Distributed Systems Integration Architect ( Leadership role) - ( US citizen)

Blue Yonder • Southfield, MI

1d • $140,000 - $165,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Blue Yonder Defense Solutions (BYDS) is seeking a Distributed Systems / Integration Architect to lead the design and evolution of its next-generation, enterprise-scale platform. The role defines architectural patterns for distributed computing, event-driven systems, and enterprise integration, ensuring scalability, resilience, and interoperability across internal and external systems. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in distributed systems, messaging frameworks, integration patterns, and cloud-native architectures, and can translate business requirements into robust, scalable system designs.

This is a leadership role based in Dallas, Texas, with a hybrid work arrangement. Candidates must be U.S. citizens who have, or can obtain, a security clearance. Candidates able to relocate to Dallas are welcome. The anticipated base salary range is $140,000–$165,000, with eligibility for either an annual performance bonus or commission program, depending on the position.

Requirements

• 10 or more years of experience in software engineering, with significant focus on distributed systems architecture.
• Proven experience designing large-scale, distributed, and event-driven systems.
• Strong technical understanding of Java-based microservices architecture and API gateways.
• Strong experience designing event-driven architectures and messaging platforms such as Apache Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Deep understanding of Enterprise Integration Patterns and data flows.
• Experience with cloud-native platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong knowledge of microservices architecture and API design.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of data architecture in distributed environments.
• U.S. citizenship and an existing security clearance or ability to obtain one.

Nice To Haves

• Experience designing and integrating systems in the supply chain domain.
• Familiarity with concepts from Designing Data-Intensive Applications and Enterprise Integration Patterns.
• Experience in regulated environments, including FedRAMP, DoD, or defense systems.
• Experience designing multi-tenant enterprise SaaS platforms.
• Experience with Ansible for infrastructure as code; Terraform is also mentioned.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve reference architectures for distributed, event-driven, and integration-centric systems; establish architecture principles, standards, and design patterns across engineering teams.
• Lead system design for high-scale, mission-critical applications.
• Design distributed systems for high throughput, large-scale data processing, fault tolerance, resilience, scalability, performance optimization, eventual consistency, and distributed transactions.
• Architect enterprise integration solutions using patterns such as publish/subscribe, message routing and transformation, and event-driven workflows.
• Define strategies for message durability and replay, schema evolution and event versioning, and dead-letter handling and recovery.
• Define API design and governance standards for REST, gRPC, and asynchronous APIs; architect service-to-service communication models and guide API gateway and service mesh implementation.
• Design cloud-native systems using Docker and Kubernetes, including multi-region deployments, high availability, disaster recovery, and infrastructure as code.
• Design distributed data strategies, including Event Sourcing and CQRS, data synchronization across services, distributed data stores, and replication.
• Define system-wide observability strategies and patterns for distributed tracing and correlation IDs.
• Define secure communication patterns, including mTLS and zero-trust architectures; ensure secure integration across distributed services and support compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with internal engineering, DevOps, and security teams and external customers.
• Mentor senior engineers, provide architectural guidance, and participate in design reviews and technical decision-making.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) with matching.
• Flexible Time Off.
• Corporate Fitness Program.
• Voluntary benefits, including legal plans, accident and hospital indemnity coverage, and pet insurance.
• Eligibility to participate in either an annual performance bonus or commission program, depending on the position.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed