CIT Business Applications Services Cloud / DevSecOps Architect

Clearance Level

None

Category

Software Engineering

Location

Bethesda, Maryland

(Hybrid Workplace)

Key Skills For Success

Cloud Infrastructure

Enterprise Systems

Information Technology (IT)

Security Architecture Design

REQ#: RQ226801

Public Trust: MBI (T2)

Requisition Type: Regular

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to be on the frontlines of health innovation. Deliver for America’s health agency missions and enhance lives for hundreds of millions every day.

Job Description

GDIT is seeking a Cloud / DevSecOps Architect to support the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Center for Information Technology (CIT) for the Business Applications Services (BAS) Program. The successful candidate will be the GDIT chief technical authority for the BAS portfolio. This role is responsible for establishing and maintaining a unified technical vision across all BAS enterprise systems, including cloud-native modernization, CI/CD pipeline integrity, and cross-system security architecture. The Cloud / DevSecOps Architect will ensure that modern engineering practices are applied consistently and that technical debt is retired deliberately across the portfolio. The current BAS program portfolio is NIH Enterprise Directory (NED), NIH Enterprise Email & Enterprise Services (NEES), Security, Authentication, Authorization, Validation & Identity (SAAVI), Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Systems, Time & Attendance System (ITAS), Financial Management Group (FMG Apps), Web Apps, and Web Services.

Responsibilities include:

Establish and maintain the technical baseline and modernization roadmap across all CIT BAS enterprise systems.

Enforce DevSecOps best practices, automated testing, and secure coding standards across all development and O&M activities.

Design shared services and reusable architectures that prevent technical silos and reduce duplication of effort across the portfolio.

Evaluate, recommend, and implement AI-assisted delivery tools in accordance with NIH procurement and authorization requirements.

Ensure CI/CD pipelines are maintained and integrated with security scanning, automated testing, and compliance checks for all supported applications.

Provide technical oversight of cloud migration and modernization activities, including readiness assessments, re-architecture recommendations, and FinOps practices.

Serve as the primary technical advisor to the GDIT Program Manager and NIH COR on architecture decisions, emerging technologies, and technical risk.

Mentor technical leads and development teams across the portfolio on modern architecture patterns and engineering standards.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent)

Minimum 10 years of experience in enterprise systems architecture.

Minimum 4 years focused on cloud-native environments and DevSecOps pipelines within secure Federal environments (e.g., FedRAMP Moderate or equivalent).

Demonstrated experience designing shared services and reusable architectures across multi-application portfolios.

Experience evaluating and implementing AI-assisted development tooling.

Desired Skills:

Experience supporting federal IT programs

Experience supporting NIH or CIT environments

Familiarity with NIH or HHS IT security and compliance requirements

Experience managing complex portfolios with shifting priorities and onboarding new enterprise systems.

Active NIH badge is a plus

Work Requirements

Years of Experience

10 + years of related experience

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

Certification

Travel Required

Less than 10%

Salary and Benefit Information

The likely salary range for this position is $164,382 - $195,500. 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.

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