Product Architect

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Niyam is seeking an experienced Product Architect to support one of our federal clients. We are seeking a Product Architect to serve as the technical lead for an Agile team responsible for architecting, designing, and implementing scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions across multiple platforms. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in software architecture, cloud infrastructure, and full-stack development, with the ability to bridge business needs and technical delivery. This role requires hands-on technical leadership, strong communication skills, and a commitment to fostering collaboration and innovation across the development lifecycle. This is a hybrid position, and will require onsite to the client location in Ashburn, VA 1-2 days/week.


Roles and Responsibilities

• Define, maintain, and evolve the product architecture to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, reliable, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
• Design and implement innovative technical solutions that address business requirements while promoting best practices in development, testing, and deployment.
• Collaborate with business analysts, product owners, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions that balance business value, technical feasibility, and architectural standards.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle, guiding solution design, implementation, integration, testing, deployment, and ongoing support.
• Lead technical discussions and actively participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, demonstrations, retrospectives, and release planning.
• Serve as the technical lead during product demonstrations, communicating solution capabilities and technical decisions to product owners and key stakeholders.
• Partner with DevSecOps teams to design, implement, and deploy cloud-native applications while ensuring adherence to security, compliance, and operational best practices.
• Lead the decomposition of epics and features into well-defined technical tasks, enabling efficient sprint planning and successful project execution.
• Foster a collaborative engineering culture by mentoring developers and testers, encouraging knowledge sharing, and creating an environment where team members can openly discuss ideas, challenges, and solutions.
• Provide technical guidance through architecture reviews, design reviews, code reviews, and mentoring to promote high-quality, maintainable software.
• Design and implement solutions using multi-tenant cloud architectures, modern application design patterns, and microservices-based architectures.
• Evaluate technical risks, architectural trade-offs, compliance requirements, and implementation challenges, recommending mitigation strategies and improvements.
• Review cybersecurity assessments, static code analysis results, and application vulnerabilities to define remediation plans and improve overall software quality.
• Develop and maintain architecture documentation, technical designs, system diagrams, and implementation standards to support development and long-term maintainability.
• Create technical roadmaps and phased implementation strategies, including cloud migration initiatives and legacy system modernization or decommissioning.
• Oversee application development activities by reviewing pull requests, ensuring coding standards, validating test coverage, resolving technical blockers, and promoting engineering best practices.
• Lead the design, development, integration, and modernization of enterprise applications and distributed systems.
• Drive the migration of legacy applications to cloud-based, microservices-oriented architectures using modern development frameworks and platforms.
• Proactively identify potential technical challenges and implement effective mitigation strategies to minimize project risk and ensure successful delivery.
• Collaborate closely with developers, QA engineers, UI/UX designers, product managers, business analysts, production support teams, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions through an iterative Agile approach.
• Stay current with emerging technologies, industry trends, and architectural best practices, recommending improvements that enhance product quality, performance, and delivery efficiency.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• US Citizenship with ability to successfully complete a federal background investigation.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related field (equivalent practical experience may be considered).
• 10+ years of software development experience, including hands-on experience with programming, software design patterns, and architecture as a software architect, tech lead, or a senior developer.
• Must be able to work a hybrid schedule 1-2 days/week in Ashburn, VA.
• Expertise in Typescript, Postgres SQL, Postgres Streams, Gemini AI, webRTC, and Geospatial software, must have both design and hands-on experience with these technologies.
• Expertise in design patterns, object-oriented programming (OOP), and other software design methodologies to create modular, scalable, and maintainable systems.
• Professional experience operating within cross-functional teams and groups.
• Knowledge of different software development processes, such as Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or DevOps, and their implications on architectural decisions.
• Expertise in various architectural styles, such as client-server, microservices, event-driven, or layered architectures, and their trade-offs.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud) and understanding of distributed system concepts, including scalability, fault tolerance, and data consistency.
• Experience in RESTful APIs and experience designing, implementing, and integrating APIs in a secure and efficient manner.
• Experience with relational (e.g., Postgres) databases, data modeling, and data storage best practices.
• Skills in analyzing and optimizing software performance, including profiling, benchmarking, and code optimization techniques.
• Experience in baseline management and best practices for merges and version control.
• Understanding of common software security vulnerabilities and strategies to mitigate them, such as input validation, secure coding practices, and encryption.
• Hands-on development with Amazon AWS, Java (Spring/spring boot), React, PostgreSQL, JavaScript, browser technologies such as HTML, and CSS and JavaScript framework such as Kendo UI.
• Experience with DevOps practices, including continuous integration and continuous development and deployment tools such as Harness, Jenkins and GitLab.
• Strong experience with containerization technologies (Docker) and orchestration Tools (Kubernetes).

Preferred Skills

• Experience serving as a Technical Lead or Lead Software Engineer for one or more Agile product teams.
• Experience contributing to enterprise architecture, technical standards, and governance, with the ability to drive adoption and ensure compliance across development teams.
• Professional cloud certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, or equivalent are preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts and translate technical solutions into business-focused outcomes for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated commitment to staying current with emerging technologies, industry trends, cloud platforms, and software architecture best practices.
• Strong technical analysis, system design, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities, with experience evaluating complex technical challenges and developing practical, innovative solutions.
• Ability to influence technical direction, build consensus, and lead technical decision-making across cross-functional teams.
• Experience mentoring developers and fostering technical growth through coaching, design reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• Strong understanding of modern software architecture principles, including cloud-native design, microservices, distributed systems, and scalable application development.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

Niyam IT, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity ("EEO") Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, partnership status, age, citizenship status, veteran or military status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, disability, unemployment status or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state and/or local laws.