Principal Software Engineer​/Developer (.NET

Overview

The Principal Software Engineer/Developer is a highly experienced technical leader and recognized authority responsible for defining and driving enterprise-wide architecture strategies across cloud, application modernization, and secure distributed systems. This role operates at a senior leadership level, influencing technology direction, advising executive stakeholders, and ensuring alignment between enterprise architecture, business objectives, and federal or regulated requirements. The Software Engineer/Developer leads highly complex initiatives involving cloud transformation, Azure-based solutions, systems integration, and secure application development, while mentoring technical teams and establishing architectural standards across the organization.

• Define and lead enterprise architecture strategy across cloud, applications, and infrastructure
• Develop multi-year technology roadmaps aligned with organizational and client objectives
• Establish architecture standards, reference models, and governance frameworks
• Advise executive leadership on emerging technologies, risks, and investment priorities
• Architect and oversee complex Microsoft Azure solutions, including hybrid and multi-cloud environments
• Lead enterprise cloud adoption, migration, and modernization strategies
• Design and deploy cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure leveraging tools and services such as Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure App Services, Azure Functions (Serverless), networking, security, and advanced Data & AI capabilities to build secure, high-performance, scalable, and resilient enterprise applications
• Serve as a hands‑on technical leader by actively contributing to application design and development efforts using the Microsoft .NET framework and related technologies
• Perform hands‑on coding, code reviews, prototyping, and technical implementation activities to ensure architectural standards and solution quality are achieved
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and Azure Bicep to support automated, repeatable, and compliant cloud deployments
• Ensure optimization for performance, scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency
• Lead large‑scale application modernization initiatives
• Establish best practices for microservices, API‑first, and event‑driven architectures
• Guide development teams in full‑stack and cloud‑native development
• Ensure security‑by‑design principles
• Oversee alignment with federal frameworks (e.g., NIST, Zero Trust)
• Partner with cybersecurity teams
• Lead cross‑functional teams
• Drive Dev Sec Ops  and automation
• Serve as trusted advisor
• Redesign data structures to support modern, scalable, and efficient data architectures
• Plan and execute comprehensive data mapping activities across systems, ensuring data integrity, traceability, and alignment with enterprise standards
• Develop end‑to‑end solution designs that align business requirements with system capabilities, ensuring seamless integration and data flow
• Leverage AI tools and technologies to enhance architectural design, productivity, and decision‑making
• Demonstrate hands‑on experience implementing AI‑driven solutions that improve business processes, efficiency, and insights
• Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization, including technical teams, senior leadership, executives, and external customers
• Serve as the primary technical interface to customers, ensuring clear, consistent, and professional communication of solutions and outcomes
• Translate complex technical concepts, architectures, and trade‑offs into concise, business‑friendly language
• Present solution options with clear pros/cons, risks, and trade‑offs to support informed decision‑making
• Develop and communicate reasonable level‑of‑effort estimates, timelines, and solution assumptions

• US Citizenship Required
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field (Master's preferred)
• 12-15 years of progressive experience in solutions architecture, cloud engineering and platform design, and enterprise application development and modernization
• 5+ years of experience in cloud architecture, application…