Job description

Primary Responsibilities: - Design, develop, and maintain secure, cloud-based applications that prioritize performance, reliability, and compliance with industry security standards. - Implement and manage user authentication, authorization, and access controls to support secure operations. - Build and maintain APIs, services, and backend integrations that ensure interoperability across systems. - Identify and remediate security vulnerabilities, ensuring adherence to established security frameworks and organizational policies. - Create automation scripts and CI/CD pipelines to support continuous integration, delivery, and environment configuration. - Monitor application and infrastructure performance, proactively addressing issues to minimize downtime and optimize response times. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including systems, security, and database professionals—to align solutions with organizational requirements. - Prepare and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, version control practices, and recovery procedures. - Research and evaluate emerging technologies (e.g., serverless, containerization, AI/ML) to recommend improvements that enhance system agility and sustainability. - Contribute to Agile team processes, managing tasks, addressing technical debt, and ensuring smooth delivery cycles. - Mentor junior team members and provide subject matter expertise to guide long-term modernization and digital transformation efforts. - Perform additional duties as assigned Skills/Qualifications: - Expert-level proficiency in modern cloud platforms and services, including application hosting, serverless functions, storage, secrets management, networking, and workflow automation. - Advanced experience with identity and access management (IAM), including single sign-on (SSO), authentication/authorization, and secure federation across enterprise environments. - Strong programming skills in object-oriented and scripting languages (such as C#, .NET, PowerShell, and JavaScript/TypeScript), with a solid foundation in backend architectures and middleware integrations. - Deep knowledge of DevSecOps practices, container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), version control, and automated deployment pipelines. - Proven ability to troubleshoot and optimize cloud infrastructure performance, spanning compute, data, and networking layers. - Demonstrated experience applying secure coding standards, addressing vulnerability findings, and operating within compliance-driven environments. - Familiarity with enterprise data platforms and analytics tools, including relational databases and BI/reporting frameworks. - US Citizenship required due to clearance requirements Education/Experience Requirements: - Bachelor’s or Associate's degree in Computer Science, Math, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field. Six (6) years of directly relevant experience may substitute for three (3) years of formal education. - Minimum of six (6) years of experience in one or more of the current RHEL, Windows, VMWare, and SAS. - Minimum of six (6) years of performing security remediation to systems with vulnerabilities based on security scans. - Minimum of six (6) years of experience in an Agile DevSecOps software development environment and Methodologies. - Minimum of six (6) years of experience with Kubernetes, Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket. - Minimum of 6 years of mitigating Azure hardware/software issues, performance bottlenecks and overall system health concerns. - Demonstrated experience working in support of federal government enterprise applications preferred.

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