Software Developer

Remote

No overtime expected

Worker can start after the Medscan and Criminal portion of the background check are passed.

Contract

Visa candidates allowed

Work Location:

Remote: 1600 Tysons Blvd Suite 1400 McLean VA USA 22102

Job Introduction:

The Assoc Engineer - Software Engineer will work as a member of a production support team and be responsible for monitoring and maintaining production systems and servers. He/she also supports the development implementation and post deployment support of enterprise this role the position works with minimal input or supervision from the engineering manager. As a member of the team the position is expected to participate in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) as well.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Monitor production systems using established observability tools and respond promptly to alerts performance degradation and service interruptions.

Perform root cause analysis (RCA) for incidents and partner with development DevOps and infrastructure teams to implement long term fixes.

Troubleshoot application and infrastructure issues across multiple layers (application database network middleware) using logs dashboards and diagnostic tools.

Manage incident lifecycle including triage escalation communication resolution and documentation in accordance with SLAs and operational procedures.

Develop and maintain runbooks standard operating procedures and knowledge base articles to streamline future support activities and improve team self sufficiency.

Execute deployments configuration updates and maintenance activities in production and lower environments in collaboration with engineering and release management teams.

Identify and drive operational improvements including automation opportunities monitoring enhancements and reduction of manual support work.

Ensure system reliability and availability by proactively addressing capacity concerns recurring issues and performance bottlenecks.

Collaborate closely with product QA engineering and infrastructure teams to validate fixes reproduce issues and ensure seamless release readiness.

Provide on call support as part of a scheduled rotation and maintain clear timely communication with stakeholders during incidents and post incident reviews.

Required Skills and Experience:

Knowledge of Object Oriented (OO) Programming and principles.

Knowledge of scripting languages like shell scripting and python.

Knowledge of most prevalent and trusted technical discussion boards portals and knowledge sharing internet sites for help with technical challenges.

Knowledge of policies standards procedures and techniques used for application development is required.

Strong ability to think logically and structurally and have attention to detail is required.

Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical audience.

Strong Analytical skills and strong Communications skills both written (with emphasis on technical documentation) and verbal is required.

Ability to work independently.

Education and Experience Minimum Requirements:

Bachelors Degree in Computer Engineering Computer Science or related field and minimum 10 years of relevant experience.

Top Skills Required for this Position:

Minimum Bachelors Degree Computer Science or related field

Shell Scripting (2 yrs)

Python (2 years)

AWS (1 years)

Java (1 years)

SQL (2 years)