Application Architect

Koniag Emerging Technologies LLC a Koniag Government Services company is seeking an Application Architect with a Secret security clearance to support KET and our government customer in Washington DC. We offer competitive compensation and an extraordinary benefits package including health dental and vision insurance 401K with company matching flexible spending accounts paid holidays three weeks paid time off and an Application Architect you will help define and drive enterprise application architecture strategy across a complex portfolio of systems teams and modernization initiatives. You will operate at the intersection of architecture engineering security and delivery ensuring applications are scalable maintainable secure and aligned with enterprise standards and mission outcomes. You will guide modernization efforts enforce architectural governance and coordinate across multiple vendors technical teams and stakeholders. This role requires someone who can balance long-term architectural vision with practical execution particularly in environments transitioning from legacy systems to open-source cloud-native :Design and oversee enterprise application architectures that align with Department of State IT strategy security requirements and interoperability technical roadmaps and reference architectures for new applications ensuring scalability maintainability and compliance with federal and Department IT architectural reviews establish standards and enforce best practices and design patterns across development teams to ensure consistency quality and reduced technical with business stakeholders Information System Security Officers (ISSOs) and program managers to translate mission requirements into scalable technical DevSecOps practices through architecture that supports CI/CD automation security validation and architecture aligns with federal security and compliance requirements including NIST FedRAMP FISMA Zero Trust MFA secure SDLC and Authority to Operate (ATO) support and recommend emerging technologies cloud platforms and integration patterns to modernize Department applications and support digital transformation system integration analysis to ensure new applications interoperate effectively with existing Department systems (e.g. data exchanges APIs identity management).Guide the modernization of legacy on-premises systems into modern cloud-enabled developers and engineers on architectural principles coding standards and secure SDLC and maintain architectural documentation including interface diagrams system diagrams data flow models and technical specifications to support governance and audit troubleshoot and resolve complex application and data issues working hands-on with development and operations teams to diagnose root causes and implement effective a deep understanding of multiple technology stacks across UX middle-tier and database working knowledge of multiple software development methodologies understanding the benefits and trade-offs of in hands-on development including writing scripts steering and reviewing AI-generated code building proofs of concept and unblocking teams as AI as a core part of the engineering toolkit incorporating coding assistants and agentic tooling into everyday workflows and promoting adoption across Skills/Experience:US Citizenship with a Secret clearance or higher.15 years of hands-on experience in application architecture software engineering or enterprise modernization the required 15 years at least 12 years must include hands-on coding experience with three or more of the following programming languages: .NET client- and server-side JavaScript/TypeScript (Angular React) Python Oracle PL/SQL T-SQL and PowerShell.5 years of experience with Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipeline automation including authoring and maintaining YAML-based pipeline configurations.5 years of experience with static application security testing (SAST) tools such as Fortify (Micro Focus/OpenText Fortify) to identify and remediate code-level vulnerabilities as part of the secure SDLC process.12 years of hands-on experience incorporating AI coding assistants or agentic AI tooling into everyday development and architecture experience leading application architecture across large-scale distributed systems operating within SAFe or scaled Agile delivery with one or more of the following cloud platforms and container technologies: Azure AWS Docker Kubernetes and serverless Skills/Experience:Strategic thinker with the ability to translate mission and business requirements into scalable to influence technical direction across teams and decision-making capabilities balancing modernization goals with operational communication across engineering architecture security and executive contributing to or shaping enterprise architectural standards and reusable design with multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments (e.g. Azure and AWS) beyond a single contributing to Authority to Operate (ATO) documentation or working directly with ISSOs on security control knowledge of Zero Trust principles and secure SDLC practices with the ability to apply them in solution integrating AI-assisted development tools (coding assistants agentic tooling) into team workflows and coaching others on passion for technology with ongoing awareness of emerging application development trends cloud services and modernization approaches across the software development presenting technical recommendations to non-technical stakeholders or to federated identity management API gateway design or enterprise data exchange -Specific Experience:Experience supporting Department of State or other federal agency IT modernization with Department of State systems data exchange standards or identity management with State-specific security ATO or interoperability requirements (e.g. FISMA iMatrix OpenNet).Experience collaborating with State Department ISSOs program offices or other Certifications:Solutions Architect certification from a major cloud provider such as:Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect ExpertAWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)Preferred Trainings:Secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) training such as OWASP or NIST SSDF-aligned coursesInfrastructure-as-code / DevSecOps trainingOur Equal Employment Opportunity PolicyThe company is an equal opportunity employer. The company shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race color religion creed ethnicity sex sexual orientation gender or gender identity (except where gender is a bona fide occupational qualification) national origin or ancestry age disability citizenship military/veteran status marital status genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law. We are committed to equal employment opportunity in all decisions related to employment promotion wages benefits and all other privileges terms and conditions of company is dedicated to seeking all qualified applicants. 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