Cloud Application Architect, Lead
Booz Allen Hamilton5 days ago
Base Salary
$113k - $257k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement secure, scalable, resilient cloud solutions for Public Health data modernization initiatives.
- Translate business, operational, and technical requirements into effective cloud architectures.
- Lead architecture reviews, technical design sessions, and definition of cloud integration patterns.
- Guide development teams through implementation and ensure adherence to engineering and cloud-native development practices.
- Provide technical leadership, direction, support, and mentorship to multiple development teams working on parallel projects.
- Improve system stability, performance, maintainability, and cloud optimization.
- Create architecture documentation and contribute to long-term technology roadmaps.
- Collaborate with program managers, product owners, engineers, cybersecurity specialists, and cloud teams.
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 in cloud environments.
- 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 presenting technical ideas, concepts, and business decisions to technical and business audiences.
- 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.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science.
- Preferred experience includes AWS or GCP, serverless architectures, containerization, Kafka, Azure Service Bus, Azure-centric DevSecOps, continuous deployment pipelines, event-driven architectures, distributed systems, cloud optimization, and agentic AI frameworks and tools.
- Preferred qualifications include a master's degree and Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure Developer Associate certification.
Benefits
- Benefits include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement programs, paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, dependent care, and recognition awards.
- Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible for the company's benefits programs, with select offerings available below that threshold.
- Work-model expectations vary by designation and may include remote work with occasional in-person requirements, hybrid work at a Booz Allen or customer facility, or primarily onsite work at a customer facility.
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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).