Technical Architect Lead
About The Position
At Accenture Federal Services, our purpose is to make the US federal government stronger and safer, and to improve the lives of its citizens. We are a technology company within the global Accenture network, with over 13,000 employees dedicated to leveraging technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. We are recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, offering a supportive community where employees can grow, learn, and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, and industry training. Join us to drive meaningful change and advance government missions. As a Lead Cloud-Native Web Applications Architect, you will be responsible for shaping the technical strategy and guiding the development of an advanced micro-frontend and microservices ecosystem. This ecosystem powers real-time weather intelligence for critical federal missions. Your role will involve architecting cloud-native systems on AWS, mentoring engineers, and establishing engineering standards across the entire stack. The goal is to ensure our applications deliver real-time radar, satellite, model, and observational data with 99.99% reliability, strong FISMA High compliance, and an exceptional user experience.
Requirements
- 6+ years full-stack engineering experience, including leadership of complex, cloud-native programs.
- 5+ years hands-on microservices/API development with Kubernetes orchestration.
- Strong experience with AWS services (EKS, S3, DynamoDB, RDS) and cloud-native architectures.
- Expertise in modern JavaScript/TypeScript and micro-frontend design (ReactJS strongly preferred).
- Strong API design experience (REST, GraphQL); Docker/container orchestration on AWS.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and technical leadership capabilities.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related field.
- AWS Solutions Architect certification.
- Experience with meteorological formats (GRIB, BUFR, NetCDF) and geospatial DBs (PostGIS).
- Background with FISMA-regulated environments, scientific computing, or advanced AWS serverless + EKS.
Responsibilities
- Drive the end-to-end architecture of a cloud-native micro-frontend ecosystem and distributed data platform on AWS.
- Define modular, scalable approaches to micro-frontends, microservices, APIs, and real-time streaming pipelines.
- Establish engineering standards spanning backend, data, front-end frameworks, performance, and security.
- Develop REST/GraphQL APIs and Node.js BFF services running on Kubernetes for high-performance web clients.
- Deliver rich, responsive, cloud-hosted micro-frontends using JavaScript/TypeScript and modern web frameworks (React preferred; Angular/Vue welcomed).
- Build real-time hazard streaming capabilities (WebSockets, SSE, event-driven pipelines).
- Architect caching, tiling, and front-end delivery strategies for geospatial and time-series data.
- Implement secure RBAC via AWS Cognito/JWT and ensure compliance with federal security standards.
- Engineer geospatial, spatial, and historical data solutions that support complex visualization and analytic workflows.
- Partner with DevOps to establish CI/CD pipelines, IaC practices, and efficient deployment strategies.
- Mentor engineers, drive code reviews, shape roadmap discussions, and cultivate high-quality engineering practices.
Benefits
- Hands-on experience
- Certifications
- Industry training
- Reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in specific states
- Wide variety of benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
