Principal Software Engineer & Developer

NOTE: This opportunity is full-time employment position only (no 1099 or C2C engagements, or third parties or staffing agencies, please). The candidate MUST be a U.S. Citizen and Permanent Resident (Green Card holder). This is a remote opportunity; candidate must be based in the U.S.; have resided in the U.S. for at least 3 years in the past 5 years; ET time zone work schedule.

Daily Responsibilities

• Highly experienced technical leader and recognized authority responsible for defining and driving enterprise-wide architecture strategies across cloud, application modernization, and secure distributed systems.
• Operates at a senior leadership level, influencing technology direction, advising executive stakeholders, and ensuring alignment between enterprise architecture, business objectives, and federal or regulated requirements.
• Leads highly complex initiatives involving cloud transformation, Azure-based solutions, systems integration, and secure application development, while mentoring technical teams and establishing architectural standards across the organization.
• Define and lead enterprise architecture strategy across cloud, applications, and infrastructure.
• Develop multi-year technology roadmaps aligned with organizational and client objectives.
• Establish architecture standards, reference models, and governance frameworks.
• Advise executive leadership on emerging technologies, risks, and investment priorities.
• Architect and oversee complex Microsoft Azure solutions, including hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
• Lead enterprise cloud adoption, migration, and modernization strategies.
• Design and deploy cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure leveraging tools and services including Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure App Services, Azure Functions (Serverless), networking, security, and advanced Data & AI capabilities to build secure, high-performance, scalable, and resilient enterprise applications.
• Serve as a hands-on technical leader by actively contributing to application design and development efforts using the Microsoft .NET framework and related technologies.
• Perform hands-on coding, code reviews, prototyping, and technical implementation activities to ensure architectural standards and solution quality are achieved.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and Azure Bicep to support automated, repeatable, and compliant cloud deployments.
• Ensure optimization for performance, scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency.
• Lead large-scale application modernization initiatives.
• Establish best practices for microservices, API-first, and event-driven architectures.
• Guide development teams in full-stack and cloud-native development.
• Ensure security-by-design principles.
• Oversee alignment with federal frameworks (e.g., NIST, Zero Trust).
• Partner with cybersecurity teams, lead cross-functional teams.
• Drive DevSecOps and automation.
• Redesign data structures to support modern, scalable, and efficient data architectures.
• Plan and execute comprehensive data mapping activities across systems, ensuring data integrity, traceability, and alignment with enterprise standards.
• Develop end-to-end solution designs that align business requirements with system capabilities, ensuring seamless integration and data flow.
• Leverage AI tools and technologies to enhance architectural design, productivity, and decision-making.
• Demonstrate hands-on experience implementing AI-driven solutions that improve business processes, efficiency, and insights.
• Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization, including technical teams, senior leadership, executives, and external customers.
• Serve as the primary technical interface to customers, ensuring clear, consistent, and professional communication of solutions and outcomes.
• Present solution options with clear pros/cons, risks, and trade-offs to support informed decision-making.
• Develop and communicate reasonable level-of-effort estimates, timelines, and solution assumptions.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale transformation initiatives.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions, including Terraform and Azure Bicep deployment frameworks for provisioning, automating, and managing cloud infrastructure

• Must of a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card holder), as mandated by our government client.
• Must be able to complete/pass/hold at a minimum a Public Trust Investigation / background check. An active Public Trust is preferred.
• Must be based / reside in the U.S.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in solutions architecture, cloud engineering and platform design and enterprise application development and modernization.
• 7+ years of experience in full stack and .NET application development, including modern technologies like Angular, JavaScript, Node.js, React, Vue, etc.
• 5+ years of experience in cloud architecture, application modernization, cloud development, and migrations (as outlined in above (daily responsibilities).
• 3+ years designing and implementing solutions in Microsoft Azure environments.
• Excellent analytical skills, attention to detail, and strong problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to communicate complex analytical insights to executive and non-technical stakeholders. Ability to translate complex technical concepts, architectures, and trade-offs into concise, business-friendly language.
• BS or MS degree (preferred) in Computer Science, Information Technology.

The following experience is PREFERRED

• Experience in federal, regulated, or large-scale enterprise environments is strongly preferred.
• Certifications in Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert and Microsoft Azure Developer Associate is strongly preferred.
• Optional/preferred certifications include CISSP, CCSP, CISM, TOGAF, or equivalent architecture, cloud, or security-related credentials.
• Candidates are not required to possess security certifications to be considered for this role.

Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. $122k -$173k.