Agile Solutions Architect

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT:

Oversee complex programs that drive impactful mission outcomes for our customers as an Agile Solutions Architect. Here, you'll see the bigger picture on mission initiatives and where your program management career can go at GDIT.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As an Agile Solutions Architect, you will support the business strategy that helps ensure that today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on Solution Experts joining our team to shape and guide organizational change. Whether IT Service Management, program development, or customer engagement, this widely integrated role ensures changes align with USCENTCOM and CITS Program objectives. As a Solution Expert, you will ensure seamless integration of change initiatives through fostering collaboration and driving continual improvement. You will serve as a pivotal role in guiding the organization through transformation, enhancing both resilience and growth.

HOW A SOLUTION EXPERT WILL MAKE AND IMPACT:

• CITS-level Agile Solutions Architect
  
  • Lead Agile adoption efforts during launch and transition periods of projects, including introduction of new technologies, processes, or team structures.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders (business users, management, IT team) to gather, define, and document business requirements for IT systems and applications.
  • Collaborate with program managers to align adoption activities with CITS program strategies, ensuring seamless integration of changes.
  • Conduct impact assessments to understand how changes will affect operations; develop mitigation strategies to address potential challenges.
  • Serves as a catalyst in both technical and people leadership aspects of the job to harmonize the inputs of the team into a common change approach.
  • Proactively identifies and resolves impediments that slow development or prevent the team from meeting established goals.
• Agile Solutions Architect for IT Service Management
  
  • Lead Agile adoption efforts during launch and transition periods of projects, including introduction of new technologies, processes, or team structures.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders (business users, management, IT team) to gather, define, and document business requirements for IT systems and applications.
  • Conduct impact assessments to understand how changes will affect operations; develop mitigation strategies to address potential challenges.
  • Collaborate with program managers to align adoption activities with CITS program strategies, ensuring seamless integration of changes.
  • Serves as a catalyst in both technical and people leadership aspects of the job to harmonize the inputs of the team into a common change approach.
• Customer and Stakeholder Engagement
  
  • Proactively involve stakeholders in new initiatives, ensuring their needs and concerns are addressed through the change process.
  • Create communication plans to keep stakeholders informed and engaged during change adoption, ensuring transparency and buy-in.
  • Foster strong stakeholder relationships, serving as trusted advisor during times of change.
  • Establish continual feedback mechanisms with stakeholders to capture insights and adjust adoption strategies as needed.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
Bring your program management expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Project/Task Sr Manager must have:

• Education: Bachelor Degree in Business, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Technical Communications, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience
• Experience: 5+ years of experience as a requirements analyst, project manager
• Technical skills:
  
  • Strong communication, analytical, and time management skills that enable innovative design and technical thought leadership in a rapidly evolving business environment.
  • Presentation skills for face-to-face meetings with clients or potential clients.
  • Ability to support Scrum meetings, sprint planning and sprint retrospectives.
  • Ability to track requirements statuses throughout using the Kanban boards.
  • Ability to effectively communicate (verbal and written) with stakeholders to define application requirements.
  • Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, business process descriptions, and workflow analysis.
  • Document user stories, acceptance criteria and perform product backlog grooming.
  • Design wireframes, business process workflows, user guide, and business requirement documentation.
  • Knowledge of ITSM project management; specifically, it's Scrum methodology.
  • Ability to support quality assurance creating test plans, test cases, and test scenarios then documenting test results.
  • Ability to communicate complex ideas in a clear, concise manner across functional and technical teams (developers, partners, and executives) with confidence.
  • Possess excellent skills and knowledge of facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, change management, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
  • Familiarity with ADO version control tool, SharePoint, ITSM, Microsoft Office tools, and the Power Platform.
  • Direct Azure DevOps work experience (1+ year) and a deep understanding of the strengths of different Agile approaches and when they should be used, such as Scrum and Kanban.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, demanding environment where each day provides a new set of challenges under time constraints involving complex network configuration and requirements.
  • Understanding of U.S. Department of Defense security requirements, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Security clearance level: Secret Clearance required (must be able to attain TS/SCI)

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, competitive pay and paid time off
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

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