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Raft · 3 weeks ago

Lead Architect, Army

Honolulu, HI

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$200K/yr - $280K/yr

10+ years exp

Raft is a customer-obsessed small business focused on innovative digital solutions for federal and public agencies. As a Lead Architect, you'll guide technical strategy and architecture for Army programs, translating mission requirements into scalable solutions while ensuring compliance with DoD standards.

Computer Software

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Leverage engineering background to guide technical strategy and architecture for Army programs supporting INDOPACOM operations

Work directly with Army customers to translate mission requirements into scalable technical solutions

Provide architectural guidance across multiple engineering teams

Design systems, review implementations, and ensure solutions align with DoD standards while meeting operational needs in the Pacific theater

Gather requirements and present solutions to military stakeholders

Explain complex technical concepts in plain language to technical and non-technical audiences

Lead and mentor cross-functional engineering teams in delivering complex DoD systems, providing architectural guidance and technical direction across multiple concurrent projects

Qualification

Architectural design patternsEvent streaming applicationsCI/CD pipelinesSystem architectureSecurity+ certificationCloud FoundryKubernetesCustomer-facing skillsTechnical proposal writingMentoring engineering teamsDoDEdge computingSoftware engineering principles

Required

10+ years of software engineering experience with proven hands-on development expertise

Direct experience working with U.S. Army programs and INDOPACOM operations

Experience with architectural design patterns and architectural decision records (ADRs)

Strong customer-facing skills with ability to gather requirements and present solutions to military stakeholders

Experience building event streaming applications using Kafka, Pulsar, or Red Panda

Ability to explain complex technical concepts in plain language to technical and non-technical audiences

Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, etc

Experience deploying applications to Cloud Foundry and/or Kubernetes

System architecture and design experience with technical roadmap development

Passion for writing technical proposal documents such as white papers and RFI responses

Understanding of Indo-Pacific theater operations and tactical deployment considerations

Proven ability to lead and mentor cross-functional engineering teams in delivering complex DoD systems, providing architectural guidance and technical direction across multiple concurrent projects

Obtain Security+ within the first 90 days of employment with Raft

Active Secret with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance