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Williams & Connolly LLP

Williams & Connolly LLP is seeking a highly experienced Senior Identity & Cloud Security Engineer to join its Information Security team. Reporting to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), this role is responsible for the architecture, engineering, and continuous improvement of the firm's identity, cloud, and SaaS security posture, with primary emphasis on identity as the control plane.
 
This position requires deep, hands-on expertise in cloud identity platforms, SaaS access governance, Zero Trust architectures, and modern authentication and authorization controls. The role operates with significant autonomy and exercises independent judgment in designing and implementing security controls that protect sensitive legal and client data.
 
Responsibilities Include: 
Identity & Access Management
 <ul>
<li>Architect, implement, and operate enterprise-grade identity and access management (IAM) solutions across cloud and SaaS platforms.</li>
<li>Design and enforce Zero Trust identity controls, including MFA, conditional access, device trust, least privilege, and risk-based authentication.</li>
<li>Own identity lifecycle management, including provisioning, deprovisioning, access reviews, and privileged access management (PAM).</li>
<li>Secure and govern SaaS applications through SSO, federation, SCIM, and access policy enforcement.</li>
<li>Lead identity hardening initiatives across Azure Entra ID (Azure AD) and other cloud identity platforms.</li>
<li>Familiarity with cloud pen testing tools to address weaknesses and vulnerabilities</li>
</ul>
Cloud & SaaS Security Architecture
 <ul>
<li>Define and maintain security architecture standards for cloud (IaaS/PaaS) and SaaS environments, with a strong emphasis on identity-first design.</li>
<li>Partner with IT and application owners to securely onboard new cloud and SaaS services.</li>
<li>Evaluate emerging cloud and identity technologies and make recommendations aligned with firm risk tolerance and business needs.</li>
<li>Provide guidance on cloud security governance, configuration standards, and secure design patterns.</li>
</ul>
Security Operations & Risk
 <ul>
<li>Identify, assess, and prioritize identity- and cloud-related vulnerabilities; validate remediation and risk acceptance decisions.</li>
<li>Support incident response activities related to identity compromise, SaaS misuse, and cloud security events.</li>
<li>Review higher-risk applications and integrations to ensure compliance with security policies and identity standards.</li>
<li>Assist with client security assessments and due diligence requests, particularly related to identity, access controls, and cloud security posture.</li>
</ul>
Policy, Compliance & Enablement
 <ul>
<li>Develop and maintain security policies, standards, and procedures related to identity and cloud security.</li>
<li>Support compliance initiatives aligned with frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST, and client-driven security requirements.</li>
<li>Contribute to security awareness efforts with a focus on authentication hygiene and access risk.</li>
<li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).</li>
<li>8+ years of progressive experience in information security, with deep specialization in identity, cloud, and SaaS security.</li>
<li>Desire to mentor and train junior team members, fostering skill development and knowledge sharing across the team.</li>
<li>Demonstrate hands-on experience with Azure Entra ID (Azure AD); experience with AWS and other cloud platforms is a plus.</li>
<li>Strong understanding of modern IAM concepts, including federation, OAuth/OIDC, SAML, SCIM, conditional access, and Zero Trust.</li>
<li>Proven ability to design and implement secure, scalable identity architectures in complex environments.</li>
<li>Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g., PowerShell, APIs); infrastructure-as-code and identity automation experience preferred.</li>
<li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex security concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.</li>
</ul>
Certifications
 <ul>
<li>CISSP (required)</li>
<li>Cloud and identity-focused certifications strongly preferred, such as: Microsoft Azure Security, Engineer / Identity certifications, CCSP, or Equivalent advanced cloud security certifications.</li>
</ul>
Work is performed in a professional office environment and requires the following:
 <ul>
<li>Prolonged periods using a sit-to-stand desk and working on a computer.</li>
<li>Repetitive movements, including typing on a keyboard and using a mouse.</li>
<li>Ability to lift and carry up to 25lbs.</li>
<li>Employee must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without a reasonable accommodation.</li>
</ul>
The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $200,000 - $220,000. This is an exempt position. The hours are 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Candidates must have the ability to work additional hours as needed. The final offer amount is dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, years of experience, education, and other relevant skills and qualifications. Williams & Connolly LLP offers competitive compensation and benefits packages.

