AWS Application Architect - Lead

About the role

The Application Architect will support client projects and provide solutions for growth efforts and capabilities build-out. They will lead and mentor full-stack development teams, providing technical guidance and architectural oversight for innovative solution prototypes using cloud architectures and modern software technologies.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key member of the modernization team to lead and mentor full-stack development teams, providing technical guidance and architectural oversight for innovative solution prototypes using cloud architectures and modern software technologies.
• Lead solutions architecture and hands-on engineering/full-stack development of scalable and secure distributed systems using modern software technologies and programming, AWS Native and microservices architecture, containerization, and API-First design patterns.
• Collaborate with user experience designers, platform engineers, product owners, solution architects, business analysts, and full-stack development teams to design, build, test, and deploy high-value, operationally resilient software products on the AWS cloud platform that satisfy functional and non-functional requirements.
• Define application architecture standards, design patterns, and development best practices across development teams while establishing architectural roadmaps for complex modernization projects and ensuring alignment with AWS Well-Architected Framework principles.
• Lead technical decision-making processes, oversee the implementation of complex distributed systems, and provide escalation support for complex technical challenges while managing project timelines, resource allocation, and technical deliverables for multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Guide proof-of-concept development and technical demos to validate solution strategies, lead solution architecture efforts for RFPs, technical proposals, and thought leadership initiatives.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen or a Green Card holder.
• Must have a Bachelor's degree or at least 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
• Minimum of 6 to 10 years of prior relevant experience in full-stack application development with at least 4 years in leadership/architectural roles.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with AWS cloud application development to build/modernize applications.
• Expert proficiency in Python and JavaScript with proven team leadership experience managing 5+ developers.
• Proven ability to work autonomously and lead, mentor, collaborate, help, and support other team members to solve complex technical problems while managing multiple concurrent projects.
• Proven ability to architect software products and solution prototypes, establish technical standards, and use prototypes to validate technical solution strategies and communicate and explain the pros and cons of complex design alternatives to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with microservices architecture, API design patterns, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), serverless computing, and modern CI/CD practices for enterprise-scale applications.
• Familiarity with the AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) and proven design patterns, like Model-View-Controller, Circuit Breaker, and Event-Driven patterns, is required, as is the ability to design and build cloud-based software products that conform to the AWS Well-Architected Framework design principles.
• Proven ability to design, build, test, and deploy software products and solutions on the AWS cloud platform with demonstrated success in client-facing roles and stakeholder management.
• Experienced in Agile and Scaled Agile practices and principles, with extensive experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to handle customer requirements, engineer solutions, and present complex technical concepts to executive stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse.
• Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.

Skills

• Expert proficiency in Python and JavaScript with proven team leadership experience managing 5+ developers.
• Flask, Docker, EKS/Kubernetes, AWS Step Functions, Event Bridge, AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, Elasticsearch, Caching frameworks, Redis, Memcached, the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for Postgres, and/or the MongoDB NoSQL database service.
• Experience with advanced monitoring and observability tools, performance tuning, and capacity planning for large-scale distributed systems.
• Proficiency in delivering cloud-based software products using contemporary CI/CD pipeline tooling and the ability to continuously collaborate with development, operations, and security (DevSecOps) team members to deliver secure and operationally resilient software products and solutions.
• Contribution to open-source projects, technical publications, or thought leadership in application architecture and cloud-native development.

Benefits

The annual salary range for this position is $102,000.00-$170,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.