Senior Architect, DevOps Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in District of Columbia, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Provide high-level technical leadership for the architecture, operation, maintenance, and enhancement of web-based applications and learning management platforms.

• Assist in architecture planning, technical design, modernization efforts, and initiatives for platform improvement.

• Ensure the reliable operation of development, test/staging, and production environments.

• Lead or support activities related to deployment planning, release coordination, environment configuration, and production validation.

• Collaborate with development, cybersecurity, QA, help desk, data, and program teams to ensure stable and secure system performance.

• Optimize and support cloud-hosted or hybrid-cloud environments, including migration planning, environment readiness, monitoring, and performance considerations.

• Enhance scalability, maintainability, reliability, security, automation, and operational efficiency.

• Promote DevOps practices, including build and release coordination, configuration management, automation, monitoring, troubleshooting, and documentation.

• Oversee vulnerability remediation, coordinate patching activities, enforce security configurations, and mitigate technical risks.

• Assist in system performance analysis, incident troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and planning corrective actions.

• Create and maintain technical documentation, architecture notes, deployment guidance, configuration records, and operational procedures.

• Offer technical recommendations to program leadership and customer stakeholders.

• Ensure technical solutions align with federal security, accessibility, privacy, and operational requirements.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent experience may be taken into account.

• A minimum of 8 years of experience supporting enterprise applications, web-based platforms, cloud operations, DevOps, systems engineering, or technical architecture.

• Proven experience delivering technical leadership for application operations, platform enhancements, environment management, or modernization initiatives.

• Strong knowledge of web application architecture, deployment processes, release management, monitoring, and system reliability methodologies.

• Experience managing development, staging, and production environments within enterprise or regulated settings.

• Familiarity with cloud-hosted or hybrid-cloud application environments.

• Proficiency in troubleshooting complex issues related to applications, infrastructure, performance, configuration, or deployment.

• Understanding of secure system operations, vulnerability remediation, patching, access control, and configuration management.

• Ability to coordinate efforts across development, security, infrastructure, QA, help desk, and program teams.

• Excellent documentation, communication, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.

• Capability to work independently while managing multiple technical priorities in a remote work environment.

• Preferred: experience in federal, healthcare, or regulated IT environments.

• Preferred: experience with learning management systems, training portals, or web-based education platforms.

• Preferred: experience with AWS, cloud migration efforts, or CMS/hybrid-cloud environments.

• Preferred: familiarity with CI/CD concepts, automation, scripting, infrastructure support, log analysis, or monitoring tools.

• Preferred: experience with DevSecOps practices, security scanning, vulnerability management, and remediation workflows.

• Preferred: experience supporting system documentation, architecture diagrams, technical roadmaps, or modernization plans.

• Preferred: knowledge of Section 508, privacy, accessibility, or compliance requirements in federal environments.

• Relevant certifications such as AWS, Azure, Security+, CISSP, Linux, DevOps, or cloud-related certifications are advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• 15 PTO days.

• 11 paid holidays.

• Medical Insurance with three options, including HSA with a $600 Employer Contribution.

• Dental Insurance with no age limit for orthodontics.

• Vision Insurance through EyeMed with both in-network and out-of-network coverage.

• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability coverage with 100% premium support.

• Life insurance and AD&D with 100% premium support.

• Supplemental Life Insurance.

• Availability of Critical Care and Accident Insurance.

• Pet Insurance through Nationwide.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• 401k with enrollment starting from day one.

• 4% company contribution.

• $1,500 Annual Training Budget.

• $1,500 Referral bonus.

• Eligibility for annual merit and discretionary bonuses.

• Flexible work arrangements.