifacts, visualizations, and accompanying narratives reflecting logical, physical, data, and network schemas

  • Develop comprehensive architectural artifacts, visualizations, and accompanying narratives reflecting healthcare-related workflows

  • Collaborate with cybersecurity to ensure alignment with NIST CSF, NIST 800‑53, PPSM, and agency policies; collect artifacts for ATO approvals

  • Work closely with the IHS and GDIT Configuration Management and Change Management teams

  • Participate in cross-functional teams tasked with implementing US new or emerging vendor capabilities, or greenfield initiatives

  • Maintains current knowledge of rapidly changing technology and works with management to evolve current processes.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.

  • 10+ years of experience supporting medium-to-large IT projects

  • Experience with FedRAMP-authorized cloud environment (OCI preferred)

  • Experience with large, federal programs and/or contracts

  • Experience creating high-quality, comprehensive diagrams using Visio, Draw.io, other

  • Training/education/experience in task coordination; functional knowledge of IT project management concepts and tools

  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Level 5 clearance.  This includes background investigation and fingerprinting

  • Ability to travel up to 25% of the year, if needed

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

  • Experience with OCI Realm 2 (OC2) preferred

  • Experience with the Oracle Health (Cerner Millennium) system preferred

  • Experience supporting Department of Defense (DoD), Veterans Affairs (VA), Indian Health Service (IHS), or other federal healthcare agencies

  • Task management experience and/or skills

  • Excellent organizational and time management skills; ability to manage frequently changing priorities of competing importance

  • Ability to communicate and interact effectively with internal/external teams including key stakeholders, various customer teams, and/or executive leadership

  • Ability to work and support the work of others across multiple U.S. time zones

  • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and within tight deadlines, following detailed written policies, processes, procedures, and work instructions

SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVEL:

  • Must be able to obtain a SSBI (T5) public trust clearance, which requires residency in the U.S. for 3 of the last 5 years.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

  • ​Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home.

  • 401K with company match.

  • Comprehensive health and wellness packages.

  • Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.

  • Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.

  • Cutting-edge technology you can learn from.

  • Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays.

#IHSJobs

#GDITFedHealthJobs

The likely salary range for this position is $149,469 - $178,250. 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:

10-25%

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

USA MD Rockville

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.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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