Solutions Architect (SME)

• 10+ years of documented and demonstrated experience in Backend Developer, Full Stack Developer, or Java Developer roles, including enterprise application design and delivery.
• Experience designing, developing, testing, and deploying backend services, APIs, and front-end applications using Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Go, and/or .NET, including Java development using current Java Development Kit versions.
• Experience with PostgreSQL database architecture, schema design, SQL development, and performance tuning.
• Experience implementing application frameworks and technologies such as Spring/Spring Boot, Node.js, NestJS, Gin, Angular, React, Next.js, Google Web Toolkit, Hibernate, and Struts.
• Experience defining enterprise solution architectures and system designs, applying software design patterns, identifying antipatterns, and assessing security vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies.
• Experience designing front-end, backend, and API solutions, including integration across enterprise applications and data platforms.
• Experience leading multiple development teams through technical design, implementation, and delivery.
• Experience with software development lifecycle processes, including SAFe Agile, and development and delivery tools such as Git, Nexus, SonarQube, Jira, Confluence, Crucible, Jenkins, Ansible, and Ansible Tower.
• Experience troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving technical, functional, and performance issues in cloud environments.
• Experience designing, planning, and managing data migrations, including data mapping, transformation, validation, and cutover.
• Has an active TS clearance and can work onsite in DC.

• Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or SAFe Architect
• Experience with XTS and its integration into enterprise solutions.

In a world of technology, people make the difference. We believe if we invest in great people, then great things will happen. At AnaVation, we provide unmatched value to our customers and employees through innovative solutions and an engaging culture.

AnaVation is seeking a Senior-level Solutions Architect to design, build, implement, and maintain enterprise-class systems and processes that support mission requirements. This role will develop baseline and target architectures for production environments, ensuring that technology standards and frameworks align with the organization’s overall business and technical strategy. The Enterprise Architect will evaluate existing and proposed architectures, identify design gaps, and recommend improvements that enhance system stability, interoperability, portability, scalability, and long-term performance.

• Designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise-level systems and processes.
• Aligning enterprise architecture standards, frameworks, and solutions with business objectives and technology strategy.
• Evaluating existing and proposed system architectures to identify design gaps, risks, and areas for improvement.
• Recommending architectural changes and enhancements to improve stability, interoperability, portability, scalability, and performance.
• Collaborating with business, technical, security, and program stakeholders to translate mission needs into architectural solutions.
• Establishing and maintaining architecture principles, standards, models, roadmaps, and technical documentation.
• Supporting modernization, integration, cloud migration, and technology transformation initiatives. Providing technical guidance and architectural recommendations throughout the system development lifecycle.

This position requires a Top-Secret clearance.

This position is on-site in Washington DC with no remote option.

• Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
• 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
• 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
• 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
• 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
• Competitive Pay
• Generous paid leave and holiday package
• Tuition and training reimbursement
• Life and AD&D Insurance

AnaVation is the leader in solving the most complex technical challenges for collection and processing in the U.S. Federal Intelligence Community. We are a US owned company headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia. We deliver groundbreaking research with advanced software and systems engineering that provides an information advantage to contribute to the mission and operational success of our customers. We offer complex challenges, a top-notch work environment, and a world-class, collaborative team.

If you want to grow your career and make a difference while doing it, AnaVation is the perfect fit for you!