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We are looking for an Enterprise Architect to join our team in support of a DoD customer in Alexandria, VA. The EA will provide high-level architectural expertise to managers and technical staff; develop architectural products and deliverables for the enterprise and operational business lines; Advise on selection of technological purchases with regards to processing, data storage, data access, networks, systems, and applications development; Advise of feasibility of potential future projects to management.

Responsibilities Include:

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• Provide actionable recommendations to resolve performance issues, enhance system capabilities, and proactively identify risks within production network equipment.
  
• Lead requirements development efforts by gathering, documenting, reviewing, consolidating, and refining functional and technical requirements in coordination with stakeholders.
  
• Facilitate and lead requirements review sessions and meetings to define networking requirements for assigned projects, including analysis of collected data.
  
• Provide input to the development of Technology Assessment Plans (TAPs)-including scope, objectives, configurations, technical approach, schedules, roles, and independent cost estimates-and produce After Action Reports (AARs) documenting methodologies, results, and recommendations.
  
• Produce formal recommendations and executive briefings outlining findings, strategy, and capability roadmaps, while coordinating overall technology planning and tracking implementation activities.
  
• Analyze industry and Government data on technology changes impacting the DISN and commercial telecommunications sector and provide preliminary design and implementation guidance to support strategic planning and decision-making. Areas include wireless technologies, IPv6 transition (NIPRNet/SIPRNet), NetOps and cyber defense (JTF-GNO), VoIP/DSN, VTC and streaming video, core system refreshes, and emerging standards aligned with DoD mandates.
  
• Provide SME engineering services to design, configure, test, implement, and sustain STIG-compliant network and security architectures, including NAC (802.1x), reverse proxy and load balancing, web filtering, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, VPN, wireless/IDS, VDI support, VoIP/VTC/streaming, Check Point firewalls and MDM, NMS tool suites, MPLS architecture, SATCOM support, and DR/COOP planning; perform Tier IV troubleshooting and produce required technical documentation (ECRs, ITRs, NSOs, AARs, test plans/reports, and as-built diagrams).
  
• Provide Cloud-certified SME engineering support for on-premises to Cloud migrations, coordinating with CSPs (e.g., Azure, AWS, Oracle, Google Cloud, MilCloud2) and facilitating integration with Secure Cloud Computing Architecture (SCCA) BCAP in multi-cloud environments.
  
• Develop and maintain Cloud migration documentation to ensure accurate knowledge management and configuration records.
  
• Engineer, implement, and sustain the Enterprise F5 Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs) supporting DoD DMZ, data center, and Cloud-hosted applications, including Tier 3 support and configuration of GTM (DNS), LTM, and APM modules in compliance with DISA STIGs and industry best practices.
  
• Implement F5 break-and-inspect capabilities to meet DISA Cloud security requirements and coordinate with CSPs and developers to establish Layer 7 health monitoring.
  
• Provide subject matter expertise to operations needed to perform root cause analysis and analysis regarding the effectiveness of the network solutions currently under consideration.
  
• Provide consultation through one-on-one interaction with team members to provide information, insight, and advice, customized for the unique and changing needs of business, including opportunities in growing information technology business. This consulting shall also include briefings to personnel on industry trends.
  
• Addressing ongoing questions about published service deliverables, identifying partnerships and industry networking opportunities, and interpreting forecasts and research to inform the government's business decisions.
  

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  • Eight years of relevant experience
    
  
  
  
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  • DoD Approved 8570 Baseline Certification: Category IAT Level III (CCNP Security, CASP+ CE, CISSP, CISA, GCED, GCIH)
    
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    • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Enterprise Infrastructure and experience with Firewalls is also required.
      
    • Preferred additional certifications: Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA) or higher-level certification, Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE)
      
    
    
    
  
  
  
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  • This position requires a SECRET with a Tier 5 investigation
    
  
  
  

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• Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA) or higher-level certification, Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE)
  

Compensation: $150,000+

At AGE Solutions, we reward performance, invest in growth, and share success. Our benefits support the whole person, professionally, financially, and personally.

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• 26 Days Paid Leave: Includes vacation, sick, personal time, and holidays. You choose how to use it.
  
• Performance Bonuses: Performance bonuses are awarded based on individual contributions and company-wide results, aligning recognition with impact.
  
• 401(k) with Match: We match 3% of your contributions with immediate vesting.
  
