Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Bixal is a consulting company headquartered in Fairfax, VA, working alongside governments and organizations to help them deliver better services and experiences to the communities they serve. The Principal DevSecOps Architect will lead enterprise-level cloud and DevSecOps architecture across federal programs, providing technical leadership and supporting business development efforts.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a thought leader across projects and proposals, contributing to Bixal’s technical vision and strategy
• Lead technical solutioning for pursuits, shaping win themes through architecture, delivery approach, and risk mitigation
• Write and review technical proposal content including technical volumes, SOW responses, implementation approaches, and compliance matrices
• Present and defend solutions in client discussions, solutioning sessions, and orals presentations with clear, executive-ready communication
• Define and own cloud architecture and DevSecOps strategy for proposals and active delivery programs
• Design secure, scalable, cloud-native platforms including CI/CD, IaC, container orchestration, identity/access, and observability
• Establish architecture standards, reusable patterns, and technical governance aligned with federal security and delivery expectations
• Collaborate with business development teams to shape technical solutioning early in the pursuit process
• Provide hands-on technical leadership through architecture reviews, technical decision-making, and mentoring senior engineers
• Lead modernization efforts (legacy-to-cloud migrations, platform hardening, automation, reliability improvements, AI integration)
• Ensure solutions meet quality, performance, and compliance needs (e.g., NIST/FISMA/FedRAMP-aligned environments, as applicable)

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 10+ years of progressive experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, platform engineering, SRE, or technical architecture
• Demonstrated success winning federal contracts, with hands-on experience developing and executing solutioning strategies
• Experience supporting federal proposals and delivery programs and interfacing directly with clients
• Demonstrated ownership of end-to-end cloud architecture and delivery outcomes in complex environments
• Deep experience with one or more cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and modern DevOps practices including IaC, CI/CD, and containers/Kubernetes
• Strong understanding of secure delivery and compliance-driven environments; ability to embed DevSecOps into SDLC
• Exceptional communication skills with proven ability to write technical narratives and present to senior stakeholders
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
• Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP) and/or enterprise architecture credentials
• Experience building reusable platform patterns and accelerating delivery across multiple teams
• Active member in DevSecOps or Cloud communities, with recent thought leadership activities

Benefits

• Flex hours
• 401K with matching incentive
• Parental Leave
• Medical/dental/vision benefits
• Flex Spending Account
• Company provided short-term disability and life insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 11 Paid holidays

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