Senior Principal Consultant

Progress

Senior Professional Services Consultant supporting US Government customers in data platform modernization. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to design secure architectures and optimize capabilities.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeHonolulu • Hawaii • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $140,250 - $173,250 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDockerEC2JavaJavaScriptJenkinsJUnitKubernetesLinuxMicroservicesNode.jsNoSQLOpenShiftPythonShell ScriptingTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with US Government customers as a trusted technical advisor to assess current-state data platforms and define modernization roadmaps
Design and implement secure, scalable architectures using Progress Software solutions across data management, integration, search, and analytics
Lead hands-on delivery from proof-of-concept through production, including installation, configuration, automation, and operational hardening
Build and optimize APIs and data pipelines to support mission applications, including event-driven and streaming patterns where applicable
Troubleshoot complex customer issues across application, data, and infrastructure layers; provide root-cause analysis and remediation plans
Collaborate with customer stakeholders, engineering, and product teams to translate mission needs into technical requirements and solution designs
Develop implementation artifacts (architecture diagrams, runbooks, deployment guides) and deliver knowledge transfer to customer teams
Mentor teammates and contribute reusable patterns, accelerators, and best practices to improve delivery quality and consistency
Support emerging AI-enabled use cases (e.g., semantic search, RAG) by helping customers operationalize prototypes with appropriate evaluation and governance

Requirements

What you’ll need

US Citizen required due to access needed in this role
Active Top-Secret clearance with Full Scope or Counter-Intelligence Poly
Located in the United States to support a role in Honolulu HI
Strong project-based experience with NoSQL, Graph (RDF triple-stores) or relational databases
Strong project-based experience developing enterprise-grade production software
Project-based experience in the following areas: Programming languages such as: JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, or Python
API-driven architectures, REST, microservices, and event-driven or streaming patterns
Containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes, including K8s platforms such as Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service, Azure Kubernetes Service, Red Hat OpenShift, Rancher, or other enterprise-level platform
Cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure, including common services such as EC2, S3, EBS, IAM (Amazon) or Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Blob Storage, Managed Disks, Entra ID (Azure)
JSON or XML data modeling
Experience across multiple programming tools, package managers, and common packages or libraries (e.g., npm, Node.js, pip, Anaconda, yum, apt)
Advanced debugging tools (Chrome DevTools, VS Code/IntelliJ debuggers), and implementing automated testing with tools such as Postman, JUnit, PyTest, etc.
Experience using modern source code management and CI/CD tools such as GitHub, GitLab, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps
Experience using Linux administration and shell scripting

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, vision, life & disability, and financial benefits (including 401(k) retirement savings plan)
Tuition Reimbursement program
Additional voluntary benefits including crucial illness/hospital indemnity, identity theft protection, auto & home insurance, legal, and pet insurance
Competitive salary, uncapped commission, and best-in-class Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) with a 27-month lookback
Flexible paid vacation time, paid day off for your birthday, and company holidays
A variety of leave plans, including Parental Leave
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and an employee well-being program focusing on physical, mental, and financial health

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Hard Skills & Tools

NoSQL databasesGraph databasesJavaScriptTypeScriptJavaPythonAPI-driven architecturesDockerKubernetesAWS

Soft Skills

technical advisorcollaborationmentoringtroubleshootingroot-cause analysisknowledge transferproject managementcommunicationproblem-solvingdelivery quality

Certifications

Top-Secret clearanceFull Scope PolyCounter-Intelligence Poly