Chief Engineer / Lead Architect - DoD Cloud & Kubernetes

Socket.dev; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

401(k)

Education assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

ASRC Federal seeks a Chief Engineer/Lead Architect for the JPES/JCRM program at Fort Meade, MD. You will lead the technical strategy for cloud-hosted, multi-enclave enterprise applications, focusing on Java/Spring, Kubernetes, and secure interfaces.

The role requires an active Secret clearance, US citizenship, and collaboration with DISA and government stakeholders to ensure secure, scalable deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, information technology or a related discipline; four additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
• At least 10 years of enterprise software architecture or chief-engineer experience.
• At least eight years of Java/Spring development or technical leadership experience.
• Deep experience with enterprise web applications, Kubernetes, secure government cloud environments, and DevSecOps.
• Experience architecting PostgreSQL databases, replication, and multi-system data exchange.
• Strong experience with REST APIs, web services, and external system integration.
• Experience operating in SIPR or comparable classified environments.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical decisions to Government stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Active Secret clearance required at time of hire.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary contractor technical interface to DISA engineering leadership.
• Establish and govern the JPES/JCRM technical architecture and modernization roadmap.
• Lead architecture for Java/Spring enterprise applications deployed on RHEL and Kubernetes.
• Oversee Azure IL6 and multi-enclave deployment architecture.
• Govern PostgreSQL EDB architecture, database synchronization, and transitional Oracle/JOPES data replication.
• Architect secure REST APIs, web services, and external DoD system interfaces.
• Guide containerization, infrastructure-as-code, automated deployment, and DevSecOps integration.
• Oversee ELK-based logging, monitoring, performance, and observability.
• Evaluate technical changes, alternatives, dependencies, and risks.
• Lead technical reviews, design sessions, sprint demonstrations, troubleshooting, and security assessments.
• Ensure modular, maintainable, open architectures consistent with Government Purpose Rights requirements.
• Coordinate technical decisions across development, integration, platform, test, database, and cybersecurity teams.

Skills

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, information technology

Tools

Java/Spring

Kubernetes

REST APIs

PostgreSQL

Azure cloud

DevSecOps

Job description

ASRC Federal seeks a Chief Engineer/Lead Architect for the JPES/JCRM program at Fort Meade, MD. You will lead the technical strategy for cloud-hosted, multi-enclave enterprise applications, focusing on Java/Spring, Kubernetes, and secure interfaces.

The role requires an active Secret clearance, US citizenship, and collaboration with DISA and government stakeholders to ensure secure, scalable deliverables.