The Swift Group is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and Training. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers across the country and around the globe.
The Swift Group is looking for an experienced Senior Enterprise Software Architect to lead the design and implementation of enterprise-grade web applications leveraging cloud platforms and open-source technologies. The ideal candidate will provide architectural leadership, ensure alignment with business objectives, and define technology roadmaps that deliver secure, scalable, and high-performing solutions.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3 years in architecture leadership roles
• Proven expertise in enterprise-scale web applications architecture and strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud platform
• Experience with PostgreSQL and Oracle databases
• Experience with UI Frameworks like Angular, Node.js, TypeORM and Containers & Orchestration such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with DevOps CI/CD pipelines: Git, Jenkins, Terraform and extensive experience in unit and functional testing using automated tools
• Strong understanding of security best practices (OAuth2, SSO, encryption)
• Experience in designing, coding, and debugging web applications
• Skilled in designing and developing application layouts, user interfaces, and interactive web databases
• Experience working across matrixed teams
• Excellent problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills
• US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required

DESIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience with event-driven and serverless architectures
• Familiarity with enterprise integration patterns and API management platforms
• Knowledge of data architecture, analytics, and AI/ML pipelines in cloud environments
• AWS Solutions Architect, or similar certifications

DO YOU KNOW ANYONE FOR THIS POSITION, OR OTHER POSITIONS OPEN AT THE SWIFT GROUP? WE OFFER A $5,000 BONUS FOR ANY REFERRAL CANDIDATE WE HIRE, PAID OUT AT THE NEW HIRE’S 90-DAY MARK.

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Onsite

The Swift Group and Subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

• Define and govern the overall enterprise architecture for web-based applications by adoption of cloud-native and open-source solutions
• Establish standards, patterns, and best practices for solution architecture
• Lead the design of microservices, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems and ensure that the cloud architecture supports scalability, high availability, disaster recovery, and performance tuning
• Evaluate and recommend open-source frameworks, libraries, and platforms and partner with Customer SMEs, Swift Group engineers, and business stakeholders to ensure architectural decisions align with requirements
• Mentor and guide the engineering and development teams in adopting industry standard cloud-native architectures and open-source tools