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Software Engineer, DevSecOpsImpyrian • Ashburn, VA, United States
Software Engineer, DevSecOps

Software Engineer, DevSecOps

Impyrian • Ashburn, VA, United States
16 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description


Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

We are seeking an outgoing, strategic Software/DevOps Solutions Architect who brings deep expertise in modern software engineering, system architecture, and DevOps practices. This role requires someone who thrives in both big-picture enterprise planning and hands-on project-level solution design, ensuring consistency, scalability, and alignment across the organization.

The perfect candidate is a full stack engineer, passionate about designing robust software solutions, coaching engineering teams, modernizing platforms, and driving DevOps maturity. This candidate will also be a senior leader providing guidance across the company. The candidate must exhibit leadership and understand multiple solution architectures and be able to establish and articulate the vision behind an enterprise architecture solution.

Architect & Innovate

  • Design end-to-end software architectures including microservices, APIs, messaging patterns, and distributed systems.
  • Lead application modernization efforts (monolith microservices, on-prem cloud, legacy containerized solutions).
  • Lead enterprise transformation including business process innovation supporting by digital transformation.
  • Rapid review and understanding of business/mission architecture and be able to collaborate with senior architects to review and develop vision around transformation/modernization.
  • Establish and enforce standards for:
    1. Code quality, testing, and design patterns
    2. API design consistency
    3. Resiliency, reliability, and performance optimization
    4. Secure software development practices (DevSecOps)
  • Build patterns for:
    1. Event-driven systems
    2. Domain-driven design (DDD)
    3. Serverless and container-based solutions
  • Guide teams on algorithmic optimization, scalability trade-offs, and performance tuning.

Software Development Leadership

  • Provide architectural oversight during development cycles (scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.).
  • Lead design reviews, code reviews, and architecture reviews.
  • Mentor engineers on:
  • Object-oriented and functional programming principles
  • Clean architecture, SOLID, and industry best practices
  • Effective API and service interface design
  • Support build-vs-buy decisions and evaluation of frameworks, SDKs, and third-party components.

DevOps & Platform Engineering

  • Architect CI/CD pipelines with quality gates, automated testing, and deployment strategies.
  • Define IaC standards and workflows (Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation).
  • Design robust observability stacks (logging, metrics, tracing).
  • Promote reliability engineering practices including SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets.
  • Establish enterprise culture around engineering and operations cycles and enable feedback and cross-collaboration to reduce defects in DevOps cycles.

Drive Enterprise Alignment

  • Ensure software designs align with enterprise-wide principles, roadmaps, and long-term technology strategy.
  • Build reusable components, libraries, and platform services for company-wide adoption.
  • Participate in enterprise governance and architecture councils.

Cross-Functional Engagement

  • Collaborate with engineering, product, operations, and security teams on solution planning.
  • Translate complex software and DevOps concepts for broader business understanding.
  • Facilitate architectural workshops and discovery sessions.

Required Qualifications

  • 12+ years in software engineering, with at least 3 years dedicated to architecture or technical leadership.
  • Strong command of at least one major backend language, such as:
    • Java, Python, Node.js,
  • Strong command of frontend language, such as:
    • Front-end frameworks (React/Next.js)
  • Experience designing distributed systems using:
    • REST, GraphQL, gRPC
    • Event streaming (Kafka, EventBridge, Pulsar)
  • Strong understanding of:
    • Microservices
    • Domain-driven design
    • Enterprise integration patterns
    • API-first architecture
  • Hands-on experience with:
    • Docker & Kubernetes
    • Cloud-native architecture (AWS/GCP)
  • Expertise with CI/CD automation tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Harnest).
  • Strong understanding of:
    • Unit, integration, and end-to-end testing
    • Automated testing frameworks (JUnit, PyTest, Jest, etc.)
    • Test-driven development (TDD) or behavior-driven development (BDD)
  • Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive engineering excellence.

Preferred

  • Experience designing multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
  • Experience implementing:
    • Feature flags
    • Blue/green and canary deployments
    • API gateways and service meshes (Istio, Linkerd)
  • Familiarity with:
    • Mobile architectures (iOS/Android)
  • Knowledge of cybersecurity and secure software development lifecycles.
  • Certifications:
    • Cloud Architect certifications (AWS/GCP)
    • Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD)
    • TOGAF, ITIL, or similar architecture frameworks

Corporate Values Alignment:

  • Passionate - Demonstrates a strong enthusiasm for the work, the company and client's mission, and the impact it has on others. Enthusiasm, dedication, team motivation, continuous learning, and ownership
  • Selfless - Demonstrates a willingness to put the needs of others, the team, and the company above personal interest. Helping others, knowledge sharing, teamwork, inclusivity, and humility.

  • Trailblazer - Leads the way with a pioneering spirit, setting new standards, and creating paths for others to follow. Leading by example, fostering innovation, mentoring, owning new ventures, and encouraging experimentation.
  • Impactful - Strives to make a meaningful and measurable difference that contributes positively to the company, clients, and the community. Focus on results, performance tracking, community contributions, empowerment, and improvement.
  • Innovative - Striving to think creatively, improve processes, and bring new ideas to life that drive business and client success. Staying current with industry trends and activities to ensure Impyrian stays ahead of competitors and exceeds client expectations. Proactive idea generation, calculated risk-taking, collaboration, growth mindset, and tech adoption.

Physical Requirements:

  • Ability to sit for extended periods while working at a desk or workstation.
  • Prolonged use of a computer and keyboard, including typing and using a mouse.
  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Compensation and Benefits

Disclaimer on Compensation Range

The compensation range listed for this position is provided in accordance with applicable pay transparency laws and reflects the employer's good faith estimate of what we expect to pay for the role at the time of posting. This range does not represent a specific offer and should not be interpreted as a guarantee of compensation.

Actual salary offers may fall outside of the posted range and will depend on a variety of factors, including but not limited to:

  • Relevant skills and experience
  • Education and certifications
  • Market and business needs
  • Internal pay equity
  • Location and cost of living

We encourage all interested applicants to apply, regardless of whether their desired compensation aligns perfectly with the posted range.

  • Salary Range: $ 130,000.00 - $180,000.00

Full time employees are eligible for the following benefits:

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Company paid life and disability insurance
  • 401k plan including company match
  • Paid federal holidays

  • Paid Time Off or Vacation/Sick time *depending upon contract
  • Parental leave
  • Bereavement leave
  • Education/Training reimbursement
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Other voluntary benefits available


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