Software Engineer, DevSecOps

IMPYRIAN•Ashburn, VA

About The Position

We are seeking an outgoing, strategic Software/DevOps Solutions Architect who brings deep expertise in modern software engineering, system architecture, and DevOps practices. This role requires someone who thrives in both big-picture enterprise planning and hands-on project-level solution design, ensuring consistency, scalability, and alignment across the organization. The perfect candidate is a full stack engineer, passionate about designing robust software solutions, coaching engineering teams, modernizing platforms, and driving DevOps maturity. This candidate will also be a senior leader providing guidance across the company. The candidate must exhibit leadership and understand multiple solution architectures and be able to establish and articulate the vision behind an enterprise architecture solution.

Requirements

12+ years in software engineering, with at least 3 years dedicated to architecture or technical leadership.
Strong command of at least one major backend language, such as: Java, Python, Node.js, Strong command of frontend language, such as: Front-end frameworks (React/Next.js)
Experience designing distributed systems using: REST, GraphQL, gRPC Event streaming (Kafka, EventBridge, Pulsar)
Strong understanding of: Microservices Domain-driven design Enterprise integration patterns API-first architecture
Hands-on experience with: Docker & Kubernetes Cloud-native architecture (AWS/GCP)
Expertise with CI/CD automation tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Harnest).
Strong understanding of: Unit, integration, and end-to-end testing Automated testing frameworks (JUnit, PyTest, Jest, etc.) Test-driven development (TDD) or behavior-driven development (BDD)
Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive engineering excellence.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
Experience implementing: Feature flags Blue/green and canary deployments API gateways and service meshes (Istio, Linkerd)
Familiarity with: Mobile architectures (iOS/Android)
Knowledge of cybersecurity and secure software development lifecycles.
Certifications: Cloud Architect certifications (AWS/GCP) Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD) TOGAF, ITIL, or similar architecture frameworks

Responsibilities

Design end-to-end software architectures including microservices, APIs, messaging patterns, and distributed systems.
Lead application modernization efforts (monolith → microservices, on-prem → cloud, legacy → containerized solutions).
Lead enterprise transformation including business process innovation supporting by digital transformation.
Rapid review and understanding of business/mission architecture and be able to collaborate with senior architects to review and develop vision around transformation/modernization.
Establish and enforce standards for: 1. Code quality, testing, and design patterns 2. API design consistency 3. Resiliency, reliability, and performance optimization 4. Secure software development practices (DevSecOps)
Build patterns for: 1. Event-driven systems 2. Domain-driven design (DDD) 3. Serverless and container-based solutions
Guide teams on algorithmic optimization, scalability trade-offs, and performance tuning.
Provide architectural oversight during development cycles (scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.).
Lead design reviews, code reviews, and architecture reviews.
Mentor engineers on: Object-oriented and functional programming principles Clean architecture, SOLID, and industry best practices Effective API and service interface design
Support build-vs-buy decisions and evaluation of frameworks, SDKs, and third-party components.
Architect CI/CD pipelines with quality gates, automated testing, and deployment strategies.
Define IaC standards and workflows (Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation).
Design robust observability stacks (logging, metrics, tracing).
Promote reliability engineering practices including SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets.
Establish enterprise culture around engineering and operations cycles and enable feedback and cross-collaboration to reduce defects in DevOps cycles.
Ensure software designs align with enterprise-wide principles, roadmaps, and long-term technology strategy.
Build reusable components, libraries, and platform services for company-wide adoption.
Participate in enterprise governance and architecture councils.
Collaborate with engineering, product, operations, and security teams on solution planning.
Translate complex software and DevOps concepts for broader business understanding.
Facilitate architectural workshops and discovery sessions.