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Principal Software Architect

Posted 3 days ago
$148K - $201K per year
5-10 years experience
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AI Summary

The Principal Software Architect will design and guide cloud-native, scalable enterprise architectures and modernization strategies. They will also lead software architecture practices, mentor development teams, and accelerate the adoption of Generative AI and AI-assisted engineering tools.

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

BI Full 6C (T4)

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

API Integration, Enterprise Software Development, Kubernetes

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ARCHITECT ( 100% Remote)

A highly experienced Principal Software Architect with over 5 years of experience driving enterprise software development, cloud‑native platform architecture, and digital modernization initiatives. Brings deep expertise in designing scalable and secure systems, enabling AI‑assisted software engineering, building task‑specific AI agents, and advancing platform innovation across AWS, Kubernetes, Databricks, enterprise integration, and Generative AI technologies.

Responsibilities


• Design and guide cloud‑native, scalable, and secure enterprise architectures, modernization strategies, and technical standards aligned with organizational objectives.
• Lead software architecture practices, establish engineering standards, mentor development teams, and modernize enterprise applications using cloud‑native patterns.
• Architect enterprise platforms on AWS and Kubernetes, defining frameworks that strengthen scalability, security, reliability, and developer efficiency.
• Accelerate enterprise adoption of Generative AI by creating task‑specific AI agents, enabling AI‑assisted software engineering, and promoting spec‑driven development with tools such as Claude Code and GitHub Copilot.
• Develop enterprise data integration and analytics solutions using Databricks, incorporating third‑party APIs and designing scalable, high‑performance data architectures.
• Architect secure identity and access solutions using Zero Trust, OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, Okta, and Keycloak to ensure platform security and regulatory compliance.

Required Technical Skills


• Java, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Python, REST APIs, Microservices, API Integration
• AWS, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Docker, Linux, Serverless Architectures
• Okta, Keycloak, OAuth2, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, Zero Trust
• Generative AI, AI Agents, Prompt Engineering, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Spec‑Driven Development, AI‑assisted Engineering

Preferred Skills


• Familiarity with modern data engineering practices, including SQL, data analytics, data modeling, AI/ML and scalable data processing.

***US citizenship required. Must successfully achieve a Public Trust for this role.

The likely salary range for this position is $148,750 - $201,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

 

 


Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

 

 

About Our Work:

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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