Senior Identity and Cloud Security Engineer

MKS2 Technologies

<div><div>MKS2 Technologies, LLC, an award-winning high growth small business, creates innovative and customer-centric technology solutions in the areas of Cyber Security, Instructional Design and Training, Software Engineering and IT Support Services to improve the security and well-being of our clients. Our commitment to excellence and our &quot;Mission First&quot; orientation has resulted in steady growth and an expanding client base across government agencies. We have employees nationwide and for the past three consecutive years were named one of the fastest growing Veteran-owned companies in the nation. Please take a moment to browse through our website and learn more about what it means to serve with MKS2.</div> 


DevOps Engineer &ndash; Fully Remote (Temp‑to‑Hire) 
Salary: $125,000&ndash;$150,000

The VA Lighthouse Program is a major U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs initiative focused on modernizing access to VA data through secure, scalable APIs. Our program AI &amp; Engineering team supports this mission by accelerating digital delivery, strengthening platform operations, and enabling modern engineering practices across the enterprise. This fully remote DevOps Engineer role is temp‑to‑hire, with conversion eligibility based on client requirements. 


Role Overview

You will serve as a key engineer shaping the Lighthouse platform's cloud‑native architecture, DevSecOps practices, and self‑service capabilities. This role blends hands‑on engineering with platform strategy, automation, and cross‑team collaboration. 


Core Responsibilities
<ul>
<li>Create automated, self‑service capabilities for deploying containerized applications and exposing API endpoints.</li>
<li>Define and communicate the architectural vision for a scalable, secure, cloud‑native platform.</li>
<li>Collaborate with product owners, security teams, and stakeholders to prioritize features and maintain technical roadmaps.</li>
<li>Establish engineering standards and best practices across the Lighthouse program.</li>
<li>Deliver Platform‑as‑a‑Service solutions, including low‑code/no‑code capabilities and enterprise API engineering.</li>
<li>Execute full lifecycle software development with a focus on automation, reliability, and operational efficiency.</li>
<li>Own DevSecOps pipelines, including secure CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure automation, and monitoring.</li>
<li>Continuously improve platform performance, developer experience, and operational resilience.</li>
<li>Ensure compliance with VA, federal, and industry requirements, including audit readiness and documentation.</li></ul> 


Required Qualifications
<ul>
<li>Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.</li>
<li>5+ years of experience with AWS Cloud and/or DevOps at scale.</li>
<li>Deep hands‑on experience with Kubernetes in production (design, implementation, scaling, troubleshooting).</li>
<li>Strong understanding of L4&ndash;L7 networking using AWS resources and tools like Cilium or Istio.</li>
<li>Experience with Infrastructure‑as‑Code and scripting languages.</li>
<li>Experience leading engineering teams and defining program‑level standards.</li>
<li>Experience building and maintaining monitoring solutions for platform health and insights.</li>
<li>Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.</li>
<li>Must be able to obtain and maintain a VA Public Trust clearance.</li></ul> 


Preferred Qualifications
<ul>
<li>8+ years in software or platform engineering, including technical leadership roles.</li>
<li>Experience with Terraform or OpenTofu for IaC.</li>
<li>Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef).</li>
<li>Proven success implementing secure, automated DevSecOps pipelines and containerization tools.</li>
<li>Experience with Blue‑Green deployments using ArgoCD.</li>
<li>Experience with end‑to‑end encryption and managed mTLS.</li>
<li>Familiarity with FedRAMP, FISMA, and other compliance frameworks.</li>
<li>Strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and mentoring skills.</li>
<li>Experience in government or public sector environments.</li>
<li>Ability to stay current with emerging cloud and platform technologies.</li></ul><div> 

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: MKS2 Technologies is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.</div></div>

