Software Architecture Team Lead at CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc.
Fairfax, VA
$127,500–$310,700from the description
Jul 22, 2026
Fairfax, VA
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on technical leadership role responsible for setting architectural direction and managing a team of software architects working on enterprise federal software products, including a platform called Momentum. Day-to-day work spans defining technology roadmaps, driving cloud and AI modernization initiatives, reducing technical debt, and coordinating across product, delivery, and client-facing teams. Suited to a senior engineer with deep distributed-systems experience who can also mentor architects and communicate technical strategy to executive and government stakeholders.
Senior level · 10+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $199,482 (middle half $174,883–$233,831). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (11)
The title 'Software Architecture Team Lead' carries no explicit seniority level word, so the title states no level; however, the 10+ years requirement and team-lead/people-management scope support a Senior classification.
This role has genuine people-management duties (leading a team of software architects, managing workstreams, mentoring) which drove the 11-3021 classification over an IC architect SOC. The alt code 15-1299 reflects the strong hands-on architectural/IC component the posting also emphasizes.
The primary location is Fairfax, VA (Washington DC metro CBSA 47900); alternate locations in Lebanon VA, Knoxville TN, and Lafayette LA are listed but Fairfax is the lead location.
The role is explicitly onsite 5 days a week at one of the listed CGI Federal offices — remote is false.
Java/Spring are listed together as an example enterprise stack under required qualifications ('Java/Spring'); they are distinct technologies emitted separately with each other as alternatives to reflect the paired listing.
Containerization tools and CI/CD pipelines appear in the required qualifications as part of the enterprise technology stack example ('e.g., Java/Spring, containerization tools, CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, API strategy') — all captured as required.
Momentum (CGI Federal's enterprise ERP product) appears in the posting description and in the skills tag list; it is listed as preferred since it appears in narrative/context rather than a hard-gate requirements section.
DevSecOps, cloud-native development, and AI/ML appear only under the 'Desired qualifications/non-essential skills' section — marked preferred accordingly.
No security clearance is hard-gated; the posting only requires US citizenship or permanent residency and a background check.
The compensation range ($127,500–$310,700/year) is unusually wide, likely reflecting the multiple alternate locations and seniority flexibility across the team lead band.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): API design, service-oriented architecture, cloud-native development.
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