Cloud & DevOps Engineer

AI-Enabled Software Developer/Engineer

At MetaPhase, we believe quirky is cool and being authentic is the only way to be! We take the work we do very seriously and do a lot of important mission-focused work for our clients. We are individuals with different passions and strengths who take as much joy in the work we do as from those we work with. Today, we have a team that is invested in creating new solutions that lean forward, challenge the status quo, but also reflect our intimate knowledge of our customers' business. Over the years we have fostered a culture in which we are united by shared values—passion, solidarity, generosity, curiosity, and boldness—and these come alive in the work we do and how we do it. Together, we know our people are our difference—for our clients and our colleagues.

Are you ready to:

• Work alongside a dedicated and diverse set of people to offer honest advice and practical guidance to our clients?
• Learn and grow by taking advantage of every opportunity available to you?
• Join a company which prides itself on its shared values and inclusive culture?
• Be the difference and make it happen?

Role Summary

MetaPhase is seeking a hands-on AI-Enabled Software Developer/Engineer with a minimum of three or more (3+) years of experience to support a federal learning management system. This position requires on-site support 1 day a week. This role is for a developer/engineer who can build, deploy, monitor, troubleshoot, and improve production software while working across application code, AWS cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and operations. This is an AI-native engineering role. The AI-Enabled Software Developer/Engineer will use ChallengeAI by MetaPhase to accelerate development, maintenance, troubleshooting, documentation, testing, deployment, and production support. The environment includes modern web technologies such as React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, GitHub Actions, and AWS.

What You Will Be Doing

• Support the delivery, deployment, operations, maintenance, and continuous improvement of a federal learning management system
• Build, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve application functionality using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, and related modern web tools
• Use ChallengeAI by MetaPhase as part of daily development, maintenance, troubleshooting, testing, documentation, and operations workflows
• Support AWS deployment, configuration, monitoring, security, logging, backup, recovery, and cost-aware operations
• Support GitHub-based development workflows, including pull requests, GitHub Actions, automated checks, and release coordination
• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines, test automation, deployment scripts, rollback procedures, and operational runbooks
• Monitor application health, performance, errors, uptime, logs, and security events to identify and resolve issues before they affect users
• Participate in on-call support and provide occasional after-hours support for production incidents, releases, and urgent operational issues

What We Need From You (Required)

• 3+ years of experience in software development/engineering, DevOps, cloud engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or production application support
• Hands-on experience building, deploying, supporting, or maintaining modern web applications
• Experience with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, or comparable modern front-end technologies
• Strong working knowledge of AWS, including core cloud concepts related to compute, networking, IAM, storage, monitoring, logging, security, and deployment operations
• Experience with Git, GitHub, CI/CD concepts, and modern software development practices
• Experience with AI-native development practices and enthusiasm for using generative AI to improve engineering productivity and software quality
• Ability to troubleshoot across application, database, cloud, authentication, networking, and deployment layers
• Must be located in the Washington, DC metro area and available to work from MetaPhase headquarters in Reston, Virginia and travel to client offices in Tysons, Virginia as needed
• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Must be eligible for Public Trust clearance and DHS Entry on Duty (EOD)

What Sets You Apart (Preferred)

• 5+ years of experience in software development, SRE, DevOps, cloud engineering, or production operations in a federal environment supporting FedRAMP-aligned cloud systems
• Experience with learning management systems, training platforms, public-facing web applications, or SaaS products
• Strong GitHub profile, portfolio, personal project, technical blog, demo, or other proof that you build and ship real software

Work Location

• Local to the Washington, DC metro area required

Remote Schedule

• Hybrid

Travel

• Less than 10%: Hybrid schedule with support from MetaPhase Headquarters in Reston, VA with availability to go onsite to client offices in Tysons, VA as needed

Education Level

• Minimum bachelor's degree in related field; equivalent experience will be considered

Clearance Level

• Existing or eligibility to obtain a Public Trust and/or DHS suitability clearance
• DHS EOD (Entry on Duty) required to begin employment
• U.S. Citizenship required (NO EXCEPTIONS)

Compensation

• Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $90,000 - $100,000.

About MetaPhase Consulting

MetaPhase Consulting is different with a purpose - demonstrating a new approach to the industry that puts employees and culture first! We continue to be recognized by industry as one of the fastest growing and most impactful consultancies in the nation, and are aggressively hiring to grow our team:

Fastest Growing

• Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Company - 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• Washington Technology Fast 50 Award - 2020, 2021
• Financial Times America's Fastest Growing Companies – 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026

Best Places to Work

• USA TODAY Top Workplaces – 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• Washington Post Best Places to Work – 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• Washington's Business Journal's Best Places to Work – 2021, 2022
• Virginia Businesses Best Place to Work – 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• Northern Virginia Technology Council Top 100 Technology Firms – 2020

Company & Individual Awards

• 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 Moxie Award Finalist
• 2022 SECAF Government Contractor Awards ($27.5 to $50 Million in Revenue)
• 2022 FedHealth IT and G2XChange Women in in Leadership Awards – Beth Angerman
• 2022 George Mason University Prominent Patriots in Business – Fred Costa
• 2022 TiE DC Capital ELITE Award
• 2023, 2024, 2025 Elev8 Engage GovCon Finalist
• 2023, 2024, 2025 Maryland Tech Council ICON Awards Finalist for Government Contracting Company of the Year: Over $50 Million
• 2023 Greater Washington Government Contractor of the Year ($2