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REQ#: RQ224166
Public Trust: BI Full 6C (T4)
Requisition Type: Regular
Your Impact
Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.
Job Description
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), protects the American people, safeguards U.S. borders, and enhances the nation's economic prosperity through innovation, intelligence, and collaboration. Within CBP's Office of Information and Technology (OIT), the Border Enforcement Management Systems Directorate (BEMSD) manages a large, diverse portfolio of mission applications—sustaining legacy systems at high availability while modernizing and developing new solutions. The Systems & Applications Integration & Lifecycle Support (SAILS) program will provide BEMSD with full-lifecycle IT services—from new application development and 24x7x365 operations to legacy modernization—delivered through Agile and DevSecOps practices.
GDIT is seeking a Chief Engineer/Architect to support the SAILS program. In this role, you will serve as the senior technical authority for the program, leading the program's technical architecture, modernization roadmap, and technical approach for DevSecOps within CBP's established CI/CD environment. You will partner with program leadership and BEMSD stakeholders to translate mission needs into secure, scalable, integrated solutions while shaping the program's long-term technical strategy.
How You'll Make an Impact
- Lead enterprise architecture and modernization across BEMSD's application portfolio, enabling secure, scalable mission capabilities.
- Guide technical design decisions and ensure architecture standards remain aligned with CBP and DHS requirements.
- Oversee development and maintenance of architecture artifacts, including system interfaces, integration patterns, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps.
- Champion innovation across application development, modernization, and operations to improve mission agility and performance.
- Provide technical leadership to engineering teams across application, cloud, data, and integration domains.
- Partner with BEMSD stakeholders and development teams to translate mission needs into secure, compliant solutions.
- Evaluate and integrate AI, automation, and emerging technologies—including sensor, edge, and field data integration—to enhance mission capabilities.
- Brief BEMSD and GDIT leadership on architectural strategy, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline.
- 15+ years leading enterprise architecture for large-scale federal IT programs.
- Experience leading modernization across complex application portfolios.
- Expertise in legacy modernization, cloud and hybrid architectures.
- Experience with Agile, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and modern software delivery practices.
- Strong executive communication, stakeholder engagement, and leadership skills.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a CBP Background Investigation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in a technical or management discipline.
- Prior DHS, preferably CBP OIT, program experience.
- Experience with Salesforce, ServiceNow, or enterprise BI platforms.
- Experience delivering AI/ML and automation capabilities in federal environments.
- Experience integrating operational data from sensor, edge, or field systems.
- Relevant cloud architecture certifications (e.g., AWS or Azure).
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in cyber security at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your passion for securing the mission.
Work Requirements
15 + years of related experience
- may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) | Microsoft - Microsoft
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate | Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Less than 10%
U.S. Citizenship Required
Salary and Benefit Information
The likely salary range for this position is $170,000 - $230,000. 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.
Our Identity Verification Process
As 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
We 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. Our 26,000 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 mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.
Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at gdit.com/tc.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
Application Development
Legacy Systems
Technical Architecture
Technical Leadership
Technical Strategy
REQ#: RQ224166
Public Trust: BI Full 6C (T4)
Requisition Type: Regular
Your Impact
Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.
Job Description
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), protects the American people, safeguards U.S. borders, and enhances the nation's economic prosperity through innovation, intelligence, and collaboration. Within CBP's Office of Information and Technology (OIT), the Border Enforcement Management Systems Directorate (BEMSD) manages a large, diverse portfolio of mission applications—sustaining legacy systems at high availability while modernizing and developing new solutions. The Systems & Applications Integration & Lifecycle Support (SAILS) program will provide BEMSD with full-lifecycle IT services—from new application development and 24x7x365 operations to legacy modernization—delivered through Agile and DevSecOps practices.
GDIT is seeking a Chief Engineer/Architect to support the SAILS program. In this role, you will serve as the senior technical authority for the program, leading the program's technical architecture, modernization roadmap, and technical approach for DevSecOps within CBP's established CI/CD environment. You will partner with program leadership and BEMSD stakeholders to translate mission needs into secure, scalable, integrated solutions while shaping the program's long-term technical strategy.
How You'll Make an Impact
- Lead enterprise architecture and modernization across BEMSD's application portfolio, enabling secure, scalable mission capabilities.
- Guide technical design decisions and ensure architecture standards remain aligned with CBP and DHS requirements.
- Oversee development and maintenance of architecture artifacts, including system interfaces, integration patterns, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps.
- Champion innovation across application development, modernization, and operations to improve mission agility and performance.
- Provide technical leadership to engineering teams across application, cloud, data, and integration domains.
- Partner with BEMSD stakeholders and development teams to translate mission needs into secure, compliant solutions.
