Senior Software Architect

Ready to Ignite your career and work alongside some of the most innovative and brightest professionals in innovative technology? Join us and unleash your potential working in an Agile environment while modernizing enterprise systems and applications needed to support the men and women charged with safeguarding the American people and enhancing the Nation’s safety, security, and prosperity. As a Senior Software Architect, you operate as part of a dynamic and passionate team of industry-leading individuals supporting the best practices in Agile Software Development for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). You will be focused on the delivery of software solutions associated with customer-defined systems and software projects by working in close collaboration with software developers/engineers, stakeholders, and end users within Agile processes.

Requirements

• Guiding agile teams in all aspects of application architecture including user interface, APIs, microservices, databases, and infrastructure

• Pursue new methods for fulfilling business requirements, including new tools, development strategies, and testing strategies, and evangelize solutions with multiple peers

• Maintain sound understanding of enterprise and program level architecture and align agile team solutions to wider enterprise standards

• Liaison with business analysts to understand business needs and develop solutions that meet business needs and comply with enterprise and program level architecture and standards

• Work with product architects, tech leads, and developers to create technical solutions within an established framework

• Propose and introduce new technology to peers and the project by executing proofs-of-concept

• Create and maintain architecture diagrams and data models, including dependency tracking

• Collaborate with the SecDevOps team to onboard new applications to the cloud-based infrastructure

• Evangelize the developed solution to tech leads to breakup stories into tasks and assist in completion of tasks in timely fashion

• Motivating developers, testers and creating a space where they can ask questions and voice their concerns.

• Keep up to date with industry trends and developments

• Delegating tasks and ensuring all daily, sprint and release goals are achieved

• Performs Architecture design and reviews as required, ensuring initiatives are aligned with future state

• Designing solutions in a Multi-Tenant Cloud Architecture that will support legacy .NET, Java, and COTS client/server applications

• Identifies risks, opportunities, compliance issues or other architectural concerns

• Active participation in architecture meetings across the portfolio where you can propose your solutions with peers

• Develop product teams technical skills through mentoring, coaching, and peer reviews.

• Review Cybersecurity Assessments and Static Code Analysis of developed software to define remediations and improve software quality.

Qualifications:

Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to pass CBP background investigation, criteria include but are not limited to:

· 3 year check for felony convictions

· 1 year check for illegal drug use

· 1 year check for misconduct such as theft or fraud

• Must be available to work a hybrid schedule with onsite requirements in Ashburn, VA.
• 7+ years' overall experience in software development, including hands-on experience with programming, software design patterns, and architecture in a software architect or tech lead role.

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field.

• Proficiency in multiple programming languages, such as Java, or JavaScript, and experience with various development frameworks and libraries, such as Angular, Spring, Hibernate.

• Familiarity with design patterns, object-oriented programming (OOP), and other software design methodologies to create modular, scalable, and maintainable systems.

• Professional experience operating within cross-functional teams and groups.

• Knowledge of different software development processes, such as Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or DevOps, and their implications on architectural decisions.

• Expertise in various architectural styles, such as client-server, microservices, event-driven, or layered architectures, and their trade-offs.

• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and understanding of distributed system concepts, including scalability, fault tolerance, and data consistency.

• Knowledge of RESTful APIs and experience designing, implementing, and integrating APIs in a secure and efficient manner.

• Familiarity with relational (e.g., Postgres) and NoSQL (e.g., DynamoDB, MongoDB) databases, data modeling, and data storage best practices.

• Skills in analyzing and optimizing software performance, including profiling, benchmarking, and code optimization techniques.

• Awareness of common software security vulnerabilities and strategies to mitigate them, such as input validation, secure coding practices, and encryption.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams and convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• Ability and desire to stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in software architecture.

Nice to Have:

• Deep experience in our tech stack: Java 17, Spring/Spring boot, Typescript, UI state management, ORM such as Hibernate, PostgreSQL, nginx, Amazon AWS

• Having served in a technical lead role for one or more product teams.

• Optional but beneficial certifications include AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect.

• Having contributed to development of enterprise architecture and standards and ability to enforce these standards

• Experience in Continuous integration, Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) as well as SecDevOps processes and tools

Benefits

• 401(k) with matching and 100% Vested
• Health Insurance - 3 plans to select from
• Dental insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• AD&D
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Training
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Referral program
• Paid Legal Plan
• and more....

Ignite IT is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran status, sexual orientation, or other protected characteristic. In accordance with EO 13665 Final Rule, Ignite IT will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

Applicants selected must be able to possess and maintain a government clearance

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED'