Senior Backend Data Architect for Mission-Critical Systems

Socket.dev; Maryland; On-site; USD 113,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Financial benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid leave

Tuition assistance

Professional development

Work-life programs

Dependent care

Recognition awards

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a senior Back End Data Architect and Engineer to strengthen and scale mission data-processing systems. You will optimize back-end performance, reliability, and distributed resilience for critical mission platforms.

The role involves supporting cyber mission workflows and digital network intelligence processes, with emphasis on scalable architectures and high-quality code. A TS/SCI clearance enhances candidacy for this critical mission work.

Qualifications

• Experience with Apache Kafka for distributed event streaming, Elasticsearch for indexing, search, and cluster performance optimization.
• Experience designing or scaling systems that process large amounts of structured and unstructured data.
• Experience with distributed systems fundamentals such as concurrency, data modeling, observability, durability, and failover patterns.
• Experience enabling or supporting cyber mission workflows, signals or dataflow systems, or digital network intelligence processes.
• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor's degree

Responsibilities

• Strengthen and scale mission data-processing systems as a back-end architect.
• Enhance high-volume dataflow reliability and distributed system resilience.
• Develop and tune back-end performance across services and infrastructure.
• Support workflows for cyber missions and digital network intelligence processes.

Skills

Kafka

Elasticsearch

PostgreSQL

Distributed systems

Cyber mission workflows

TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Go services

Microservices

Container orchestration

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a senior Back End Data Architect and Engineer to strengthen and scale mission data-processing systems. You will optimize back-end performance, reliability, and distributed resilience for critical mission platforms.

The role involves supporting cyber mission workflows and digital network intelligence processes, with emphasis on scalable architectures and high-quality code. A TS/SCI clearance enhances candidacy for this critical mission work.