Sr. Solutions Architect - Lead

Job Overview

XPECT Solutions is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to support a Federal Government Customer with delivering secure, cloud-based mission systems. The Engineer will own the end-to-end technical design across full-stack applications, microservices, and AWS infrastructure, setting architectural direction and guiding a team of engineers through delivery.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end architecture for secure, cloud-based mission applications, spanning front-end, back-end, microservices, data, and AWS infrastructure layers.
• Define and maintain reference architectures, design patterns, API contracts, and architectural decision records (ADRs) that guide the engineering team and ensure consistency across the program.
• Arcitect microservices-based solutions using Java, Spring Boot, and Apache Camel, with well-defined integration patterns over REST, GraphQL, XML, and JSON.
• Direct front-end architecture using React, JavaScript, and HTML/CSS, establishing component standards, state-management patterns, and accessibility/Section 508 compliance.
• Design database schemas and data engineering solutions across multiple platforms (relational and NoSQL), including data modeling, performance tuning, and migration strategy.
• Architect AWS deployments using EC2, ECS, EBS, RDS Postgres, ALBs, Lambda, S3, and Amazon MQ — defining networking, scaling, resilience, and cost-optimization strategies.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership: review code and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), conduct design reviews, and resolve cross-team architectural issues.
• Establish CI/CD and DevSecOps standards in partnership with platform teams, leveraging Git, Jenkins, Terraform, and Vault to automate secure build, deploy, and release workflows.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, conduct proofs-of-concept, and recommend strategic investments aligned to long-term mission needs.

Requirements

• Must be able to pass a full background check and obtain a Public Trust 6C
• Eight (8) years of Information Assurance experience
• Experience with the following technologies:
• Database Design and Data Engineering in multiple platforms
• Java
• Springboot
• Python
• MicroServices
• XML
• JSON
• Camel
• GraphQL
• Javascript
• React
• HTML, CSS
• RHEL
• AWS (EC2, EBS, ECS, RDS Postrgres, ALBs, Lamda, S3, Amazon MQ)
• Git
• Jenkins
• Terraform
• Vault

Preferred Additional Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.

Benefits

• A competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision plan
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Life Insurance
• AD&D Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• 3 weeks of annual PTO
• 11 days of Holiday PTO
• Performance Awards
• Referral Bonus Plan (of up to $5,000/year)
• Education Reimbursement/Training (of up to $2,500/year)