DevOps Engineer

Interaslabs

&lt;Overview&gt; Ignite your career as a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer, where you will lead the design, implementation, and management of cloud infrastructure solutions that power innovative enterprise applications. This role offers an exciting opportunity to leverage cutting-edge technologies to optimize system performance, enhance security, and streamline deployment processes across complex distributed systems. Join a dynamic team committed to continuous improvement and technological excellence, driving impactful results in a fast-paced environment.&lt;Responsibilities&gt;<ul><li>Architect, deploy, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure solutions utilizing AWS services such as S3, DynamoDB, EC2, and VPCs, ensuring high availability and disaster recovery readiness.</li><li>Develop and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible to automate provisioning and configuration management across diverse environments.</li><li>Manage containerized applications with Docker and Kubernetes, orchestrating microservices architectures for seamless deployment and scaling.</li><li>Integrate CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, or TFS to automate software build, testing, and deployment processes aligned with SDLC best practices.</li><li>Monitor system health and application performance through tools like New Relic, Splunk, and Elasticsearch; perform log analysis to troubleshoot issues proactively.</li><li>Ensure cloud security through proper identity &amp; access management (IAM), firewall configurations, encryption protocols, and compliance standards.</li><li>Collaborate with development teams on requirements gathering for enterprise software projects; support software troubleshooting and incident recovery efforts.</li></ul>&lt;Experience&gt;<ul><li>Extensive hands-on experience with cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure in enterprise environments.</li><li>Proven expertise in DevOps practices including continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD), automated testing, release management, and system testing.</li><li>Strong background in scripting languages like Python, Bash (Unix shell), PowerShell, Groovy, Perl, Ruby, and Go for automation tasks.</li><li>Deep understanding of IT infrastructure components including virtualization (VMware), containerization (Docker), open-source orchestration tools (Kubernetes), and virtualization platforms like OpenStack.</li><li>Familiarity with enterprise middleware such as WebSphere, Weblogic, JBoss; experience with application servers is highly desirable.</li><li>Knowledge of database systems including MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle; proficiency in SQL/PLSQL/T-SQL for data management.</li><li>Experience managing distributed systems over WAN/LAN networks; expertise in network administration including DNS, TCP/IP protocols and cloud security best practices.</li><li>Ability to troubleshoot complex issues involving software deployment failures or system outages; adept at incident management using tools like Jira or TFS. Join us if you&rsquo;re passionate about leveraging the latest cloud technologies to drive innovation! We&rsquo;re looking for a proactive problem solver who thrives in collaborative environments and is eager to lead transformative projects that shape the future of enterprise IT infrastructure.</li></ul>Pay: $55.00 - $60.00 per hourExpected hours: 40 per weekExperience:<ul><li>AWS CodeBuild: 10 years (Preferred)</li><li>AWS Codedeploy: 10 years (Preferred)</li><li>Amazon ECS: 10 years (Preferred)</li><li>AWS CloudFormation: 10 years (Preferred)</li><li>AWS ​C​DK: 10 years (Preferred)</li><li>AWS Networking tools: 10 years (Preferred)</li></ul>License/Certification:<ul><li>AWS Certified Solutions Architect &ndash; Professional (Preferred)</li><li>AWS Certified DevOps Engineer &ndash; Professional (Preferred)</li><li>AWS Certified Developer &ndash; Associate (Preferred)</li></ul>Work Location: In person

Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

Initiate Government Solutions

<div>Description:

