Cloud Software Engineer II

Design and implement enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure

Design and implement enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure using AWS CDK and Infrastructure as Code principles

Architect and develop robust microservices architectures

• Focus on scalability, performance, and maintainability
• Build and optimize data engineering pipelines for large-scale data processing and analytics workloads

Lead full-stack development initiatives

• Using modern JavaScript/TypeScript and Python frameworks
• Leverage serverless architectures and event-driven patterns

Drive technical excellence

• Through code reviews, architectural decisions, and engineering best practices
• Solve complex technical challenges across distributed systems and provide innovative solutions to business problems

Required Experience

• TS/SCI with CI Poly required with current Springfield, VA customer eligibility and SBU/SECNet/COE accounts
• Must be willing to work in SCIF daily or as needed
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with cloud-first development approach
• 5+ years of advanced Python development experience
• Expertise in frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, or Django for API development
• Strong experience with data processing libraries (Pandas, NumPy, Apache Spark)
• Proficiency in async programming and performance optimization
• 5+ years of modern JavaScript/TypeScript development
• 3+ years with Node.js backend development and npm ecosystem
• 3+ years with frontend frameworks (React, Vue.js, or Angular)
• Experience with modern build tools and package managers
• 4+ years of microservices architecture design and implementation
• Event-driven architecture patterns and message queuing systems
• API design, versioning, and service mesh technologies
• 4+ years of data engineering experience
• ETL/ELT pipeline development using AWS services (Glue, EMR, Kinesis, Step Functions)
• Experience with data lakes, data warehousing, and analytics platforms
• Real-time data processing and streaming architectures
• 3+ years with AWS cloud-native services
• Advanced knowledge of Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS, SNS
• Experience with data services: RDS, DynamoDB, Redshift, S3, Athena
• Container orchestration with ECS, Fargate, or EKS
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with AWS CDK for Infrastructure as Code
• Building complex, reusable CDK constructs and stacks
• Implementing multi-environment deployment strategies using CDK

Desired Experience

• 4+ years of experience with Authority to Operate (ATO) processes in government environments
• Implementation of NIST 800-53 controls and FedRAMP compliance requirements
• Security automation and continuous compliance monitoring
• 3+ years of experience with advanced data analytics and machine learning platforms
• AWS SageMaker, Databricks, or similar ML/AI platforms
• Model deployment and MLOps pipeline development
• Database expertise across multiple platforms
• Performance tuning and optimization for RDS, DynamoDB, MongoDB
• Data modeling for both relational and NoSQL databases
• DevSecOps and security automation experience
• Integration of security scanning tools (SonarQube, Snyk, Checkmarx)
• Secrets management and secure coding practices
• System design and architecture experience
• Designing for high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity
• Performance optimization and cost management strategies
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools
• CloudWatch, DataDog, New Relic, or Prometheus/Grafana stacks
• Distributed tracing and application performance monitoring
• Leadership experience in technical environments
• Leading cross-functional teams and technical initiatives
• Experience with agile methodologies and project delivery
• Additional programming language proficiency (Go, Java, C#)
• Open source contribution history and active participation in technical communities

Benefits

• Retirement: Quevera will match up to 6% towards your 401K and an additional 4% profit sharing!
• Employer paid Company Vacation Package for you and a guest!
• Educational benefits: $5,000 towards education/training/certification
• Excellent medical/dental/vision coverage (100% employer paid)
• Short/Long Term Disability (Employer Paid)
• Life Insurance (Employer Paid)