.NET Developer

Netimpact Strategies .Net Developer

NetImpact Strategies is seeking an experienced.NET Developer to join our talented team supporting the development, modernization, and operation of a high-availability, enterprise-scale application in an AWS GovCloud environment. The ideal candidate is a highly experienced, hands-on developer who can take ownership of a complex production codebase, provide technical leadership, and work closely with technical leads, operations teams, and other stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, resilient, and maintainable solutions.

This is a hands-on development role requiring strong coding skills, production troubleshooting capabilities, and the ability to work across all layers of a mission-critical enterprise application.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior, hands-on developer responsible for the design, development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of a large-scale production application
• Take ownership of the application codebase and work closely with the Technical Lead to establish technical direction, engineering standards, and development best practices
• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain microservices and RESTful APIs using C# and.NET 10 /.NET Core
• Develop and support cloud-native applications deployed within AWS GovCloud
• Design and maintain scalable, resilient, and highly available services capable of processing millions of messages per month
• Develop and support event-driven and asynchronous processing solutions leveraging RabbitMQ and AWS SQS
• Design, develop, and optimize data access and persistence solutions using PostgreSQL hosted in AWS RDS
• Develop, deploy, troubleshoot, and maintain containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes, including Kubernetes environments managed through Rancher
• Support the integration and operation of machine learning capabilities within the application's microservices architecture
• Utilize AI-assisted development tools, code-generation technologies, AI agents, and AI development frameworks to improve developer productivity and accelerate software delivery
• Review AI-generated code and ensure it meets application architecture, security, maintainability, performance, and coding standards
• Perform code reviews, mentor developers, troubleshoot complex technical issues, and help establish engineering best practices across the development team
• Maintain high standards for code quality and security through automated scanning and static code analysis, including SonarQube
• Manage source code and participate in development and CI/CD workflows using Azure DevOps (ADO)
• Diagnose and resolve application performance, scalability, reliability, messaging, database, and integration issues across the technology stack
• Partner closely with operations and engineering teams to monitor and maintain production application health and availability
• Support production releases, deployments, troubleshooting, and incident resolution
• Participate in occasional after-hours support for planned production releases and critical production incidents, in coordination with the operations team
• Identify opportunities to improve application architecture, performance, resiliency, observability, automation, and developer productivity
• Participate in Agile development activities, technical planning, estimation, design reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives

Required

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline
• 8+ years of professional software development experience, including significant experience developing and supporting enterprise-scale production applications
• Expert-level hands-on development experience with C#,.NET Core, and modern.NET (.NET 8/9/10 or similar)
• Strong experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and microservices-based architectures
• Experience developing and operating applications in AWS, preferably AWS GovCloud
• Strong experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments
• Experience with Kubernetes management platforms such as Rancher
• Experience developing asynchronous, event-driven, or message-based applications using technologies such as RabbitMQ and AWS SQS
• Strong relational database development experience with PostgreSQL, including database design, query optimization, and performance troubleshooting
• Experience with AWS RDS or comparable managed relational database services
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, high-availability architectures, scalability, resiliency, and production application performance
• Experience supporting high-volume production systems and diagnosing complex issues across application, database, messaging, container, and infrastructure layers
• Demonstrated ability to take technical ownership of a substantial codebase and independently drive complex engineering efforts
• Experience performing code reviews and providing technical guidance and mentorship to other developers
• Experience with AI-assisted development and code-generation tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or comparable AI development technologies
• Ability to effectively use AI tools while applying strong engineering judgment to validate, secure, test, and maintain AI-generated code
• Experience with SonarQube or similar static code analysis and code-quality platforms
• Experience with Azure DevOps (ADO) repositories, source control, CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevSecOps practices
• Strong understanding of secure software development practices for enterprise and Federal environments
• Ability and willingness to provide occasional after-hours support for production releases and critical incidents
• US Citizenship required

Preferred

• Experience developing and supporting applications within AWS GovCloud
• Experience supporting high-volume, mission-critical Federal Government applications
• Experience integrating machine learning models or AI services into production application architectures
• Experience with AI agents, AI development frameworks, and advanced AI-assisted software engineering workflows
• Experience designing and troubleshooting distributed messaging architectures and asynchronous processing at scale
• Experience with application monitoring, logging, observability, and production performance management
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automated cloud deployment practices
• Familiarity with Federal security and compliance frameworks such as FISMA, NIST, and FedRAMP
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum and DevSecOps delivery environments
• AWS, Kubernetes, or related cloud/container certifications

At NetImpact Strategies, we post salary ranges in compliance with the specific labor laws and regulations of each county and state, ensuring transparency and fairness in our hiring practices. This approach reflects our commitment to adhering to legal requirements and promoting equitable pay standards across all regions where we operate. The posted salary range for this role is $110,000 - $125,000. The posted salary range is not an exact indication of the actual compensation offered and is instead a range of what NetImpact, in good faith, could compensate at the lowest and most high end of the salary market. In general, NetImpact may not pay the top of the salary range. Compensations are determined by several mitigating factors including skillset, experience, trainings, location, and other factors including benefits packages.

Perks of working at NetImpact Strategies

• Your health comes first – we offer comprehensive medical, dental, & vision insurance that starts the first of the month after you join the team
• Invest in your future – 401(k) Plan – Immediately vested employer contributions; no matching required
• Work hard, play hard – we offer a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) policy, one (1) additional day of paid wellness leave per calendar year, and observe ten (10) federal holidays
• Pawsitively pawesome – Pet Insurance (because our little critters are part of our families, too!)
• Invest in your education – Tuition reimbursement, internal training programs, & company-sponsored industry certifications!
• Be part of a dynamic and collaborative work environment recently ranked by The Washington Post as a Top Work Place in 2019, 2021,2022, 2023, & 2024!
• Have fun and celebrate and give back – Team building activities, community volunteering, quarterly HQ days, wellness events, happy hours, family fun events, and more!

NetImpact Strategies Inc. (NetImpact) has been a Trusted Advisor driving impact through digital transformation for the Federal Government for over a decade. We solve complex problems with innovation and agility to create meaningful, transformative, and enduring change. As Trusted Advisors, NetImpact professionals partner with customer agencies to deliver solutions that empower them to not only meet their missions but also realize their strategic vision through agile, outcome-focused solutions addressing both strategic and tactical requirements. We design and implement comprehensive, tailored solutions that are both mindful of the client's culture and organizational dynamics. NetImpact's core values and commitment to a customer and results-oriented delivery approach has propelled our growth and enabled us to deliver impactful value across Strategic Consulting, Process Automation,