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.NET Microservices Principal Architect

Houston
|12 years of exp
|Full Time

Posted: 4 days ago• Recruiter recently active

Job Location

Houston

Remote Work Policy

In office

Visa Sponsorship

Not Available

RelocationAllowed

Skills

Rabbitmq

DynamoDB

Azure

Kafka

LAMBDA

Docker

CQRS

Event Sourcing

DDD

OAuth2

SQS

Jwt

Microservices

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

IAM

OIDC

ASP.NET Core

API Gateway

Cloudformation

RDS

CloudWatch

SNS

CI/CD

ECS

EKS

Vector Databases

AWS Bedrock

Embeddings

.Net 8

Event Bridge

OpenAI APIs

AI/LLM Integration

Secure SDLC Practices

RAG Architectures

Saga Patterns

C# 12

About the job

Job Title: .NET Microservices Principal Architect

Job Type :|| Full time/Contract ||

Location: Houston, TX(Onsite)

The client is seeking a highly experienced architect with 12-18 years of software engineering experience, including strong expertise in.NET, Microservices, Cloud Architecture, Distributed Systems, Security, Performance Engineering, Cloud (AWS/Azure), AND AI Exposer.

Key Requirements

10+ years of C#/.NET enterprise development.
7+ years working with microservices and distributed systems.
5+ years in architecture, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), technical leadership, security, and production operations.
Deep hands-on experience with:
.NET 8, ASP.NET Core, C# 12
Microservices, DDD, CQRS, Event Sourcing, Saga patterns
Kafka, SQS, SNS, Event Bridge, RabbitMQ
AWS services including EKS/ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM
Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform/CloudFormation, CI/CD
OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, IAM, secure SDLC practices
Exposure to AI/LLM integration, including OpenAI APIs, AWS Bedrock, RAG architectures, embeddings, and vector databases is Mandatory.

Primary Responsibilities

Lead enterprise-scale architecture and modernization initiatives.
Design and govern cloud-native microservices platforms.
Remain hands-on with coding, code reviews, and critical implementations.
Drive reliability, observability, security, performance, and scalability improvements.
Mentor engineering teams and establish architecture standards and best practices.

Preferred Qualifications and Competencies

AWS Solutions Architect Professional, AWS Security Specialty, TOGAF, CKA/CKAD, or comparable advanced certification.
Experience with high-volume platforms, complex modernization, multi-team architecture governance, and AI-powered enterprise solutions.
Exceptional architecture judgment, hands-on coding depth, analytical troubleshooting, performance mindset, security ownership, communication, and stakeholder influence.