Sr. DevOps Solutions Engineer

Senior DevOps Solutions Engineer

Softtek Government Solutions is seeking a Senior DevOps Solutions Engineer to join our federal technology services consulting practice. This is a hands-on senior technologist role that works collaboratively with other technical leaders in the organization to design and develop technical solutions for custom software development projects. Migrate legacy custom software applications to modern DevSecOps pipelines using Git, Github Actions, Github Codespaces, Github Copilot, Kubernetes. You should have full-stack development experience and extensive experience implementing DevSecOps solutions with a variety of technologies. You will interface with senior IT SMEs to collaboratively design large-scale IT application solutions using sound architectural approaches. You will lead through expertise and sound decision-making that considers benefits, risks, and technical dependencies. You will innovate development team techniques and practices through continuous improvement. You should have enthusiasm for driving teams to deliver high-quality software. Prior experience working with Federal government customers is required. You will be onsite at the customer offices Monday through Friday in downtown Washington, DC, near the Farragut West metro station.

Objectives of this role:

• Designing, planning, and implementing DevSecOps, CI/CD, pipelines that build, test, scan, and package custom software applications
• Experience merging pull requests and resolving conflicts in collaboration with devs
• Identifying technical problems and developing software updates and fixes
• Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development practices are guided by and constrained appropriately through the use of automated validation, unit tests, commit processes, linting, etc.
• Planning projects and being involved in project management decisions
• Develop software to integrate with internal back-end systems
• Perform root cause analysis of production errors and resolve technical issues
• Develop scripts to automate visualization
• Design procedures for system troubleshooting and maintenance
• Deploy updates and fixes, and provide Level 2 technical support
• Build tools to reduce the occurrence of errors and improve customer experience

Required skills and qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field (or commensurate experience)

Required Experience:

• 8+ years of experience leading software development projects/programs
• Hands on experience programming full stack applications with the following technology stack
• Front End: TypeScript, JS, CSS, HTML, Figma, Angular, Material, Node, NPM, Jasmine, Karma, Github Codespaces, VS Code, Git, Playwright, JIRA
• Backend: C#, NET 8, Swagger, REST, JSON, XUnit, PostgreSQL database, PGAdmin, SQL, PgSQL, PgModeler
• DevSecOps: Python, Bash, Node, Git, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, YAML, Grafana
• Very high level of verbal language proficiency
• Preference given to Big 4 consulting experience in Federal government sector
• Ability to convincingly explain the rationale for technology decisions
• Experience working with project management tools (JIRA, Azure DevOps, Project)
• Full-time employees (no 1099 or corp-to-corp)
• US Citizenship

Required Clearance :

• Preference given to candidates with a Top-Secret clearance (active or recently active)
• Must be able to pass background screening and re-investigation
• Must be able to work in a SCIF

About Softtek Government Solutions:

Softtek Government Solutions is a professional services firm focused on addressing our nation's most complex threats and challenges. As a small business we're committed to supporting our clients' missions with services delivered by our diverse and experienced staff. With expertise in cybersecurity, emergency preparedness, and public health, our experience base spans federal, state, and local governments, as well as private sector entities.

Benefits:

• Extensive training programs
• Gym membership reimbursement
• Education reimbursement
• Technology benefits
• Commuter benefits
• Generous paid time off and much more!

Softtek Government Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)