Founded in 2007, Initiate Government Solutions (IGS) is a Woman-Owned Small Business and a fully remote IT services provider supporting federal partners nationwide. We deliver innovative Enterprise IT and Health Services solutions with a strong focus on data analytics, health informatics, cloud migration, AI, and the modernization of federal information systems.
Our vision is to be a health IT trendsetter, continuing to solve the nation&rsquo;s most challenging healthcare IT issues by conceiving, designing, and building solid, creative, and innovative open-source solutions.
Our mission is to innovate, design, and deliver tailored solutions that balance technical advancement with cost-awareness while providing exceptional service.
IGS is currently recruiting a remote DevOps Engineer to support our work with our customer.
Assignment of Work and Travel:
This is a remote access assignment. The Candidate will work remotely daily and will remotely access customer systems and therein use approved customer provided communications systems. Travel is not required; however, the candidate may be required to attend onsite client meetings as requested.
This role leads the design and delivery of a secure, scalable, cloud-native self-service platform that enables automated deployment of containerized applications and enterprise APIs for federal data consumers. It partners closely with stakeholders to define architectural vision, Kubernetes standards, and deliver PaaS and end-to-end software solutions that accelerate development while ensuring compliance and reliability.
Responsibilities and Duties (Included but not limited to):<ul><li>
Create and foster Self-Service Principles - create automated process for creating on-demand platform for deploying containerized applications and exposing API endpoints to federal data consumers.</li><li>
Architectural Vision &amp; Strategy: Shape and communicate the architectural blueprint for Lighthouse with a focus on scalability, security, automation, and developer experience in a cloud-native environment.</li><li>
Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with product owners, security teams, and stakeholders to facilitate and prioritize features that Program Manager(s) can use to meet business needs and create technical roadmaps, ensuring compliance with customer, federal, and industry requirements.</li><li>
Establish and Enforce Standards: Define, document, and advocate for engineering best practices across the program, leveraging expertise in DevSecOps and Kubernetes.</li><li>
Platform as a Service (PaaS): Provide clients with PaaS solutions&mdash;delivering low-code/no-code development platforms and enterprise-grade API engineering to accelerate application delivery, streamline integration, and enable scalable digital solutions.</li><li>
End-to-End Software Development: Execute efforts across the full software development lifecycle, automating processes, boosting operational efficiency, and strengthening system reliability.</li><li>
DevSecOps Ownership: Design, implement, and maintain secure, automated CI/CD pipelines and increased monitoring and platform related business intelligence. Automate build, test, deployment, and infrastructure processes; champion shift-left security practices.</li><li>
Continuous Innovation: Continuously refine the platform and deliver innovative, reliable solutions to meet the mission.</li><li>
Governance &amp; Compliance: Ensure solutions meet all compliance requirements, including audit readiness and documentation.</li></ul>
Requirements:
<ul><li>Bachelor&rsquo;s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field</li><li>
5+ years of experience with AWS Cloud and/or DevOps at scale</li><li>
Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes (design, implementation, troubleshooting, scaling) in production environments</li><li>
Understanding of L4, L5, and L7 networking with AWS Resources and Cilium, Istio, or equivalent operators</li><li>
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and scripting languages</li><li>
Experience leading engineering teams and setting program-level standards</li><li>
Experience defining and maintaining a monitoring solution for providing insight to platform issues</li><li>
US Citizenship required due to clearance requirement</li></ul>
 Preferred Qualifications and Core Competencies:<ul><li>
8+ years in software or platform engineering, including technical leadership or architect role</li><li>
Experience with Terraform or OpenTofu for IaC</li><li>
Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef</li><li>
Proven success implementing secure, automated DevSecOps pipelines and containerization tools like Kubernetes or Docker</li><li>
Experience with Blue Green Deployment techniques with ArgoCD</li><li>
Experience with end-to-end encryption techniques using managed mTLS</li><li>
Familiarity with monitoring, security best practices, and regulatory compliance (e.g., FedRAMP, FISMA)</li><li>
Strong communication, stakeholder management, and mentoring skills</li><li>
Experience working with or within government or public sector environments</li><li>
Demonstrated ability to stay current with cloud and emerging technology trends</li><li>
Active VA Public Trust</li><li>
Prior experience supporting federal agencies</li><li>
Certifications in AWS, Kubernetes, or DevOps-related disciplines.</li><li>
Prior, successful experience working in a remote environment</li></ul>
Successful IGS employees embody the following Core Values:<ul><li>
Integrity, Honesty, and Ethics: We conduct our business with the highest level of ethics. Doing things like being accountable for mistakes, accepting helpful criticism, and following through on commitments to ourselves, each other, and our customers.</li><li>
Empathy, Emotional Intelligence: How we interact with others including peers, colleagues, stakeholders, and customers&rsquo; matters. We take collective responsibility to create an environment where colleagues and customers feel valued, included, and respected. We work within a diverse, integrated, and collaborative team to drive towards accomplishing the larger mission. We conscientiously and meticulously learn about our customers&rsquo; and end-users&rsquo; business drivers and challenges to ensure solutions meet not only technical needs but also support their mission.</li><li>
Strong Work Ethic (Reliability, Dedication, Productivity): We are driven by a strong, self-motivated, and results-driven work ethic. We are reliable, accountable, proactive, and tenacious and will do what it takes to get the job done.</li><li>
Life-Long Learner (Curious, Perspective, Goal Oriented): We challenge ourselves to continually learn and improve ourselves. We strive to be an expert in our field, continuously honing our craft, and finding solutions where others see problems.</li></ul>
Compensation: There are a host of factors that can influence final salary, including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications.
Benefits: Initiate Government Solutions offers competitive compensation and a robust benefits package, including comprehensive medical, dental, and vision care, matching 401K and profit sharing, paid time off, training time for personal development, flexible spending accounts, employer-paid life insurance, employer-paid short and long term disability coverage, an education assistance program with potential merit increases for obtaining a work-related certification, employee recognition, and referral programs, spot bonuses, and other benefits that help provide financial protection for the employee and their family.
Initiate Government Solutions participates in the Electronic Employment Verification Program. 
Initiate Government Solutions participates in the Electronic Employment Verification Program.</div>

Solar Energy Industries Association

<div>Company Profile
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is the national trade association for the solar and storage industry and represents more than 1,200 member companies and 263,000 Americans working across the United States. SEIA is leading the transformation to a clean energy economy and is creating the framework for solar to reach 30% of U.S. electricity generation by 2030. We work with our member companies and strategic partners to fight for policies that create jobs in every community and shape fair market rules that promote competition and the growth of reliable, low-cost solar power.
SEIA does this by supporting pro-solar policies at the state and federal levels, developing cutting-edge market research, hosting educational events and webinars, and serving as the voice of the solar and storage industry.
SEIA employees are passionate, forward-thinking leaders who start every day knowing that their work makes a difference. SEIA values diversity and fosters an inclusive, lively company culture that celebrates team success. The association has earned numerous awards for its work and company culture and was named by the Washington Post as a 2023 and 2024 Top Workplace and a Best Nonprofit to Work For by the Nonprofit Times.
Position Summary
The role is responsible for designing, delivering, and supporting scalable, secure, and cost-effective technology solutions that align with the association&rsquo;s business objectives. This position serves as a primary technical authority across key systems, cloud platforms, and integrations, applying a cloud-first mindset while balancing scope, cost, and resource considerations. The role collaborates closely with internal and external stakeholders to define functional and technical requirements, engineers interoperable and extensible solutions, and ensures adherence to SEIA&rsquo;s IT governance and compliance standards.
In addition to solution design, the position provides advanced technical support, including last-line-of-support for complex system issues, and contributes to the maintenance of existing infrastructure, including networks, servers, end-user devices, and cloud environments. The role emphasizes knowledge sharing through mentorship, technical guidance, and training, while continuously identifying opportunities for automation, process improvement, and modernization. Strong collaboration, clear documentation, and staying informed on emerging technologies are essential to ensuring smooth solution delivery, operational excellence, and long-term technology sustainability
Core Duties and Responsibilities
1. Solution Design and Delivery<ul><li>
Provide sound and well-crafted technical solutions that meet the needs of the association, weighing cost-benefit factors</li><li>
Evaluate and balance factors such as scope, cost, and resources when delivering and designing solutions</li><li>
Participate and lead with internal and external stakeholders to identify and clarify functional and technical requirements</li><li>
Engineer solutions that are scalable, interoperable, and extensible, favoring a &ldquo;cloud-first&rdquo; approach</li></ul>
2. Technical Expertise and Support<ul><li>
Act as the primary technical authority for key business systems, cloud platforms, and systems integration</li><li>
 Identify technical and business rule issues, propose solutions, workarounds, and implementation guidance</li><li>
Contribute to the maintenance and support of existing IT systems, including network devices, servers, laptops, and cloud infrastructure</li><li>
Serve as the last line of support for end-user technical support, assisting and responding to system issues</li><li>
Ensure solutions adhere to SEIA&rsquo;s IT governance and compliance standards</li></ul>
3. Knowledge Sharing and Guidance<ul><li>
Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and training to junior IT staff and stakeholders, in some cases, SEIA members</li><li>
Identify opportunities to enhance efficiencies through automation, process improvement,s and modernization</li><li>
Maintain awareness of emerging technologies as applicable to SEIA&rsquo;s technology stack and recommend practical adoption strategies</li></ul>
4. Collaboration and Documentation<ul><li>
Collaborate across the association to ensure smooth solution delivery and post-deployment support</li><li>
Product quality documentation, including SOPs, system diagrams, and architectural design</li></ul> 
Requirements: 
 
