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Imagine Next!At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.Job Description:\nParsons is seeking an exceptionally talented Software Solutions Architect to join our team supporting advanced defense and mission applications. In this role, you will design and guide the delivery of software solutions that integrate operational data, modeling and simulation capabilities, and mission systems across complex, multi-domain environments.\nYou will work closely with government customers, product owners, software engineers, data engineers, and mission analysts to translate operational needs into scalable, secure, and deployable software solutions. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader who can move comfortably between mission requirements, software architecture, technical design, and implementation.\nWhat You’ll Be Doing:\nDesign Mission Software Solutions: Define end-to-end architectures for secure, distributed, cloud-native, and data-intensive mission applications.\nLead Systems Integration: Design APIs, data contracts, messaging patterns, and interfaces connecting applications, sensors, data sources, simulations, and operational systems.\nGuide Technical Delivery: Partner with software engineers, data engineers, analysts, and Product Owners to translate mission needs into technical designs, user stories, and implementation plans.\nSupport Agile Product Development: Contribute to backlog refinement, architecture reviews, sprint planning, demonstrations, and incremental delivery within an Agile or SAFe environment.\nCollaborate with Customers and Mission Experts: Engage government customers and stakeholders to evaluate solutions, resolve complex technical challenges, and align software capabilities with operational objectives.\nIntegrate Modeling and Simulation: Support the integration of modeling, simulation, experimentation, and analysis capabilities into mission applications and decision-support tools.\nEnsure Secure, Reliable Deployment: Guide approaches for performance, scalability, resiliency, observability, automation, and deployment across cloud, classified, disconnected, and tactical-edge environments.\nRequired Clearance:\nMust be a U.S. Citizen.\nMust possess an active TS/SCI clearance.\nWhat Required Skills You’ll Bring:\nBachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience in software engineering, software architecture, or technical solution design. Additional years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.\nDemonstrated experience designing and delivering software solutions in complex DoD, intelligence, aerospace, or mission-critical environments.\nExperience defining software architectures for distributed systems, microservices, APIs, data platforms, or mission applications.\nStrong understanding of software development practices, including version control, automated testing, continuous integration and delivery, and iterative Agile development.\nExperience with one or more modern programming languages, such as Java, Python, Go, C++, or JavaScript/TypeScript.\nExperience designing and integrating RESTful services, event-driven systems, message brokers, or real-time data pipelines.\nExperience with cloud-native technologies, containers, orchestration platforms, or secure deployment environments.\nExperience working with structured and semi-structured data, including JSON, relational databases, object storage, and data exchange formats.\nAbility to create clear architecture views, technical designs, interface specifications, and implementation guidance.\nExperience working directly with government customers, product owners, software developers, and technical subject matter experts.\nStrong communication skills and the ability to lead technical discussions, architecture reviews, and solution trade studies.\nWhat Desired Skills You’ll Bring:\nExperience supporting DoD, intelligence, unmanned aerial systems, command and control, or multi-domain mission environments.\nExperience integrating applications with modeling and simulation tools, including AFSIM or comparable platforms.\nExperience deploying and operating software in classified, disconnected, or otherwise secure environments.\nFamiliarity with Cross-Domain Solutions and the technical challenges associated with secure data transfer across security boundaries.\nExperience with the TAK ecosystem, including TAK Server, WebTAK, or ATAK.\nExperience with Palantir Foundry or similar data integration and operational analytics platforms.\nFamiliarity with Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, S3-compatible storage, PostgreSQL, Redis, or comparable technologies.\nExperience with infrastructure as code, automated deployment pipelines, observability, and secure software supply chains.\nUnderstanding of Zero Trust principles as applied to applications, services, identity, and data.\nExperience designing systems for real-time, tactical-edge, disconnected, intermittent, and low-bandwidth operating environments.\nActive participation in software architecture, development, or technical implementation-not solely enterprise architecture, IT governance, or infrastructure planning.\n Security Clearance Requirement:\nAn active Top Secret SCI security clearance is required for this position.This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.Salary Range: $112,200.00 - $196,400.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest-APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. 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