Solutions Architect (SME)
Summary
Senior Solutions Architect at a federal intelligence-community contractor, on-site in Washington, DC with an active Top-Secret clearance. Day to day: designing baseline/target enterprise architectures, evaluating design gaps, and guiding modernization, integration, and cloud migration. Core tech includes Java, TypeScript, Python, Go, .NET, PostgreSQL, Spring Boot, React/Angular, and CI/CD tooling.
Description of Task to be Performed:
AnaVation is seeking a Senior-level Solutions Architect to design, build, implement, and maintain enterprise-class systems and processes that support mission requirements. This role will develop baseline and target architectures for production environments, ensuring that technology standards and frameworks align with the organization’s overall business and technical strategy. The Enterprise Architect will evaluate existing and proposed architectures, identify design gaps, and recommend improvements that enhance system stability, interoperability, portability, scalability, and long-term performance.
Daily duties include, but are not limited to:
- Designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise-level systems and processes.
- Aligning enterprise architecture standards, frameworks, and solutions with business objectives and technology strategy.
- Evaluating existing and proposed system architectures to identify design gaps, risks, and areas for improvement.
- Recommending architectural changes and enhancements to improve stability, interoperability, portability, scalability, and performance.
- Collaborating with business, technical, security, and program stakeholders to translate mission needs into architectural solutions.
- Establishing and maintaining architecture principles, standards, models, roadmaps, and technical documentation.
- Supporting modernization, integration, cloud migration, and technology transformation initiatives. Providing technical guidance and architectural recommendations throughout the system development lifecycle.
This position requires a Top-Secret clearance.
This position is on-site in Washington DC with no remote option.
Required Qualifications:
- 10+ years of documented and demonstrated experience in Backend Developer, Full Stack Developer, or Java Developer roles, including enterprise application design and delivery.
- Experience designing, developing, testing, and deploying backend services, APIs, and front-end applications using Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Go, and/or .NET, including Java development using current Java Development Kit versions.
- Experience with PostgreSQL database architecture, schema design, SQL development, and performance tuning.
- Experience implementing application frameworks and technologies such as Spring/Spring Boot, Node.js, NestJS, Gin, Angular, React, Next.js, Google Web Toolkit, Hibernate, and Struts.
- Experience defining enterprise solution architectures and system designs, applying software design patterns, identifying antipatterns, and assessing security vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies.
- Experience designing front-end, backend, and API solutions, including integration across enterprise applications and data platforms.
- Experience leading multiple development teams through technical design, implementation, and delivery.
- Experience with software development lifecycle processes, including SAFe Agile, and development and delivery tools such as Git, Nexus, SonarQube, Jira, Confluence, Crucible, Jenkins, Ansible, and Ansible Tower.
- Experience troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving technical, functional, and performance issues in cloud environments.
- Experience designing, planning, and managing data migrations, including data mapping, transformation, validation, and cutover.
- Has an active TS clearance and can work onsite in DC.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or SAFe Architect
- Experience with XTS and its integration into enterprise solutions.
- Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
- 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
- 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
- 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
- 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
- Competitive Pay
- Generous paid leave and holiday package
- Tuition and training reimbursement
- Life and AD&D Insurance
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- Are you Legally Authorized to Work in the United States? In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire optional
- PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND INITIAL EACH PARAGRAPH BEFORE SIGNING I have disclosed all information that is relevant and should be considered applicable to my candidacy for employment. optional
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- I hereby certify that, if employed, I will report to my supervisor, a representative of HR or other member of management, if I am ever harassed or discriminated against by someone in the company or if I ever become aware of any unethical behavior by any employee. optional
- I expressly understand and agree that, if employed, my employment, having no specified term, is based upon mutual consent and may be terminated at will, with or without cause, by either party (AnaVation, LLC or me) without prior notice to the other, unless otherwise prohibited by law. Additionally, I understand that no representation, whether oral or written, by any representative or agent of AnaVation, LLC, at any time, can constitute an implied or express contract of employment. I further understand no representative or agent of AnaVation, LLC has the authority to enter into an agreement for employment for any specified period of time or to make any change in any policy, procedure, benefit or other terms or condition of employment other than in a document signed by the Chief Executive Officer or an authorized representative. optional
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- Do you currently hold an Active U.S. Government Security Clearance
- Do you hold a US Government Top Secret Clearance or Above?
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