Cloud Application Architect, Lead
Booz Allen Hamilton4 days ago
Base Salary
$113k - $257k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable, and resilient cloud solutions for Public Health data modernization.
- Translate business, operational, and technical requirements into cloud architectures and guide multiple development teams through implementation.
- Lead architecture reviews, technical design sessions, cloud integration pattern definition, and architecture documentation.
- Improve system stability, performance, maintainability, and cloud optimization while contributing to long-term technology roadmaps.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership, direction, support, and mentorship to engineering teams working on parallel projects.
- Apply engineering best practices including automation, DevSecOps, and cloud-native development principles.
- Present technical ideas, concepts, and business decisions to technical and business audiences.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering and software architecture.
- 8+ years of full-stack development experience, including .NET and modern JavaScript frameworks such as Angular, React, and Vue.
- 8+ years of SQL development, relational database design, and performance optimization experience.
- 3+ years of experience architecting or developing solutions with Microsoft Azure cloud services, including Azure App Services, databases, and monitoring features.
- Experience providing technical leadership to multiple development teams and leading technical design sessions.
- Knowledge of AI-based software development, federal cybersecurity requirements, and Section 508 requirements.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements.
- Preferred experience with AWS or GCP, serverless architecture, containerization, Kafka, Azure Service Bus, Azure-centric DevSecOps, continuous deployment pipelines, event-driven architectures, distributed systems, cloud optimization, and agentic AI frameworks.
- Preferred Master’s degree and Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure Developer Associate certification.
- Applicants selected must undergo a government investigation and may need to meet U.S. government client eligibility requirements.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement with work at a Booz Allen or customer facility according to leadership expectations and role needs.
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits for eligible employees.
- Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care support.
- Recognition awards and full-time and part-time benefits eligibility for employees working at least 20 hours per week on a regular basis.
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About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton builds and integrates software, analytics, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity solutions while providing engineering and consulting services, primarily for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil government clients, with select commercial partnerships. Its business is largely government contracting and professional services delivering mission systems and cyber defense. Founded in 1914 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Booz Allen is a public company traded on the NYSE (ticker: BAH).