Senior Software Engineer – Cloud Platform / DevOps

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer – Cloud Platform / DevOps
Location: Arlington, VA – Hybrid, 3 Days Onsite/Week
Duration: 12+ Months Contract
Interview: 2 Rounds – Technical & Behavioral
Work Authorization: Open based on client requirements

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer – Cloud Platform / DevOps to join a high-performing Platform Engineering team supporting enterprise-scale software delivery and modernization initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on software engineering experience combined with CI/CD, cloud, DevOps, automation, and platform engineering expertise. This role will focus on building scalable applications, reusable engineering frameworks, developer tools, deployment pipelines, and cloud-native services that improve engineering productivity and accelerate software delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable applications, APIs, services, and cloud-native solutions.

• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar tools.

• Develop reusable frameworks, internal platforms, libraries, and developer productivity tools.

• Drive cloud modernization and automation initiatives across engineering teams.

• Work with AWS and/or Azure to design and deploy highly available, scalable solutions.

• Implement containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.

• Support Infrastructure as Code initiatives using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies.

• Contribute to architectural decisions involving scalability, resiliency, security, observability, and maintainability.

• Develop APIs, distributed services, and enterprise-scale platform capabilities.

• Automate SDLC/PDLC processes and identify opportunities to improve engineering efficiency.

• Collaborate with software engineers, architects, product teams, and platform/DevOps teams.

• Mentor engineers and promote software engineering and DevOps best practices.

• Evaluate emerging technologies including AI-assisted development, workflow automation, and modern developer experience tools.

Required Skills

• 8+ years of software engineering/development experience.

• Strong hands-on programming experience in Java, .NET/C#, Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript.

• Strong experience building APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and scalable applications.

• Strong hands-on experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices.

• Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or similar CI/CD tools.

• Strong experience with AWS and/or Azure.

• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform or CloudFormation.

• Experience with automation, deployment pipelines, cloud-native development, and platform engineering.

• Strong understanding of software architecture, scalability, resiliency, security, and performance.

• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

• Experience building internal developer platforms, frameworks, libraries, or engineering tools.

• Experience with API gateways, API management, secrets management, and infrastructure tooling.

• Experience with high-volume data processing, ETL, or enterprise data platforms.

• Experience with AI-assisted software development and engineering automation.

• Experience working in large enterprise environments.

• Previous experience mentoring engineers or leading technical initiatives.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.

Work Location

Arlington, VA – Hybrid; 3 days onsite per week.

Local candidates to Arlington, VA / Northern Virginia are strongly preferred.