IT Technical Lead

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

* This position is contingent upon a future opening with Gunnison.

Salary: $155,000-$165,000

Work location : Hybrid, Atlanta, GA.

• Provide technical leadership for a federal portfolio that includes multiple web, data, and integration solutions built on Microsoft and cloud technologies.
• Lead design and implementation approaches that use Git-based repositories (such as GitHub), branching strategies, and pull-request workflows as the core way teams collaborate.
• Define and guide CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or comparable platforms to automate build, test, and deployment of application and infrastructure changes.
• Work with engineers to integrate security and quality checks into pipelines, including static analysis, dependency scanning, and basic dynamic testing using industry-standard tools.
• Shape technical approaches for application modernization and integration, including API-based interfaces, data services, and cloud-hosted components (for example in Azure or AWS).
• Provide technical direction on environment strategy (dev/test/stage/prod), configuration management, and automated deployment patterns.
• Collaborate with program leadership to evaluate solution options, estimate technical effort, and communicate trade-offs in terms that business and mission stakeholders can understand.
• Ensure solutions are designed and implemented to meet security, privacy, accessibility, and operational expectations common to federal programs.

Requirements:

• US Citizenship required
• 10+ years in solution architecture, software engineering, or systems engineering, with significant experience leading technical design and implementation.
• 5+ years leading technical teams supporting enterprise applications, modernization, or cloud-based delivery in federal or similarly regulated environments.
• Experience leading teams that use Git-based source control and CI/CD tooling to deliver software in structured development environments.
• Experience designing or overseeing application modernization efforts that include refactoring existing systems, adding APIs, and integrating with enterprise or cloud services.
• Experience in secure software delivery, including integrating security and quality checks into automated pipelines and release workflows.
• Experience communicating technical direction, constraints, and tradeoffs to both engineering teams and non-technical stakeholders.
• One current technical certification in cloud, architecture, security, or agile delivery.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or related field

Desired Qualification:

• Experience designing or operating CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps Pipelines.
• Experience integrating static code analysis, dependency scanning, and dynamic testing tools into automated delivery pipelines.
• Experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform, ARM/Bicep, or similar approaches for automated environment provisioning.
• Experience delivering solutions on Azure and/or AWS using APIs, containers, serverless services, or managed data services.
• Experience supporting data-heavy, analytics-driven, or health-related applications in public sector environments.
• At least one current cloud certification at the associate or professional level (for example, Azure Administrator/Developer/Architect or AWS Architect/Developer/Engineer).
• At least one certification related to software engineering, architecture, security, or DevOps/DevSecOps (for example, vendor DevOps/DevSecOps cert, CISSP/CCSP, or similar).
• Master’s degree in a related field

Clearance Requirement: Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.

The salary range for this position depends upon multiple factors including location, the individual's knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, and contract-specific budget constraints and organizational requirements.
Gunnison Consulting Group's total compensation package also includes bonus and profit-sharing opportunities, depending on company and employee performance. Available employee benefits include:

• 3 weeks of Personal Leave your first year
• 11 paid Holidays each year
• 5 days of Flexible Time Off each year for approved training or certifications (self-study is ineligible)
• 401(k) company match at 50% up to 10% of your salary
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Public Transportation Subsidies
• Certifications and Training Allowance - Up to $5,000/year!

Why Join Gunnison?

• Gunnison takes on ambitious projects. We target fun, challenging work that requires creative thinking and innovation.
• Quality is our top priority.
• Gunnison employee benefits meet or exceed what other companies in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area offer.
• There is a great sense of camaraderie at Gunnison. This is an atmosphere we will maintain as we continue to grow.
• We are growing rapidly and the opportunity for individual professional growth with Gunnison is outstanding.
• We hire for careers at Gunnison, not to fill a position.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Must be eligible for employment in the United States. We are unable to sponsor candidates at this time.
In 1994 Gunnison began serving the greater Washington, D.C. metro area, focused on tackling our customers' most ambitious technology projects . By creating a culture dedicated to enabling our customers and employees to achieve more than they ever thought they could , the company has thrived for over 25 years.