• Financial Protection: Company-paid life insurance up to $300K and options for additional coverage for you and your dependents.
  
• Health Benefits: Multiple medical plans, dental, vision, FSA and HSA options to fit your needs.
  
• Parental Leave: 15 days of fully paid leave for new parents, because family matters.
  
• Military Differential Pay: We bridge the gap for employees on active duty, so they don't take a financial hit while serving.
  
• Professional Growth: Paid training and certifications, tuition reimbursement, and the tools and tech to get the job done right.
  
• Shared Success: In the event of a company sale, our CEO has committed to returning 80% of net proceeds to employees. This ensures our team shares in the long term value they help create.
  

At AGE, you'll do work that matters, supported by a company that delivers for its people.

Company Description

PG Forsta is the leading experience measurement, data analytics, and insights provider for complex industries-a status we earned over decades of deep partnership with clients to help them understand and meet the needs of their key stakeholders. Our earliest roots are in U.S. healthcare -perhaps the most complex of all industries. Today we serve clients around the globe in every industry to help them improve the Human Experiences at the heart of their business. We serve our clients through an unparalleled offering that combines technology, data, and expertise to enable them to pinpoint and prioritize opportunities, accelerate improvement efforts and build lifetime loyalty among their customers and employees.

Like all great companies, our success is a function of our people and our culture. Our employees have world-class talent, a collaborative work ethic, and a passion for the work that have earned us trusted advisor status among the world's most recognized brands. As a member of the team, you will help us create value for our clients, you will make us better through your contribution to the work and your voice in the process. Ours is a path of learning and continuous improvement; team efforts chart the course for corporate success.

Our Mission:

We empower organizations to deliver the best experiences. With industry expertise and technology, we turn data into insights that drive innovation and action.

Our Values:

To put Human Experience at the heart of organizations so every person can be seen and understood.

• Energize the customer relationship:Our clients are our partners. We make their goals our own, working side by side to turn challenges into solutions.
• Success starts with me:Personal ownership fuels collective success. We each play our part and empower our teammates to do the same.
• Commit to learning:Every win is a springboard. Every hurdle is a lesson. We use each experience as an opportunity to grow.
• Dare to innovate:We challenge the status quo with creativity and innovation as our true north.
• Better together:We check our egos at the door. We work together, so we win together.

We are seeking a Staff Network Engineer (Team Lead) to serve as the senior technical anchor and day-to-day leader for our Network Engineering function. This role blends deep technical expertise with operational leadership-driving architecture, reliability, compliance, and performance across a modern hybrid cloud environment spanning AWS, Azure, and enterprise on-prem infrastructure.

The ideal candidate is a highly skilled network engineer who thrives in complex environments, enjoys owning critical network services, and can provide technical leadership, prioritization, and mentorship to a small but capable team. This role is hands-on, fast-paced, and directly tied to our cloud migration, acquisition integrations, and overall platform modernization.

What You'll Do

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Serve as the lead engineer responsible for designing, building, and maintaining secure, scalable enterprise network infrastructure across hybrid cloud and data center environments.
• Architect and support complex routing, switching, firewalling, VPN, and load-balancing solutions using Cisco, FortiGate, F5, Cloudflare, and Azure/AWS native controls.
• Lead the networking components of cloud migrations, landing zones, hybrid connectivity, and acquisition integrations.
• Establish engineering standards for network architecture, automation, segmentation, and operational excellence.

Operational Ownership & Reliability

• Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis for high-severity incidents, ensuring durable fixes and proactive risk reduction.
• Develop and maintain monitoring, observability, and alerting using LogicMonitor and cloud-native tools.
• Build and maintain SOPs, runbooks, configuration standards, and knowledge-base materials to support operational consistency.

Security, Compliance & Audit Support

• Maintain secure configurations aligned with Zero Trust principles, segmentation strategies, and firewall best practices.
• Participate in SOC2, HIPAA, HITRUST, and HITECH audits by preparing and submitting required network-related artifacts.
• Ensure strict adherence to change management-including reviewing, approving, and validating production changes.

Team Leadership & Collaboration

• Provide day-to-day technical direction, workload prioritization, and mentorship to Network Engineers and cross-functional partners.
• Collaborate with Cloud, Security, Infrastructure, and Architecture teams to deliver scalable, highly available solutions.
• Evaluate new technologies, drive continuous improvement, and influence long-term network strategy.

Required Qualifications (Must-Haves)

Candidates must demonstrate strong hands-on expertise in the following areas:

Core Networking & Infrastructure

• BGP and advanced routing protocols, and Cisco Switches
• Cisco Firewalls and FortiGate Firewalls
• VPN technologies (IPSec, policy-based and route-based)
• F5 Load Balancers (LTM/ASM)
• Cloudflare (WAF, CDN, network services)

Cloud Networking

• Azure: ExpressRoute, VNETs, routing, firewalls, hybrid connectivity
• AWS: VPC networking, Transit Gateway, routing, hybrid connectivity

Automation & Tooling

• Scripting (Python, PowerShell, Groovy)
• Configuration automation (Terraform/IaC experience is strongly preferred)

Governance & Compliance

• Experience supporting SOC2, HIPAA, HITRUST, HITECH
• Ability to prepare and submit artifacts during audits
• Experience participating in structured change management processes

Nice to Have

(Not required, but beneficial)

• FortiWeb (WAF)
• Scrum Master, ITIL, or project management background
• Jira / Confluence
• Terraform / IaC tooling
• Experience in M&A network integration
• Cloud networking certifications (Azure/AWS)
• Cisco, Fortinet, or similar industry certifications

Who You Are

You are a senior-level engineer who:

• Owns outcomes, not just tickets
• Excels in complex hybrid environments
• Balances hands-on engineering with day-to-day team leadership
• Is comfortable making architectural decisions with business impact
• Communicates clearly across engineering and non-technical teams

Operates with discipline, accountability, and integrity

Don't meet every single requirement?Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At PG Forsta we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Additional Information for US based jobs:

Press Ganey Associates LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and well committed to a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.

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The expected base salary for this position ranges from $110,000 to $140,000. It is not typical for offers to be made at or near the top of the range. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, licensure or certifications obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. In addition to base salary and a competitive benefits package, successful candidates are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus or commission tied to achieved results.

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• Preferred three to five (3 to 5) years of experience in implementing and managing Windows and Open Systems server infrastructure hybrid cloud solutions in an enterprise environment; healthcare experience preferred.
• Highly experienced information systems professional with a strong technical background and proven track record of accomplishments in a large, complex multi-level organization .
• Strong technical knowledge of VMWare ESX and Microsoft Hyper-V.
• Expertise in Microsoft Windows, Linux and AIX operating systems and management.
• Familiar with hyperconverged infrastructures such as VxRail.
• Familiar with Microsoft Azure Arc, System Center, Admin Center and SCCM.
• Familiar with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Experience in infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience in scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash, etc.)
• Familiar with application delivery solutions such as Citrix.
• Experience with storage and data protection replication methodologies.
• Experience with Epic Infrastructure such as Hyperspace.
• Experience with ITSM functionalities such as change control, CMDB and ticketing systems.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare information systems (e.g., Epic, Cerner), cybersecurity and clinical operations.
• Prior experience delivering high availability systems in a 24/7 environment across geographically dispersed business units.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate evaluation of technologies and achieve consensus on technical standards and solutions among a diverse group of information technology professionals.
• Demonstrated commitment to customer service who has provided responsive and effective support, developed solid working relationships with customers, and delivered high quality, value-added services that met/exceeded customer expectations.
• Equally adept at developing technology strategies and the operation of existing technical infrastructures. Significant experience and knowledge of computing architecture and implementation of networked computing structures.
• Polished professional with demonstrated information technology experience and strong communication skills that can rapidly gain and maintain credibility with customers and IT colleagues.
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Healthcare Administration or related field strongly desired or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  
  

• Preferred certifications include Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals, VCP-DCV, ECSA.
  
  

• Responsible for installation and maintenance of server infrastructure along with upgrading/configuration and the life cycle management of hardware.
• Monitors functions of server infrastructure to ensure acceptable performance.
• Creates and maintains documentation related to server configuration and environments.
• Serves as subject matter expert across server operating systems and solutions (Microsoft Windows Server, Linux, AIX, VMWare ESX, Microsoft Hyper-V)
• Troubleshoots and resolves server and virtualization incidents.
• Maintain server patching to address security vulnerabilities.
• Collaborate with cloud compute architect to design and build functional server environments.
• Provide level 2 escalation support and troubleshooting to resolve complex server incidents and tasks.
• Stay current on cloud and systems engineering trends (e.g., serverless computing, containerization, AI-driven automation) and evaluate their potential to enhance TGC operations.
• Ensure systems, applications and data are high availability, backed up and/or replicated to meet disaster and business recovery requirements.
• Implement and enforce security requirements to protect Azure-based systems and data.
• Anticipates and provides solutions for complex problems and issues, recommends upgrades and enhancements. Rapidly absorbs complex technical and conceptual information to identify issues and implications. Able to present understandable alternatives to both technical and non-technical individuals at all levels of the organization.
• Monitors industry trends, maintains knowledge of developments in cloud computing, database, storage, data protection, virtualization, hyperconverged infrastructure, server automation, monitoring and application delivery.
• Promotes the use of TGC’s PMO methodology and standards to manage IT initiatives.
• Demonstrates commitment to customer service by providing responsive and effective support, developing solid working relationships with customers and IT colleagues, and delivering high quality, value-added services that exceed customer expectations.
• Demonstrates a commitment to excellence in Customer Service with all internal and external customers of TGC.
• Performs related duties as assigned and unrelated duties as requested.
  
  

We're Hiring: Director of IT Architecture (Remote, with onsite meetings as needed)

We are seeking a Director of IT Architecture | Enterprise Architecture | Cloud & Systems Leader to lead and shape the IT architecture strategy for a growing healthcare organization. This is a unique opportunity to design and implement technology solutions that support business goals, regulatory compliance, and modern healthcare delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and execute a comprehensive IT architecture strategy aligned with clinical, operational, and business objectives.
• Lead and manage a team of network, cloud, and systems architects, fostering collaboration and high performance.
• Oversee network, cloud, and systems architecture initiatives, ensuring security, scalability, and interoperability.
• Evaluate, test, and implement modern platform visibility solutions (DataDog, Dynatrace, New Relic, Prometheus / Grafana).
• Collaborate with IT leadership, business stakeholders, vendors, and cloud providers to optimize technology investments.
• Establish IT governance, standards, and best practices to ensure compliance with industry regulations (HIPAA, HITECH, HITRUST).
• Monitor performance, risks, and cost optimization across all IT architecture initiatives.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Healthcare Informatics, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in IT architecture, including at least 5 years in a leadership role managing network, cloud, and systems architecture teams, preferably in healthcare.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and hybrid environments.
• Demonstrated history of assessing, testing, and implementing modern platform visibility solutions (DataDog, Dynatrace, New Relic, Prometheus / Grafana).
• Strong expertise in network architecture (SD-WAN, VPNs, firewalls, healthcare data exchange networks).
• Deep knowledge of systems architecture, including server infrastructure, virtualization, storage, disaster recovery, and healthcare IT standards (HL7, FHIR, DICOM).
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strategic thinker with strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in a related field.
• Relevant cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect Professional, AWS Security Specialty, Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect).
• Security and architecture certifications such as CISSP, CCNP, HITRUST, or FinOps.

This is a remote role with the flexibility to work from home, while requiring occasional onsite meetings for leadership collaboration and strategic planning.

If you are a visionary IT leader with a strong healthcare background, experience leading cloud, network, and systems architecture teams, and a passion for building scalable, secure IT platforms, we want to hear from you!

Job Title: Kubernetes Engineer (Azure AKS)

Location: Remote, US-based

Type: 6-month Contract to Hire

We’re supporting a technology‑driven organization seeking a Kubernetes Engineer with strong Azure AKS experience and a security‑focused mindset. This person will play a key role in securing AKS deployments, supporting proprietary application rollouts, and partnering closely with IT and cloud teams.

This is a highly visible role with the opportunity to own Kubernetes security across the enterprise.

1. Cloud Engineering in Azure
2. Kubernetes (AKS) — strong security background required
3. Networking & troubleshooting across cloud/IT environments

• Support the deployment and operation of proprietary applications running on AKS
• Monitor AKS clusters for vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and security gaps
• Design and support cyber security infrastructure across on‑prem, hybrid, and cloud environments
• Engineer and secure Kubernetes platforms in Azure (AKS) and AWS (EKS)
• Harden container images and workloads using secure build practices, scanning, and runtime protection
• Troubleshoot cluster, node, networking, and workload‑level issues
• Integrate Kubernetes and security telemetry into enterprise SIEM tools
• Respond to and remediate security alerts, incidents, and platform vulnerabilities
• Collaborate with IT, Cloud, and DevOps teams to define and implement security architecture
• Maintain runbooks, standards, security documentation, and operational procedures
• Participate in lifecycle management, change control, and on‑call rotations
• Produce dashboards, reports, and metrics for technical and leadership audiences
• Mentor teammates and contribute to security maturity initiatives

• High visibility with C‑level leadership
• Ownership of Kubernetes AKS security strategy
• Opportunity to influence and optimize a critical enterprise deployment
• Fully remote, highly collaborative engineering culture
• Role helps reduce organizational risk during a major cloud modernization initiative

Net‑new position created due to increased investment in Kubernetes and cloud security.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Las Vegas, NV.

