Senior Platform Architect & Cloud-Native Software Lead

Parsons; Maryland; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons seeks a cleared, highly experienced Software Developer and Platform Architect SME to lead design, development, and deployment of cloud-native systems, Kubernetes platforms, and secure CI/CD capabilities for DCDC mission requirements.

The role requires on-site support at the Ft. Meade, MD facility. You will guide technical standards, reviews, and mentorship across teams to deliver resilient, scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or related field.
• 10+ years in software development, platform engineering, or cloud engineering.
• Experience leading complex software or platform initiatives.
• Extensive experience with containers, Kubernetes, Helm, CRDs, operators.
• Ability to design and operate highly available, secure distributed systems.
• Experience with CI/CD, GitOps, IaC, and security in software delivery.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME for systems software, Kubernetes, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures.
• Design and implement containerized microservices, platform services, APIs, and data-processing apps.
• Architect, deploy, and operate Kubernetes platforms on private/hybrid cloud infrastructure.
• Develop Helm charts, Kubernetes configs, CRDs, automation, and IaC for all environments.
• Design and improve CI/CD and GitOps workflows with security scanning and SBOMs.
• Establish software deployment, observability, configuration-management, and operational standards.
• Lead root-cause analysis and improvements for performance, reliability, and security.
• Provide mentorship to developers, engineers, analysts, and PMs.
• Review designs, code, deployment plans, and operational docs.

Skills

Technical leadership

Systems thinking

Problem solving

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

Custom Resource Definitions

Operators

CI/CD tooling

GitOps

SBOM tooling

Job description

Parsons seeks a cleared, highly experienced Software Developer and Platform Architect SME to lead design, development, and deployment of cloud-native systems, Kubernetes platforms, and secure CI/CD capabilities for DCDC mission requirements.

The role requires on-site support at the Ft. Meade, MD facility. You will guide technical standards, reviews, and mentorship across teams to deliver resilient, scalable solutions.