Senior Software Architect: Cloud-native, Microservices Lead

Navitas Business Consulting, Inc.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Navitas Business Consulting, Inc. in Herndon, VA is seeking a Senior Software Architect to provide technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle.

You will define software architecture, evaluate emerging technologies, translate requirements into scalable solutions, and guide teams through modernization initiatives within an Agile environment. The role emphasizes secure, highly available enterprise applications using cloud, microservices, APIs, and databases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a technical field.
• 8+ years of software development and architecture experience.
• Experience architecting enterprise-scale web applications.
• Experience building high-volume, secure, scalable systems.
• Strong experience with Agile software development.
• Experience designing RESTful services with Spring MVC/Boot.
• Strong microservices and distributed-systems expertise.
• Experience with cloud/hybrid cloud solutions.
• Knowledge of software architecture principles and design patterns.
• Experience with automated unit/integration testing and code quality tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and design across the full SDLC.
• Evaluate tools, frameworks, and architectural approaches.
• Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to define requirements.
• Translate requirements into epics, features, and user stories.
• Design microservices, hybrid cloud, distributed systems.
• Define architecture standards and reusable patterns.
• Ensure maintainability, performance, security, availability.
• Maintain architecture documentation and diagrams.

Skills

RESTful web services

Spring MVC

Spring Boot

Microservices

Cloud architectures

Agile methodologies

Technical leadership

API design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

SonarQube

Fortify

CAST

Job description

Navitas Business Consulting, Inc. in Herndon, VA is seeking a Senior Software Architect to provide technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle.

You will define software architecture, evaluate emerging technologies, translate requirements into scalable solutions, and guide teams through modernization initiatives within an Agile environment. The role emphasizes secure, highly available enterprise applications using cloud, microservices, APIs, and databases.