Principal Tech Lead: Secure, Scalable Software Architect

Zohorecruit; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO & Floating days off

11 paid holidays

401(k) with 3% match

Great health coverage

Job summary

Zohorecruit seeks an experienced Tech Lead – Principal Software Engineer to steer architecture and delivery for mission-critical environments from Arlington, TX. This role blends hands-on coding with technical leadership, DevSecOps, Agile delivery, and team development in a high-tempo setting requiring Top Secret/SCI eligibility.

Responsibilities span leading multi-team software delivery, building CI/CD pipelines, enforcing security controls, and guiding long-term technical strategy while

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen with active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of relevant experience.
• Proven experience leading multiple engineering teams and delivering complex enterprise software systems.
• Strong hands-on Agile full-SDLC software development, including design, development, testing, integration, deployment, production release, and sustainment.
• Strong experience with DevSecOps, automated testing, CI/CD, release management, configuration management, and version control.
• Experience building DevOps pipelines using Bitbucket, Git/GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins, Artifactory, and Ansible.
• Experience with Java Full Stack, Gradle, PowerShell, Oracle 19c, web services, and APIs.
• Experience managing Agile delivery and project tracking using Jira or equivalent tools.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor senior technical staff in a high-tempo TS/SCI environment.
• Strong leadership, communication, documentation, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Agile software engineering teams and translate mission priorities into technical plans and sprint goals.
• Build and manage automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Ansible, Git, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Artifactory.
• Implement DevSecOps, automated testing, observability, security controls, and full-SDLC across environments.
• Manage software release/version control and secure promotion across product lifecycles.
• Define long-term technical strategy, architecture standards, governance, and best practices.
• Serve as a senior technical authority for cross-team engineering challenges.
• Drive engineering excellence in security, reliability, performance, and automation.
• Lead, mentor, and develop senior engineers, including career development and retention.
• Own delivery outcomes across multiple Agile teams, ensuring quality, security, and mission alignment.
• Balance near-term delivery with modernization and architectural investments.
• Partner with product owners and stakeholders to align priorities and roadmaps.
• Identify and resolve delivery risks and dependencies.
• Communicate technical vision and progress to leadership and non-technical stakeholders.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and guide AI tool adoption.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Project management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Bitbucket

Git/GitHub/GitLab

Jenkins

Artifactory

Ansible

Jira

PowerShell

Oracle 19c

Job description

Zohorecruit seeks an experienced Tech Lead – Principal Software Engineer to steer architecture and delivery for mission-critical environments from Arlington, TX. This role blends hands-on coding with technical leadership, DevSecOps, Agile delivery, and team development in a high-tempo setting requiring Top Secret/SCI eligibility.

Responsibilities span leading multi-team software delivery, building CI/CD pipelines, enforcing security controls, and guiding long-term technical strategy while