The pay range for this position is $90.00 - $105.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully remote position.

This position is anticipated to close on Mar 18, 2026.

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at .

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

Optomi, in partnership with a leading logistics company is seeking a Senior Full Stack Java Developer (Java / Kafka / Spring Boot / AWS) to support and modernize critical systems within the Mechanical organization. This team maintains locomotives, railcars, and detector systems that capture millions of operational and safety data points across the network.

About the Position: The role focuses on refactoring legacy microservices, scaling event-driven architectures, re-platforming rules engines, and building cloud-native, resilient, high-volume IoT data pipelines. This is a high-impact engineering role where your work directly influences safety, reliability, and operational efficiency across one of the largest transport networks in the US.

Apply Today if your Background Includes:

• 6+ years of Full Stack experience with a backend emphasis in Java Spring Boot development.
• Strong event-driven architecture + Kafka experience
• Proven experience modernizing legacy microservices & distributed systems
• AWS Cloud experience
• Hands-on Python experience for backend/data workflows
• DevSecOps mindset: automated testing, CI/CD, secure coding
• Experience supporting both greenfield and legacy systems
• Strong relational DB experience (Postgres preferred)
• Experience handling IoT or high-volume sensor data pipelines
• Familiarity with open-source tooling and cloud-agnostic architectures
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership

What the Right Professional Will Enjoy!

• Fully remote work opportunity with up to 20% travel.
• Opportunity to work with a fast-growing team focused on modernization, cloud adoption, and automation.
• Direct impact on safety, rail operations, and national freight logistics.
• Work on high-volume IoT, event-driven architectures, cloud-native systems.
• Exposure to AI/GenAI, automation, and open-source tooling
• Leadership opportunities with junior developers

Responsibilities:

• Modernize legacy microservices and distributed systems supporting mechanical operations and detector networks.
• Design and implement backend services using Java, Spring Boot, event-driven patterns, and Kafka.
• Scale and optimize high-volume IoT data pipelines (30M+ incoming data points from sensors/detectors).
• Lead architecture, design, and deployment efforts for new and existing services.
• Refactor and support large rules-engine frameworks (600+ rulesets).
• Contribute to cloud-native development (AWS preferred; Azure acceptable; cloud agnostic mindset encouraged).
• Use Python for backend workflows, automation, and data processing tasks.
• Build automated CI/CD and testing frameworks following DevSecOps best practices.
• Work with Postgres and relational databases to tune, model, and integrate data.
• Mentor junior developers and support a strong engineering culture focused on speed, clarity, and automation.
• Collaborate across teams to build scalable, modern systems.
• Support both new development and the existing application footprint.

Senior Platform Architect

Reports To: Director of Engineering

Department: Engineering

Location: Hybrid - Atlanta, GA

What makes MTech different:

Purpose-Driven Work – Build technology that solves real problems for the world

Casual & Collaborative – No corporate bureaucracy, direct access to senior leadership

Innovation-Focused – Healthy innovation pipeline expanding into new segments and technologies

Transparent & Data-Driven – Clear metrics, objectives, and visibility into company performance

Modern Development – Robust development tools, training programs, and technical excellence

Flexibility & Balance – Flexible work environment that values results over presenteeism

Job Summary

The Senior Platform Architect will lead the technical architecture, design, and modernization of large-scale, multi-tenant enterprise SaaS platforms built on Azure and the .NET stack. This role requires mastery of distributed systems, cloud-native design, and advanced engineering practices to deliver highly available, performant, and secure solutions for global consumer-facing SaaS and Agentic AI products.

