Senior Defense Software Solutions Architect

Parsons; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a Lead Software Solutions Architect to design and deliver secure, data-intensive software for defense missions. You will work with engineers, data teams, and government stakeholders to translate mission needs into scalable architectures, designs, and deployable capabilities.

Role requires directing architectures, guiding product delivery in SAFe, and advising on technology choices while ensuring security and interoperability in challenging environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 15+ years of experience in software engineering, architecture, or related leadership roles.
• Experience delivering software solutions for defense/intelligence domains.
• Distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architectures.
• Hands-on with Cursor on Target, FMV/KLV, and JSON formats.
• Kafka experience (topics, producers/consumers, security).
• TAK ecosystem (TAK Server/WebTAK/ATAK).
• S3-compatible storage (MinIO/AWS S3).
• Zero Trust architecture and secure networking concepts.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end architectures for secure, distributed mission applications.
• Lead technical design, interface specs, data models, and implementation approaches.
• Architect integrations across systems using APIs, messaging, streaming and data services.
• Serve as Systems Engineering Product Owner Analyst in a SAFe environment.
• Advise leadership on software design, tech choices, and evolutions.
• Support agile PI planning, backlog refinement, and architecture reviews.
• Design for reliability, security, and operation in limited-bandwidth environments.
• Promote DevSecOps, automation, observability, and lab integration.

Job description

Parsons is seeking a Lead Software Solutions Architect to design and deliver secure, data-intensive software for defense missions. You will work with engineers, data teams, and government stakeholders to translate mission needs into scalable architectures, designs, and deployable capabilities.

Role requires directing architectures, guiding product delivery in SAFe, and advising on technology choices while ensuring security and interoperability in challenging environments.