Back End Data Architect and Engineer, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton; Maryland; On-site; USD 113,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Senior Back End Data Architect and Engineer to design and scale mission data-processing systems, focusing on reliability, performance, and resilience for critical platforms.

Your experience with distributed systems, dataflow, and back-end development will help analysts and mission operators execute complex cyber missions. Join a team shaping secure, scalable digital network intelligence capabilities.

Qualifications

• Experience with distributed event streaming using Kafka, indexing with Elasticsearch, and query tuning with PostgreSQL.
• Experience designing or scaling systems that process large amounts of data.
• Experience with distributed systems fundamentals: concurrency, observability, durability, failover.

Skills

Kafka

Elasticsearch

PostgreSQL

Distributed systems

Cyber workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Go

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Job Number: R0249750

Back End Data Architect and Engineer, Senior

The Opportunity

As a back-end developer, you know that a good site or system needs the right combination of clean code, APIs, analytics, and infrastructure to develop a user-focused solution. We are seeking an expert-level back-end architect to strengthen and scale our mission data-processing systems. This role is central to advancing high-volume dataflow reliability, back-end performance tuning, and distributed system resilience for critical mission platforms.

In addition to core back-end responsibilities, this engineer will work on software stacks that directly support digital network intelligence workflows, enabling analysts and mission operators to execute and accelerate critical cyber missions.

In this role, you'll make a mission-forward impact as you expand your skillset and career. Work with us as we shape systems for the better.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have

• Experience with Apache Kafka for distributed event streaming, Elasticsearch for indexing, search, and cluster performance optimization, and PostgreSQL for schema design, tuning, and large-scale query optimization
• Experience designing or scaling systems that process large amounts of structured and unstructured data
• Experience with distributed systems fundamentals such as concurrency, data modeling, observability, durability, and failover patterns
• Experience enabling or supporting cyber mission workflows, signals or dataflow systems, or digital network intelligence processes
• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelor's degree

Nice If You Have

• 8+ years of experience with engineering production
• Experience working with mission systems, cyber operations tooling, or intelligence support platforms
• Experience with other components of our stack such as Go services, microservices architecture, container orchestration, and CI/CD pipelines
• TS/SCI clearance

Clearance

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Skills Assessment As part of Booz Allen's skills first hiring process, candidates must complete the required skills assessment to ensure they meet the Basic Qualifications for this role. Candidates must complete the assessment and meet the minimum proficiency threshold to continue in the hiring process.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organisational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $112,800.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen's total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

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 interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity