Lead Software Solutions Architect - TS/SCI

Parsons Corporation • Tampa, FL

6d • $148,300 - $266,900

About The Position

Parsons is seeking a Lead Software Solutions Architect to serve as a senior technical leader designing and delivering secure, data-intensive software solutions for complex defense and intelligence missions. The architect works closely with the Chief Engineer, Product Owners, software and data engineers, analysts, and government stakeholders to turn mission needs into scalable architectures, technical designs, and deployable capabilities. The role calls for hands-on expertise in distributed systems, real-time data integration, tactical-edge environments, and multi-domain defense applications.

The position is part of Parsons’ Federal Solutions team, which delivers services and solutions to U.S. government customers in defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental domains. An active TS/SCI clearance and U.S. citizenship are required. The listed salary range is $148,300–$266,900.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree and 15+ years of experience in software engineering, software architecture, solution architecture, or related technical leadership roles; additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Demonstrated expertise designing and delivering software solutions for multi-domain defense, intelligence, aerospace, or other mission-critical environments.
• Experience defining architectures for distributed systems, microservices, event-driven applications, real-time data pipelines, or tactical-edge platforms.
• Hands-on experience with military and intelligence data standards and formats, including Cursor on Target, FMV/KLV, and JSON.
• Strong experience with Apache Kafka, including topics, producers and consumers, security configuration, SASL/SCRAM, and TLS.
• Experience with the TAK ecosystem, including TAK Server, WebTAK, or ATAK.
• Experience integrating intelligence platforms and applications using rich data models, including TRAX- or OMNI-compliant databases.
• Proficiency with S3-compatible storage, including MinIO or AWS S3, and experience designing object-storage-based solutions.
• Experience with microservices, APIs, network protocols, and service communication technologies, including TCP/IP and gRPC.
• Understanding of Zero Trust architecture and network access technologies, such as ZTNA, AppGate, or software-defined perimeter solutions.
• Demonstrated experience designing fault-tolerant software for disconnected, intermittent, and limited-bandwidth environments.
• Ability to clearly communicate complex software architecture and technical decisions to engineers, customers, executives, and mission stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Kafka federation, multi-cluster messaging, or cross-domain event distribution.
• Advanced data modeling experience, including OMNI data models and lightweight tactical formats such as Cursor on Target.
• Experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, containerization, and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience deploying and operating software in classified, disconnected, tactical-edge, or otherwise secure environments.
• Familiarity with Cross-Domain Solutions and movement of data across security classification levels.
• Experience with Palantir Foundry, including Ontology, OSDK Functions, OSDK Sinks, and data ingestion.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, automated deployment, observability, performance engineering, and secure software supply chains.
• Experience collaborating with analysts and mission experts to integrate operational data, intelligence workflows, modeling, simulation, and experimentation capabilities.
• Experience with modern programming languages such as Java, Python, Go, C++, or JavaScript/TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end architectures for secure, distributed, event-driven, and data-intensive mission applications.
• Develop software architecture views, interface specifications, data models, technical designs, and implementation approaches.
• Architect integrations among applications, sensors, intelligence platforms, simulation environments, and operational systems using APIs, messaging, streaming, and shared data services.
• Act as the Systems Engineering Product Owner Analyst in a SAFe environment, translating mission objectives into capabilities, features, technical enablers, and user stories.
• Advise the Chief Engineer, program leadership, Product Owners, and business partners on software design decisions, technology selection, system evolution, and mission alignment.
• Participate in PI planning, backlog refinement, architecture reviews, demonstrations, retrospectives, and technical interchange meetings.
• Design for reliability, scalability, cybersecurity, interoperability, and operation in disconnected, intermittent, and limited-bandwidth environments.
• Promote effective software development, DevSecOps, automation, deployment, observability, and laboratory integration practices.
• Present technical approaches and software solutions during customer engagements, technical reviews, stakeholder meetings, and industry events.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off
• 401(k)
• Life insurance
• Flexible work schedules
• Holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior