Software Architect/Cloud AWS Engineer - Poly clearance

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