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# Software Architect, Lead

- **Company:** Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $112,900.0 - $257,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Code Review, Data Architecture, Serialization, Amazon DynamoDB, Fault Tolerance, Game Engine, Protocol Buffers, JSON, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, Node.Js, NoSQL, Software Architecture, Systems Development Life Cycle, Queueing Systems, RabbitMQ, Raw Data, Swagger, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, TypeScript, WebSocket, Openapi, ReactJS, Apache Spark, Git, SC Clearance, Git Flow, Integration Tests, Apache Flink, Avro, Real Time Data, Apache Kafka, Api Gateway, Restful APIs, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Data Pipelines, Dynatrace, Devsecops, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** September 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9176010/software-architect-lead

## About the Role

* 8+ years of experience in software architecture, design, and code review in production systems
 * 2+ years of experience building real-time services, defined as WebSockets-driven data pipelines that transmit and process raw data with no observable delay to human users, with Node.js, TypeScript and React for console and Operations UIs
 * Experience with REST APIs, WebSockets, and C#
 * Experience Agile Methodology, Git, JavaScript, CSS, Swagger, OpenAPI, Client and Server Side Development, RESTful APIs, AWS, and Azure
 * Experience with relational, such as PostgreSQL or SQL Server, and NoSQL, such as MongoDB or DynamoDB, data architectures at scale
 * Experience with delivery with data streaming technologies and distributed message queues, including strong unit and integration test frameworks
 * Experience with production with Docker and Kubernetes for scalability
 * Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
 * Secret clearance
 * Bachelor's degree

Nice If You Have:

 * Experience with Big Data technologies, such as Python, Kafka, Spark/Flink, or ksqlDB
 * Experience performance engineering for low-latency pipelines
 * Experience with game engines, such as Unity, Unreal, or Prepar3D a plus
 * Experience with C++
 * Possession of excellent critical thinking, decision making, and detail oriented skills

## Description

Are you looking for an opportunity not just to develop software, but to architect event-driven platforms and low-latency streaming systems that have an immense impact in the defense industry? As a Solution Architect, you'll lead end-to-end product design-from vision to production-for real-time data ingestion, processing, and delivery. Using agile lifecycle development and Git-based workflows, you'll partner with full-stack engineers and data scientists to operationalize data-intensive capabilities across mission systems.

What You'll Do

 * Define and own streaming architecture, such as pub/sub, fanout, or backpressure, and event-driven microservices for high-availability and fault tolerance.
 * Select, configure, and scale distributed messaging, such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or AWS SNS/SQS, WebSockets/gRPC, and API gateways.
 * Establish data contracts and schema evolution, such as Avro, Protobuf, or JSON Schema, with registry, serialization, and compatibility policies.
 * Design for observability, such as OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, and SLOs, and drive resiliency patterns, such as idempotency, retries, or circuit breakers.
 * Lead cloud-native deployments on Docker and Kubernetes; guide infrastructure choices across AWS or Azure.
 * Set security-by-design standards, such as encryption in transit/at rest, authN/authZ, or secrets management in partnership with DevSecOps.
 * Mentor engineers, review designs and code, and champion SDLC best practices, automated testing, and documentation.


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