Principal Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Deliver senior-level technical guidance in the design, development, modernization, deployment, and operation of secure and scalable software solutions.

• Offer technical leadership and engineering direction for the design, development, modernization, integration, testing, deployment, and maintenance of enterprise software.

• Act as a Principal/Senior Engineer or technical architect for production systems within VAEC-supported cloud environments.

• Design, develop, and support applications and services that are deployed on AWS/AWS GovCloud and/or Microsoft Azure/Azure Government.

• Create architecturally secure, scalable, resilient, highly available, and maintainable cloud-based application solutions.

• Design, implement, and sustain DevOps and CI/CD pipelines to automate application build, testing, security scanning, deployment, and release processes.

• Use GitHub for source code management, collaboration, version control, and integration with automated workflows.

• Establish and advocate for best practices in software engineering, DevOps, DevSecOps, infrastructure-as-code, automation, and configuration management.

• Lead initiatives for application modernization, including the migration of legacy applications and workloads to cloud-native or cloud-optimized architectures.

• Provide technical direction on cloud infrastructure, APIs, microservices, containerized applications, serverless architectures, and modern application design patterns.

• Attend onsite client meetings as required.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Business Management, Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Resource Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, or related fields.

• Relevant technology certifications, combined with a minimum of 7 years of applicable experience, may be considered in lieu of formal education.

• A minimum of 10 years of applicable experience may be considered in lieu of formal education.

• Proven knowledge and use of modern software development and DevOps tools, including GitHub.

• Demonstrated experience in designing, developing, implementing, and supporting enterprise software solutions.

• Proven experience in designing and implementing a DevOps/CI/CD pipeline within a cloud environment.

• Strong background with AWS/AWS GovCloud and/or Microsoft Azure/Azure Government.

• Familiarity with source control, automated builds, automated testing, application deployment, configuration management, and release automation.

• Working understanding of cloud security, identity and access management, networking, monitoring, logging, availability, and resilience principles.

• Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship.

• Capability to secure and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

• Preferred: extensive experience with AWS GovCloud and VA Enterprise Cloud.

• Preferred: experience with Microsoft Azure Government.

• Preferred: familiarity with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, AWS Code Pipeline, Azure DevOps, or similar CI/CD platforms.

• Preferred: experience with Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or ARM/Bicep templates.

• Preferred: experience with Docker and Kubernetes, including Amazon EKS or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision care coverage.

• Matching 401K and profit-sharing plans.

• Paid time off for vacation and personal needs.

• Dedicated training time for personal development.

• Flexible spending accounts to manage health expenses.

• Employer-sponsored life insurance coverage.

• Employer-covered short- and long-term disability insurance.

• Education assistance program with potential merit increases for obtaining work-related certifications.

• Employee recognition initiatives.

• Referral incentives.

• Spot bonuses for exceptional contributions.

• Additional benefits designed to provide financial protection for employees and their families.