- Evaluate and integrate AI, automation, and emerging technologies—including sensor, edge, and field data integration—to enhance mission capabilities.
- Brief BEMSD and GDIT leadership on architectural strategy, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline.
- 15+ years leading enterprise architecture for large-scale federal IT programs.
- Experience leading modernization across complex application portfolios.
- Expertise in legacy modernization, cloud and hybrid architectures.
- Experience with Agile, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and modern software delivery practices.
- Strong executive communication, stakeholder engagement, and leadership skills.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a CBP Background Investigation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in a technical or management discipline.
- Prior DHS, preferably CBP OIT, program experience.
- Experience with Salesforce, ServiceNow, or enterprise BI platforms.
- Experience delivering AI/ML and automation capabilities in federal environments.
- Experience integrating operational data from sensor, edge, or field systems.
- Relevant cloud architecture certifications (e.g., AWS or Azure).
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in cyber security at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your passion for securing the mission.
Work Requirements
15 + years of related experience
- may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) | Microsoft - Microsoft
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate | Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Less than 10%
U.S. Citizenship Required
Salary and Benefit Information
The likely salary range for this position is $170,000 - $230,000. 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.
Our Identity Verification Process
As 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
We 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. Our 26,000 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 mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.
Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at gdit.com/tc.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in chief architect jobs.
- 10 or more years of enterprise or solutions architecture experience across complex distributed systems
- Proven ability to define and enforce architecture standards and governance frameworks organization-wide
- Deep expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud
- Experience leading architecture reviews and communicating technical strategy to executive stakeholders
- TOGAF, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or equivalent architecture certification
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related field
Tips for Your Chief Architect Job Search
Align your portfolio to business outcomes
Chief architect candidates who win interviews show how their architecture decisions cut costs, reduced system downtime, or enabled a product launch. Reframe every project on your resume around the business result it drove, not just the technical stack you used.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists chief architect openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Tailor your resume to the architecture domain
Enterprise architecture roles weight TOGAF and long-horizon roadmap experience heavily, while cloud architecture roles prioritize AWS, Azure, or GCP certifications and migration scale. Read each job posting carefully and reorder your resume bullets to lead with what that domain prizes most.
Demonstrate cross-functional leadership in your application
Chief architect roles involve steering engineering, product, and executive stakeholders simultaneously. Your resume and cover letter should name the specific groups you aligned, the friction you resolved, and the decisions you drove, not just the systems you designed.
Prepare a system-design narrative for interviews
Most chief architect interview loops include a whiteboard or verbal walkthrough of a large-scale system you designed. Practice explaining your trade-off reasoning out loud: why you chose one pattern over another, what you would change now, and how you handled constraints you could not control.
Negotiate scope and authority, not just compensation
At this level, reporting structure and decision-making authority matter as much as pay. Before accepting an offer, clarify whether you own final architecture decisions or advise on them, and confirm which teams you have direct influence over.
Chief Architect Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most chief architects?
The companies hiring the most chief architects right now include Bain & Company, Schneider Electric, and General Dynamics Information Technology, with the largest share of openings in Maryland, Virginia, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Demand is concentrated in large enterprises and consulting firms undertaking major cloud transformation or modernization programs.
How many chief architect jobs are remote?
About 44% of chief architect openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, reflecting the strategic and advisory nature of the role. Cloud architecture and enterprise architecture sub-specializations tend to offer the highest share of remote arrangements, while roles requiring on-site stakeholder alignment or data center oversight are more likely to require in-person presence.
How do you become a chief architect?
Most chief architects progress from software engineer to solutions or enterprise architect before stepping into the chief role. Along the way, you build credibility by leading increasingly large architecture decisions, earning domain certifications, and taking ownership of cross-team technical strategy. Developing a record of aligning architecture choices to measurable business outcomes is what separates candidates who reach this level from those who plateau at senior architect.
Can you get hired as a chief architect without prior experience at that title?
Yes, if you can demonstrate that you have been operating at that scope even without the title. Hiring managers look for candidates who have owned architecture decisions affecting the full organization, led governance or standards bodies, and influenced executive-level technology strategy. Document those contributions explicitly on your resume and be prepared to walk through them in detail during interviews.
What does the chief architect interview process look like?
The process typically opens with a recruiter screen, followed by a technical architecture discussion with senior engineers or a VP of Engineering, and then a system design or architecture review exercise where you walk through a past design or a hypothetical at scale. Later rounds usually include a leadership and stakeholder alignment conversation with executives and, in some cases, a presentation of your architecture philosophy or a take-home design challenge.
Where can I find and apply to chief architect jobs?
You can find and apply to chief architect jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings for roles that match your domain, seniority, and location preferences, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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