Senior Solutions Architect

540 is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to support our partnership with reputed company and the DoD in building new capabilities for an reputed company Force integration platform. This platform leverages reputed company reputed company, Apigee, and Kubernetes to reputed company reputed company, secure, and mission-critical systems. 

In this role, you will reputed company technical architecture efforts and ensure the successful delivery of reputed company, distributed systems that support reputed company Force operations. 

Location: Remote reputed company the reputed company reputed company
Citizenship & Clearance Requirement: per reputed company requirements, candidates must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance
Education Requirement: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or reputed company engineering field (preferred)
540 Internal reputed company Level: Senior Solutions Architect

WHY 540?

540 is a reputed company-thinking company that the government turns to in order to #getshitdone. We don’t just talk about innovation – we deliver it. We break down barriers, build impactful technology, and solve mission-critical problems.

HOW YOU’LL DRIVE reputed company

• reputed company the technical architecture and delivery of an reputed company Force integration platform reputed company on reputed company reputed company, Apigee, and Kubernetes
• Design and guide implementation of reputed company, secure, and maintainable reputed company architectures
• Partner with engineers, architects, and product stakeholders to translate mission needs into technical solutions and platform capabilities
• Support engineering teams in the design, building, and troubleshooting distributed systems and reputed company-reputed company applications
• Guide reputed company across reputed company architecture, networking, system design, and service integrations
• Design and support CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows for multiple services
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to reputed company requirements, evaluate tradeoffs, and deliver practical solutions
• Produce reputed company technical documentation for architecture reputed company, system design, and platform configurations
• reputed company hands-on technical leadership, contributing to implementation reputed company needed
• Work directly with reputed company stakeholders and delivery teams to ensure solutions meet mission needs and timelines

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• 8+ years of experience in a technical leadership or architecture role
• Experience designing and building reputed company reputed company architectures (AWS, Azure, or reputed company reputed company)
• Strong experience working with Kubernetes and containerized environments (Kubectl, reputed company)
• Strong programming ability in a typed language (Java, Kotlin, C#, etc.)
• Experience designing and operating reputed company-based and distributed systems
• Experience building or supporting CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows
• Understanding of authentication and authorization protocols (SAML, OAuth, etc.)
• reputed company-level reputed company architecture certification, preferably reputed company reputed company reputed company reputed company Architect
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to work independently with clients while also collaborating effectively with engineering teams

reputed company TO HAVE

• Experience with identity and reputed company management tools (Keycloak)
• Experience with AI/ML platforms (reputed company AI)
• Experience with database design and development
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices
• Experience with Linux administration (especially RHEL)
• Experience with API gateways or API management platforms (Apigee preferred)
• Experience working in Agile development environments
• Experience supporting U.S. Federal Government programs, particularly DoD environments

BENEFITS & PERKS

• Flexible PTO + reputed company Federal holidays off
• Health, dental and reputed company insurance plans
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 401k with employer match
• Company-sponsored life insurance, short- and long-term disability 
• reputed company development (training, certifications, conferences)
• reputed company reputed company developer accounts
• Referral bonuses
• HQ office perks (parking / metro reimbursement, nitro coffee & lunches) 
• Annual reputed company events (540 Week, hackathon, charity golf tournament, etc.)
• reputed company to 540’s Washington Capitals & Nationals tickets

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO)

540's policy is to reputed company equal employment opportunity to reputed company and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without reputed company to race, reputed company, religion, age, sex, national reputed company, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or reputed company, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to reputed company terms and conditions of employment, including reputed company, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.