Software Architect - Poly clearance required
Apply NowCompany: Praxis Engineering
Location: Annapolis, MD 21401
Description:
At Praxis Engineering, you'll be part of a team that makes a true impact by building cutting-edge mission-critical applications that help the end user accomplish their mission and keep people safe. The work we do is important. The challenges we face are career-defining. The opportunity we can offer is one-of-a-kind. Our work depends on a Software Architect joining our team to support a GDIT program that we are the prime on and is located at Annapolis Junction, MD. As a Software Architect, you will:
What you will be doing:
The Software Architect will work with cutting-edge technologies including:
Technologies: AWS, Docker, Kafka, Kubernetes, Microservices, Cassandra, Java 21
Key Responsibilities:
What you need:
Preferred Skillsets:
Clearance:
Active TS/SCI with an appropriate polygraph is required to be considered for this role
Salary range:
$101,996.00 - $219,107.00 (Annually)*
REQ#: PRX-25-528
*The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. 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.
Who are we?
Praxis Engineering* was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Annapolis Junction MD - with growing offices in Chantilly VA and Aberdeen MD.
Praxis Engineering is a consulting, product, and solutions firm dedicated to the practical application of software and system engineering technologies to solve complex problems.
With over 300 employees supporting more than 50 contracts, Praxis brings together world class engineers with proven engineering best practices, domain expertise, commercial technologies and proven agile management approaches to create high value solutions aimed at helping our customers meet their most critical business and mission objectives.
*Praxis Engineering is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics IT.
Why Praxis?
We are focused on continual learning and evolution. We don't do things because "that's the way we've always done things"; we listen to our employees and adapt to the changing marketplace. We look at the big picture and encourage our engineers to get training and certifications in emerging technologies that will help shape our customer's mission. We've been profitable year after year. We're always on the lookout for great engineers to join the team and we recognize that our employees are the heart and soul of what we do. We focus on recruiting talented people, treating them right, and then allowing them to do what they do best. No red tape. No micromanagement. Smart people want to work with smart people, and we love people who are passionate about what they do, and finding ways to do it better.
And then there is the...
Benefits
Praxis Engineering is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans.
- Develop an understanding of our existing IT infrastructure while actively searching for improvement areas.
- Streamline workflows by implementing inventive technical solutions.
- Engage with stakeholders, updating them on IT development processes and costs.
- Drive organization-wide process optimization.
- Evaluate existing and emerging technologies on a regular basis.
What you will be doing:
The Software Architect will work with cutting-edge technologies including:
Technologies: AWS, Docker, Kafka, Kubernetes, Microservices, Cassandra, Java 21
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with the team to identify and analyze challenges, leveraging their expertise to develop and optimize innovative Cloud-Based Solutions that address performance bottlenecks, enhance system scalability/data processing capabilities, and support seamless integration across mission-critical systems.
- Lead cloud efforts leveraging AWS for scalability, availability, and reliability.
- Optimize applications for on-demand release cycles while maintaining system reliability.
- Support DevSecOps integration within Agile Kanban development teams
- Ensure compliance with zero trust security principles and federal IT security regulations.
- Provides comprehensive guidance and update documentation of the system architecture to ensure accuracy on production systems
- Periodically audit existing systems infrastructure and architecture to ensure an accurate, high-level understanding of present capabilities
What you need:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics or a related technical discipline, plus 8 years of application design and development experience.
- Minimum of 1 year of experience with AWS: EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, VPC.
- Experience with DevOps CI/CD utilizing technologies such as GitLab, TerraForm.
- Experience in implementing cloud solutions
- Understanding of Object-Oriented design methodologies and design patterns
- Experience with containerization desired (ex: Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with Linux (Red Hat and CentOS)
Preferred Skillsets:
- Exposure to some of the following:
- Terraform
- Kubernetes
- NiFi
- Java
- Python
Clearance:
Active TS/SCI with an appropriate polygraph is required to be considered for this role
Salary range:
$101,996.00 - $219,107.00 (Annually)*
REQ#: PRX-25-528
*The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. 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.
Who are we?
Praxis Engineering* was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Annapolis Junction MD - with growing offices in Chantilly VA and Aberdeen MD.
Praxis Engineering is a consulting, product, and solutions firm dedicated to the practical application of software and system engineering technologies to solve complex problems.
With over 300 employees supporting more than 50 contracts, Praxis brings together world class engineers with proven engineering best practices, domain expertise, commercial technologies and proven agile management approaches to create high value solutions aimed at helping our customers meet their most critical business and mission objectives.
*Praxis Engineering is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics IT.
Why Praxis?
We are focused on continual learning and evolution. We don't do things because "that's the way we've always done things"; we listen to our employees and adapt to the changing marketplace. We look at the big picture and encourage our engineers to get training and certifications in emerging technologies that will help shape our customer's mission. We've been profitable year after year. We're always on the lookout for great engineers to join the team and we recognize that our employees are the heart and soul of what we do. We focus on recruiting talented people, treating them right, and then allowing them to do what they do best. No red tape. No micromanagement. Smart people want to work with smart people, and we love people who are passionate about what they do, and finding ways to do it better.
And then there is the...
Benefits
- Attractive total compensation package to include competitive salary and medical benefits with an option for FREE employee HSA medical plan!
- Office perks such as free soft drinks and snacks (both healthy and not-so-healthy)
- Praxis swag (annual gift certificate to purchase top brand Praxis apparel)
- 401k contribution/match: combination of profit share/contribution (3%) and employer match (up to 5%) for a total of 8%.
- Annual bonus plan
- 4 weeks Paid Time Off + 10 holidays + comp time eligibility. (30+ days of leave to start!)
- We reward longevity! On your 5th work anniversary - you will receive an additional week of PTO to 5 weeks of PTO. Making it 35+ days of leave altogether!
- On your 10th work anniversary - you will receive an additional week of PTO to 6 weeks of PTO. Making it 40+ days of leave altogether!
- At any time, your unused PTO can be traded in for $$$!
- Carryover a max of 380hours of leave from year to year. You can choose to have a sabbatical one year or trade in your unused PTO for something nice!
- Training is a priority! Take advantage of our endless in-house training opportunities - or seek out vendor offered (paid) training opportunities like conferences, certification courses and seminars.
- Conferences (recently attended by Praxis employees): AWS Summit, IoT World, Black Hat and DefCon.
- Training & Certifications: Splunk, AWS, Big Data/Cloudera, VMWare, Scrum Master...the list of certifications goes on and on!
- Praxis University: Cyber Research, Data Analytics, IoT, AWS and RedHat course offerings and hands-on training.
- We truly believe the right work-life balance can exist, and it's here at Praxis. Our work is extremely important, but your job is just a part of who you are. When you enjoy your life outside of our walls, you're at your best the next time you walk through our doors. We do all we can to assure that happens every day.
Praxis Engineering is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans.