Principal AI & Cloud Architect (Remote/Hybrid)

Niyam IT; Ashburn (VA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Work Hours

Remote Work

Career Growth

Great People

Great Environment

Diversity & Inclusion

Job summary

Niyam IT in Ashburn, VA is seeking a Principal Technical Architect to lead architecture across federal programs, guiding AI-enabled mobile and web solutions with a cloud CI/CD DevSecOps pipeline. Position requires on-site presence in Northern VA up to 3–4 days per week.

You will mentor engineers, shape technical strategy, and champion architecture governance while delivering scalable, secure systems across multiple contracts.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizen with ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end architecture, design, and delivery of scalable, secure software solutions.
• Define and uphold architecture standards, design patterns, engineering best practices, and technical governance.
• Design and implement modern web, mobile, cloud, API, and AI-enabled solutions, including system integrations and shared services.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle, including solution design and code reviews.
• Drive the adoption of AI/ML capabilities, DevSecOps, CI/CD, automation, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions using Agile methodologies.

Skills

Flutter

Angular

Spring Boot

Java

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Dart

Swift

Kubernetes

Selenium

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Selenium

Firebase

Gradle

Kubernetes

Job description

Niyam IT in Ashburn, VA is seeking a Principal Technical Architect to lead architecture across federal programs, guiding AI-enabled mobile and web solutions with a cloud CI/CD DevSecOps pipeline. Position requires on-site presence in Northern VA up to 3–4 days per week.

You will mentor engineers, shape technical strategy, and champion architecture governance while delivering scalable, secure systems across multiple contracts.