Secret - Principal Technical Architect

Insight Global; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Principal Technical Architect to lead a mission-critical modernization effort for the Department of War. You will own target architecture, set technical standards, and guide cross-team decisions to ensure secure, scalable integration across modern and legacy systems.

You will coordinate with the Platform Lead, developers, and government stakeholders to defend designs, establish architectural direction, and drive the technical integration needed for a complex

Qualifications

• Active Secret security clearance or higher.
• 15+ years of experience in software architecture and enterprise solutions.
• Experience designing identity-federated, zero-trust web platforms and event-driven architectures.
• Proven ability to guide multiple teams and communicate complex decisions clearly.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the target architecture and design decisions for the program.
• Define integration levels and governance for onboarding applications to the enterprise platform.
• Present designs to sprint demos, reviews, and architecture boards; collaborate with stakeholders.

Skills

Secret clearance

15+ years exp

Identity federation

Zero-trust

Event-driven

Legacy integration

Architectural leadership

Communication skills

Keycloak

OPA

Debezium

Envoy

Kubernetes

AWS GovCloud

Tools

Keycloak

Open Policy Agent (OPA)

Debezium

Envoy

Kubernetes

AWS GovCloud

Job description

Job Description

-We are seeking a Principal Technical Architect to provide enterprise-level technical leadership for a mission-critical application modernization initiative supporting the Department of War (DoW). In this role, you will own the target architecture, establish technical standards, and guide architectural decisions across a modern, secure, and integrated application platform. You will serve as the principal technical authority, working closely with the Platform Lead, development teams, and government stakeholders to ensure solutions are scalable, interoperable, secure, and aligned with program objectives. This is an opportunity for an experienced architect to shape a complex modernization effort, establish architectural direction, and lead the technical integration of modern applications with legacy systems.

Enterprise Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Own and maintain the target architecture, including all architectural design decisions of record.
• Define and oversee the architecture for identity federation and attribute-based access control, the composable application shell, the event-driven work-item hub, externalized business rules, the capability registry, and the integration gateway.
• Establish technical direction and architectural standards to support secure, scalable, and interoperable enterprise applications.
• Serve as the senior technical authority over the Platform Lead and development squad leads, ensuring architectural consistency across the program.

Application Integration & Governance

• Define the integration levels through which applications connect to and participate in the enterprise platform.
• Establish architectural conformance checks and technical requirements governing application onboarding.
• Review and approve application manifests before applications are admitted into the capability registry.
• Ensure architectural decisions support secure integration between modern applications and legacy systems.

Stakeholder Engagement & Architecture Oversight

• Present and defend architectural designs and decisions during sprint demonstrations, phase-exit reviews, and customer architecture and authorization boards.
• Collaborate with technical teams and government stakeholders to ensure solutions align with established architectural requirements.
• Provide architectural guidance throughout implementation to ensure development teams deliver solutions consistent with the approved target architecture.

Skills and Requirements

• Active Secret security clearance or higher.
• 15+ years of experience in software architecture, including hands-on delivery of enterprise-scale solutions.
• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering identity-federated, zero-trust web platforms.
• Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures and integration with legacy systems.
• Proven track record of developing architectures that multiple engineering teams have successfully implemented.
• Strong technical leadership skills, including the ability to establish architectural direction and guide multidisciplinary development teams.
• Ability to communicate complex architectural decisions effectively to technical teams, government stakeholders, and review boards.
• Experience with Keycloak, Open Policy Agent (OPA), Debezium, Envoy, and Kubernetes deployed within AWS GovCloud.
• Familiarity with Department of War (DoW) Risk Management Framework (RMF) requirements.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].