26-1112: Senior Software Architect - Herndon, VA
Navitas Business Consulting Inc.About the role
Job ID#: 26-1112
Clearance: Must have a minimum of a Government Secret clearance
Location: Herndon, VA
Who We Are:
Since our inception back in 2006, Navitas has grown to be an industry leader in the digital transformation space, and we’ve served as trusted advisors supporting our client base within the commercial, federal, and state and local markets.
What We Do:
At our very core, we’re a group of problem solvers providing our award-winning technology solutions to drive digital acceleration for our customers! With proven solutions, award-winning technologies, and a team of expert problem solvers, Navitas has consistently empowered customers to use technology as a competitive advantage and deliver cutting-edge transformative solutions.
What You’ll Do:
Navitas is seeking a highly experienced Senior Software Architect to provide technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle. This role will be responsible for defining software architecture, evaluating emerging technologies, translating business and technical requirements into scalable solutions, and providing architectural guidance to development and engineering teams.
The Senior Software Architect will design and oversee secure, highly available, and high-performance enterprise applications utilizing modern cloud, microservices, API, database, and web technologies. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on software development experience combined with the ability to define architectural standards, evaluate technical solutions, and guide teams through complex modernization initiatives within an Agile environment.
Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:- Lead software architecture and design activities across the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, prototyping, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
- Research, evaluate, and recommend software development tools, technologies, frameworks, and architectural approaches.
- Collaborate with systems engineers, developers, business analysts, and technical stakeholders to define functional and non-functional requirements.
- Translate requirements into high-level epics, features, and user stories that support Agile software development and delivery.
- Design complex enterprise applications utilizing microservices, hybrid cloud architectures, distributed systems, and modern software engineering practices.
- Define and communicate software architecture standards, design principles, technical guidelines, and reusable patterns.
- Develop architecture and solution designs that emphasize maintainability, scalability, flexibility, performance, security, availability, and resiliency.
- Apply industry-standard software design patterns and engineering best practices to complex application environments.
- Provide technical leadership and development guidance across enterprise web applications, APIs, data platforms, and cloud-based solutions.
- Design and support RESTful web services and service-based architectures utilizing technologies such as Spring MVC and Spring Boot.
- Provide architectural guidance for single-page applications and modern front-end frameworks.
- Design structured and unstructured data solutions to support enterprise application requirements.
- Architect transactional database solutions utilizing relational database technologies such as Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.
- Establish strategies for automated unit, integration, performance, and security testing.
- Support implementation of software quality practices, including static code analysis and automated code quality tools such as SonarQube, CAST, and Fortify.
- Evaluate existing applications and recommend modernization strategies, technology improvements, and architectural enhancements.
- Collaborate with DevOps and cloud engineering teams to support automated build, deployment, monitoring, and operational processes.
- Ensure solutions incorporate appropriate security, accessibility, performance, and availability requirements.
- Provide technical mentorship and guidance to software developers and engineering teams.
- Participate in architecture reviews, technical design sessions, Agile ceremonies, and s
Apply for this role
Generate a tailored application kit with a matched cover letter, interview prep, and CV highlights — in under 60 seconds.
Apply Now →Generate Application KitFree account required — sign up in 30s