Senior Lead Application Architect - Multi-Cloud & Zero-Trust

Dev Technology Group; Bowie (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous and flexible time-off policy

Flexible work schedules and telework

Mentorship and career development

Job summary

Dev Technology Group seeks a SME-level Lead Application Architect to define overall structure and framework of applications. The role provides technical and management leadership, establishing standards and patterns prioritizing reliability, security, and scalability, with a focus on secure multi-cloud architectures.

You will lead architecture governance, API standards, and FinOps integration, while aligning with government requirements and ZTA security practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field
• 15+ years of experience providing technical and management leadership on major application architecture assignments (SME level)
• Certifications in cloud and security domains are preferred

Responsibilities

• Establish, document, and maintain application architecture standards, patterns, and types prioritizing interoperability, reliability, availability, performance, scalability, extensibility, and security
• Develop and maintain tools, processes, documentation, and templates required to manage the Application Architecture
• Develop, document, and maintain secure multi-cloud application architectures using microservices, infrastructure as code, serverless computing, and containerization
• Perform business and solution architecture activities to model requirements in alignment with architecture goals
• Create and maintain application architecture artifacts and brief governance boards as requested by the Government
• Perform reviews and assessments of current and proposed application architecture and provide recommendations that meet business needs
• Develop, document, and maintain Concepts of Operations based on business requirements by application
• Develop, document, implement, and maintain API standards and best practices, including API management, discovery, security, and governance
• Implement application lifecycle management practices aligned with Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) and API security requirements
• Develop and maintain application architectures consistent with FinOps procedures, including automated cost monitoring and optimization
• Participate in Engineering Working Group (EWG) reviews and other governance boards, providing technical recommendations

Skills

Application architecture standards

Multi-cloud design

API governance

Zero Trust Architecture

Executive briefing

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Dev Technology Group seeks a SME-level Lead Application Architect to define overall structure and framework of applications. The role provides technical and management leadership, establishing standards and patterns prioritizing reliability, security, and scalability, with a focus on secure multi-cloud architectures.

You will lead architecture governance, API standards, and FinOps integration, while aligning with government requirements and ZTA security practices.