Principal Architect

GDT - General Datatech

full-time

Posted on: 9/18/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

Cyber Security

About the role

The Enterprise Architect will facilitate the establishment and execution of the architectural roadmap for Managed and Professional Services. The Enterprise Architect will drive solutions that fulfil GDT client needs and align with GDT's vision and strategy. They will create custom solutions only when required.
They apply business strategy while driving technology and IT strategy, balancing short-term and long-term client needs to ensure that the architecture can scale and evolve accordingly.
They leverage an end-to-end approach by connecting all the pieces of data to deliver solutions while leveraging all available assets.
They provide advice, guidance, direction, and authorization to carry out major plans and procedures to ensure schedule attainment, design and process adherence, and performance and budget targets are met.
Their primary focus is on building end-to-end objectively measurable technology and IT solutions, using GDT solution elements, that are tightly aligned to client business requirements.
They take an active role in the performance management process by completing goal setting, interim review, and year-end review on a timely basis and soliciting ongoing feedback.
Provides support to GDT clients across their enterprise infrastructure and management platforms to ensure realization of optimal and efficient systems.
Responsible for upkeep and maintenance of GDT clients’ solutions made up of data, networks, services and tools.
Responsible for overseeing, improving and updating enterprise technologies, capabilities, tooling, hardware, software and licensing.
Requires complex thinking and strategizing to ascertain which legacy systems can be optimized, what software or hardware functionality can be modernized, and which services or products will support current/future state business strategies across each department.
Work across the organization, determining the needs of a range of client operations and processes.
Provide financial and operational improvement metrics for Clients, demonstrating improved business outcomes and impact.

Requirements

Demonstrated successful enterprise architect must have and combine communication, analytical, leadership, teamwork and complex problem-solving skills.
Experience with multiple technologies (subject matter experts on at least two or three technology areas and a broad understanding of many more).
Ability to translate GDT client strategies (business, financial and technical) into optimal, efficient scalable and measurable solutions.
Other skills and expertise include business concepts, system architecture, strategy development and enterprise solutions.
Demonstrated ability to solve solution challenges through the solutioning and pursuit lifecycle to create business-aligned deal-winning architectures.
Proven experience supervising and provide technical guidance to other GDT's architects.
Experience in preparing and presenting solutions to all levels of client leadership including C-Suite.
Possesses a variety of OEM and Industry entry-level, professional, specialist and expert certifications spanning multiple vendors and technologies (e.g., Cisco CCNA/CCNP/CCDP/CCIE/CCDE, NetApp NCTA/NCDA/NCSE/NCHCA, Fortinet NSE 1 - 8, Juniper JNCIA/JNCIP/JNCIS).
Also possesses professional certifications in other/cross-functional areas such as (ISC)² certifications, EXIN ITIL, Enterprise Architect Certifications (i.e., TOGAF).