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About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton is a management and technology consulting firm that provides analytics, digital, engineering, and cybersecurity solutions primarily to U.S. government agencies and commercial clients. Industry: Management & Technology Consulting
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As a Software Architect, Lead, you will join the team to lead end-to-end product design for real-time data ingestion and processing within the defense industry. You will define streaming architectures, manage event-driven microservices, and establish data contracts for high-availability systems. Your daily responsibilities include selecting distributed messaging tools, designing for observability, and overseeing cloud-native deployments. The role requires expertise in technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenTelemetry. You will work with Node.js, TypeScript, React, C#, Python, and C++ while managing databases like PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or DynamoDB. Key technical skills include experience with WebSockets, REST APIs, Git-based workflows, and schema evolution using Avro or Protobuf. This role solves the challenge of building low-latency streaming systems and robust data pipelines for mission-critical capabilities.