Responsibilities and Duties

Architectural Design & Transformation

• Lead migration from monolithic systems to modular monolith and microservices architectures using domain-driven design, bounded contexts, and decomposition strategies.
• Design multi-tenant SaaS platforms with advanced tenant isolation, resource partitioning, and elastic scaling using Azure services.
• Define and enforce architectural standards for .NET (C#), TypeScript, Angular, SQL Server, and Azure, including dependency injection, SOLID principles, asynchronous programming, and reactive patterns.
• Design and implement distributed systems: service orchestration, API gateway management, IoT, edge computing, distributed transactions, eventual consistency, CQRS, and event sourcing.
• Architect for cloud-native resiliency: circuit breakers, bulkheads, retries, failover, geo-redundancy, and disaster recovery using Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Service Bus, Cosmos DB, and Azure SQL.
• Develop and maintain architecture documentation, reference models, and decision records using industry frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, C4 Model).

Performance Engineering & Observability

• Establish and monitor platform SLOs (latency, throughput, error rates, availability) mapped to customer SLAs.
• Architect and implement advanced caching strategies, indexing, and query optimization for SQL Server and NoSQL stores in coordination with Senior Data Architect, Data Engineers, and Database Admins.
• Design and implement telemetry pipelines: distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry), structured logging, metrics collection, and real-time dashboards for system health and diagnostics.
• Conduct performance profiling, load testing, and capacity planning for backend services and frontend applications.

Automation, Quality, and DevOps

• Architect and implement CI/CD pipelines with automated build, test, security scanning, and deployment workflows.
• Integrate static code analysis, code coverage, and quality gates into the development lifecycle.
• Design and enforce automated testing strategies: unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end tests for backend and frontend components.
• Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) solutions for repeatable, scalable cloud provisioning.
• Create incident response playbooks for rollback, failover, and recovery, drive down MTTR and automate remediation where possible.

Security, Compliance, and Governance

• Architect for multi-tenant security: authentication/authorization (OAuth2, OpenID Connect), encryption at rest and in transit, secrets management, and compliance with SOC 1, SOC 2, GDPR, and other regulatory standards.
• Implement secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) practices, threat modeling, and vulnerability management, including ZDR, DLP, No Model Training policies with AI Models.
• Ensure architectural governance and alignment with enterprise frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman), maintain architecture decision records, and participate in architecture review boards.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

• Mentor engineering teams in advanced architectural concepts, distributed systems, cloud-native development, and best practices.
• Collaborate with Data Architect, DevOps, IT Services, Engineering and Product Management teams to ensure platform extensibility, integration, and support for complex business requirements.
• Evaluate and integrate AI/ML services, advanced analytics, and developer productivity tools to enhance platform capabilities.
• Champion a culture of technical excellence, continuous improvement, and innovation.

Required Experience & Skills

• Minimum 10+ years in software/platform engineering, with at least 8 years in platform architecture for enterprise SaaS on Azure and .NET tech stack.
• Proven experience architecting and delivering large-scale, multi-tenant SaaS platforms for global consumer-facing products.
• Deep expertise in .NET (C#), Azure cloud services (App Services, Functions, Service Bus, Cosmos DB, SQL Server), Azure Open AI, Microsoft Agent Framework, TypeScript, Angular, CI/CD, automated testing, and observability.
• Mastery of distributed systems, cloud-native patterns, event-driven architectures, and microservices.
• Demonstrated success in technical debt reduction, performance engineering, and architectural modernization.
• Experience with architectural frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, C4 Model), architectural governance, and compliance.
• Strong understanding of platform security, regulatory compliance, and multi-tenant SaaS challenges.

Success Metrics (First 12 Months)

• Reduction in platform-related incidents/support tickets.
• Improvement in deployment speed and release velocity.
• Reduction in MTTR for platform incidents.
• Achievement of modularization milestones (monolith decomposition, service rollout, platform observability in production).
• Increase in automated test coverage, code quality, and system performance metrics.

Preferred Skills & Certifications

• TOGAF, Zachman, or similar architecture certification.
• Advanced knowledge of event sourcing, CQRS, service mesh, and cloud-native security.
• Familiarity with semantic technologies, knowledge graphs, and AI/ML integration.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code, automated testing tools, and modern DevOps practices.
• Strong background in platform security, compliance, and multi-tenant SaaS challenges.

EEO Statement

Integrated into our shared values is MTech’s commitment to diversity and equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, age, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, military service, genetic information, or any other characteristic or conduct protected by law. MTech aims to maintain a global inclusive workplace where every person is regarded fairly, appreciated for their uniqueness, advanced according to their accomplishments, and encouraged to fulfill their highest potential. We