Software Architect - Poly clearance required

At Praxis Engineering, you'll be part of a team that makes a true impact by building cutting-edge mission-critical applications that help the end user accomplish their mission and keep people safe. The work we do is important. The challenges we face are career-defining. The opportunity we can offer is one-of-a-kind.  Our work depends on a Software Architect joining our team to support a GDIT program that we are the prime on and is located at Annapolis Junction, MD. As a Software Architect, you will:

• Develop an understanding of our existing IT infrastructure while actively searching for improvement areas.

• Streamline workflows by implementing inventive technical solutions.
• Engage with stakeholders, updating them on IT development processes and costs.
• Drive organization-wide process optimization.
• Evaluate existing and emerging technologies on a regular basis.

What you will be doing:

The Software Architect will work with cutting-edge technologies including:

Technologies: AWS, Docker, Kafka, Kubernetes, Microservices, Cassandra, Java 21

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with the team to identify and analyze challenges, leveraging their expertise to develop and optimize innovative Cloud-Based Solutions that address performance bottlenecks, enhance system scalability/data processing capabilities, and support seamless integration across mission-critical systems.
• Lead cloud efforts leveraging AWS for scalability, availability, and reliability.

• Optimize applications for on-demand release cycles while maintaining system reliability.

• Support DevSecOps integration within Agile Kanban development teams
• Ensure compliance with zero trust security principles and federal IT security regulations.
• Provides comprehensive guidance and update documentation of the system architecture to ensure accuracy on production systems
• Periodically audit existing systems infrastructure and architecture to ensure an accurate, high-level understanding of present capabilities

What you need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics or a related technical discipline, plus 8 years of application design and development experience.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience with AWS: EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, VPC.
• Experience with DevOps CI/CD utilizing technologies such as GitLab, TerraForm.
• Experience in implementing cloud solutions
• Understanding of Object-Oriented design methodologies and design patterns
• Experience with containerization desired (ex: Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with Linux (Red Hat and CentOS)

Preferred Skillsets:

• Exposure to some of the following:
  • Terraform
  • Kubernetes
  • NiFi
  • Java
  • Python

Clearance:
Active TS/SCI with an appropriate polygraph is required to be considered for this role

Salary range:

$101,996.00 - $219,107.00 (Annually)* 

REQ#: PRX-25-528