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