Lead Software Architect

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Work type
On-site
Location
Alexandria, VA
Salary
$112,800–$257,000 / yr
Posted
7 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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This role $185k
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This role pays less than 56% of similar roles. Most pay $162,000–$223,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $185k versus about $193k for comparable roles.

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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

Booz Allen Hamilton currently has 799 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $86,800–$198,000 across 780 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead Software Architect

As a Software Architect, Lead, you will shape the technical direction of a mission-driven system designed to fuse, detect, and forecast activity across diverse data streams using a team of AI agents. You will be responsible for designing and evolving architectures that support scalable agent orchestration, physics-informed analytics, and high-assurance integration across distributed components while translating stakeholder needs into actionable requirements. The role requires expertise in Java, C++, or Python, along with experience in real-time or event-driven data processing using frameworks like Pulsar or Kafka. You will also work with containerized workloads via Kubernetes and Terraform. This position addresses the challenge of creating a shared, explainable picture from multi-INT environments to provide traceable conclusions for operators. Candidates must possess a TS/SCI clearance and experience in secure coding and infrastructure automation.

What you'll do

  • Design and evolve system architectures that support scalable agent orchestration and physics-informed analytics.
  • Translate mission requirements and stakeholder needs into actionable technical specifications and architecture directions.
  • Develop high-assurance integration designs for distributed components across multi-source data streams.
  • Create and maintain architecture products, interface specifications, and documentation for complex software ecosystems.
  • Guide engineering teams through technical design decisions, code reviews, and implementation in Agile environments.
  • Architect real-time or event-driven data processing pipelines for multi-INT data fusion.
  • Integrate AI-assisted capabilities and model-driven systems into mission-critical platforms.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience designing, developing, or integrating software systems and leading architecture efforts for distributed platforms.
  • Experience creating architecture products, interface specifications, and system design documentation for complex software ecosystems.
  • Proficiency in modern programming languages such as Java, C++, or Python with secure coding practices.
  • Experience with real-time or event-driven data processing and multi-source data integration patterns.
  • Experience leading engineering teams through design decisions and code reviews in Agile environments.
  • Ability to evaluate technical tradeoffs and translate stakeholder needs into actionable system requirements.
  • Active TS/SCI clearance is required.
  • Bachelor’s degree in CS or IT, or 10+ years of software engineering experience in lieu of a degree.

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