Senior Backend Data Architect for Mission-Critical Systems

Phase2 Technology; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 113,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

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

The ideal candidate has extensive experience with Apache Kafka, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, and distributed systems, and can obtain a TS/SCI clearance. This role offers challenging workloads and a path to leadership in high-stakes environments.

Qualifications

• Experience designing or scaling data-intensive back-end systems.
• Experience with distributed systems, concurrency, observability, durability, and failover patterns.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale mission data-processing backends.
• Improve reliability, performance, and resilience of distributed systems.
• Support digital network intelligence workflows for cyber missions.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Data processing at scale

TS/SCI clearance

Cyber mission workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Apache Kafka

Elasticsearch

PostgreSQL

Go

Microservices

Container orchestration

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

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

The ideal candidate has extensive experience with Apache Kafka, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, and distributed systems, and can obtain a TS/SCI clearance. This role offers challenging workloads and a path to leadership in high-stakes environments.