Principal Software Architect

Clearance Level None Category Software Engineering Location Remote, Working from the USA Key Skills For Success API Integration Enterprise Software Development Kubernetes ##### **REQ\#:****RQ227441** ##### **Public Trust:****BI Full 6C (T4\)** ##### **Requisition Type:****Regular** ##### **Your Impact** Own your opportunity to work alongside federal civilian agencies. Make an impact by delivering solutions that improve citizen services millions depends on. **Job Description** ------------------- PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ARCHITECT ( 100% Remote) A highly experienced Principal Software Architect with over 5 years of experience driving enterprise software development, cloud‑native platform architecture, and digital modernization initiatives. Brings deep expertise in designing scalable and secure systems, enabling AI‑assisted software engineering, building task‑specific AI agents, and advancing platform innovation across AWS, Kubernetes, Databricks, enterprise integration, and Generative AI technologies. **Responsibilities** * Design and guide cloud‑native, scalable, and secure enterprise architectures, modernization strategies, and technical standards aligned with organizational objectives. * Lead software architecture practices, establish engineering standards, mentor development teams, and modernize enterprise applications using cloud‑native patterns. * Architect enterprise platforms on AWS and Kubernetes, defining frameworks that strengthen scalability, security, reliability, and developer efficiency. * Accelerate enterprise adoption of Generative AI by creating task‑specific AI agents, enabling AI‑assisted software engineering, and promoting spec‑driven development with tools such as Claude Code and GitHub Copilot. * Develop enterprise data integration and analytics solutions using Databricks, incorporating third‑party APIs and designing scalable, high‑performance data architectures. * Architect secure identity and access solutions using Zero Trust, OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, Okta, and Keycloak to ensure platform security and regulatory compliance. **Required Technical Skills** * Java, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Python, REST APIs, Microservices, API Integration * AWS, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Docker, Linux, Serverless Architectures * Okta, Keycloak, OAuth2, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, Zero Trust * Generative AI, AI Agents, Prompt Engineering, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Spec‑Driven Development, AI‑assisted Engineering **Preferred Skills** * Familiarity with modern data engineering practices, including SQL, data analytics, data modeling, AI/ML and scalable data processing. \*\*\*US citizenship required. Must successfully achieve a Public Trust for this role. ### **Work Requirements** Years of Experience 5 \+ years of related experience * may vary based on technical training, certification(s), ***or*** degree Certification Travel Required Less than 10% Citizenship U.S. Citizenship Required ### **Salary and Benefit Information** The likely salary range for this position is $148,750 \- $201,250\. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range. ### **Our Identity Verification Process** As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes. ### **About Our Work** We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50\+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission\-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development. Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at gdit.com/tc. *Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans*