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.
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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.
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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:
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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
