Sr. Cloud-Native Architect for Mission-Critical Intelligence

High Side Technology; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

High Side Technology seeks a senior-level architect to design and drive cloud-native analytic services and scalable platforms for national security customers. You will lead integration of AI/ML capabilities, automation workflows, and secure distributed systems across enterprise and edge environments.

The role emphasizes DoD/IC security alignments, DevSecOps practices, and collaboration with government stakeholders to deliver mission-critical capabilities.

Qualifications

• Master or higher in a technical field and experience in government or industry settings.
• Experience architecting cloud-native, distributed systems for intelligence or mission-critical apps.
• Security clearance requirements and ability to work with DoD/IC stakeholders.
• Proven track record delivering scalable AI/ML enabled analytics platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support software architectures enabling analytics and mission capabilities.
• Lead architecture, integration, and deployment of microservices, APIs, and distributed systems.
• Define scalable, secure, interoperable enterprise and edge architectures.
• Modernize legacy apps toward cloud-native, service-oriented designs and DevSecOps.
• Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and government stakeholders to translate requirements into runnable architectures.

Skills

Cloud-native architectures

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

DoD/IC security requirements

AI/ML basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud Platform

APIs / microservices

Job description

High Side Technology seeks a senior-level architect to design and drive cloud-native analytic services and scalable platforms for national security customers. You will lead integration of AI/ML capabilities, automation workflows, and secure distributed systems across enterprise and edge environments.

The role emphasizes DoD/IC security alignments, DevSecOps practices, and collaboration with government stakeholders to deliver mission-critical capabilities.