The Role
The Lead Applications Architect will support the Network Solutions Division, focusing on enterprise application architecture, mentoring engineers, and designing RESTful APIs, ensuring systems meet performance targets.
Summary Generated by Built In
Acclaim Technical Services, founded in 2000, is a leading cyber operations, intelligence solutions and operations, network infrastructure, engineering and business enablement and enterprise operations company supporting a wide range of U.S. Federal agencies. We are an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, which is uncommon within our business sector. We see this as a significant strength, and it shows: ATS is consistently ranked as a top workplace among DC area firms and continues to grow.
We are actively recruiting for a Lead Applications Architect with a current TS/SCI w/ Poly to support our Network Solutions Division, based in Northern Virgnina.
Required Education and Experience:
We are actively recruiting for a Lead Applications Architect with a current TS/SCI w/ Poly to support our Network Solutions Division, based in Northern Virgnina.
Required Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree (or 10+ years IC experience in lieu)
- ISSA/TS
- Minimum 10 years software engineering, incl. 5 years designing enterprise-scale app architectures; led 3+ cloud production solutions
- Designed/governed 20+ RESTful APIs
- Led architecture governance ≥2 years, mentored ≥5 engineers
- Delivered systems meeting SLA targets (e.g., uptime, performance testing).
- 10 years data engineering/analytics
- Led 3+ cloud data platforms
- 10+ enterprise data models
- Delivered 25+ data pipelines
- TOGAF/AWS/Azure certification
- Demonstrated adaptability/innovation, knowledge of industry standards, certifications (CISA, CEA, etc.)
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or 10+ years of experience in Intelligence Community
- ISSA/TS
- Minimum 10 years in software engineering with 5 years designing enterprise application architectures
- Led 3+ cloud production solutions
- Designed 20+ RESTful APIs
- Led architecture governance for at least 2 years and mentored 5+ engineers
- Delivered systems meeting SLA targets
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The Company
What We Do
Acclaim Technical Services is a leading language, operations, and technology services company supporting U.S. Federal agencies, specializing in intelligence analysis, software engineering, and systems engineering for the defense and intelligence communities.