Qualifications<ul><li>
5+ years of progressing experience in solutioning, design, and implementation of systems, solving moderate to complex infrastructure and business systems</li><li>
3+ years serving in technical leadership roles</li><li>
3+ years working in a hybrid infrastructure environment</li><li>
Experienced in serving as Tier 3 technical support role</li><li>
Demonstrated experience in cloud-based solutions using platforms such as Cloudflare, Microsoft 365, Azure, Salesforce, WP Engine, and virtualization</li><li>
Demonstrated experience with networking technologies, including Windows Server, network services (DNS, DHCP, VLAN, LDAP, VPN, Active Directory, Hyper-V, load balances, and firewalls)
</li><li>Demonstrated experience with hybrid architecture, including Azure (Storage, Entra ID &amp; Connect, Intune, Conditional Access, and MFA)
</li><li>Experience implementing or overseeing IT standards, policies, and compliance frameworks (PCI, SOC 2, data privacy, controls, etc.)</li><li>
Demonstrated ability to produce documentation including SOPs, architectural diagrams, and presentations</li><li>
Able to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences, including executives, staff, and external stakeholders</li><li>
Proven success leading cross-functional project teams, stakeholders, and delivering solutions from concept through implementation</li></ul> 
 Working Conditions<ul><li>
This position is based in the Washington, D.C. office.</li><li>
SEIA employees in the Washington, D.C. region follow a hybrid model. Employees work 3 to 4 days a week in an office environment and as needed when there are special events or meetings, but otherwise, they can be remote.</li><li>
Minimal travel is required for this role (all-staff events and gatherings)</li><li>
Occasionally required to work after business hours to perform system maintenance, deployment, or support business events.</li></ul>
 Compensation Range<ul><li>
$120,000- $130,000 annually, based on experience, with an excellent benefits package.</li></ul>
Working at SEIA
SEIA provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, homelessness, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. SEIA complies with applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which we employ staff. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
SEIA is an EVerify employer.</div>

Director, IT Solutions

<div>Description:

Founded in 2007, Initiate Government Solutions (IGS) is a Woman-Owned Small Business and a fully remote IT services provider supporting federal partners nationwide. We deliver innovative Enterprise IT and Health Services solutions with a strong focus on data analytics, health informatics, cloud migration, AI, and the modernization of federal information systems.
Our vision is to be a health IT trendsetter, continuing to solve the nation&rsquo;s most challenging healthcare IT issues by conceiving, designing, and building solid, creative, and innovative open-source solutions.
Our mission is to innovate, design, and deliver tailored solutions that balance technical advancement with cost-awareness while providing exceptional service.
IGS is currently recruiting for a remote Microservices Engineer to support our work with our federal customer.
Assignment of Work and Travel:
This is a remote access assignment. The Candidate will work remotely daily and will remotely access customer systems and therein use approved customer provided communications systems. Travel is not required; however, the candidate may be required to attend onsite client meetings as requested.
This program is a transformative initiative by the customer aimed at modernizing and streamlining access to data and services through secure, reliable, and scalable APIs. As a member of the team, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and supporting API solutions that empower veterans, partners, and internal stakeholders to access critical information and services efficiently.
This role provides technical leadership across Microservices and agile teams, guiding architecture, code quality, reliability, and scalability within a cloud-native microservices environment. It advises executives on strategic technology decisions while overseeing critical deployments, operational readiness, on-call support, and risk-sensitive activities such as secret key rotations and system health monitoring.
Responsibilities and Duties (Included but not limited to):<ul><li>
Oversee technical direction of 32 microservices across 6 agile teams</li><li>
Participate in architecture and code reviews of Springboot and Ruby microservices as well as AWS Elastic Kubernetes YAML configurations</li><li>
Advise on improvements to health and DORA monitors and metrics</li><li>
Identify and recommend solutions to address scalability, reliability, and availability</li><li>
Advise executives on strategic technology decisions related to microservices and team capacity</li><li>
Oversee major deployments and high-risk secret key rotations</li><li>
Oversee on-call operations</li></ul>
Requirements:
<ul><li>15+ years of software engineering experience with a preference for Java, Spring Boot, and Ruby expertise</li><li>
Experience with DevOps including CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, and version control systems</li><li>
Experience operating in a 24/7 environment 99.999 SLA environment</li><li>
Experience with public-facing APIs</li><li>
Experience with complex backend data integrations</li><li>
Experience with monitoring tools such as Data Dog, Kibana</li><li>
Strong executive communication skills</li><li>
API Programming: Mastery</li><li>
DevOps Engineering: Advanced</li><li>
DevOps-AWS: Advanced</li><li>
GitHub: Advanced</li><li>
Java Spring Framework: Mastery</li><li>
US Citizenship required due to clearance requirement</li><li>
Strong organizational skills</li></ul>
Preferred Qualifications and Core Competencies:<ul><li>
Docker: Intermediate</li><li>
Kubernetes: Intermediate</li><li>
Octopus Deploy: Intermediate</li><li>
Active VA Public Trust</li><li>
Prior experience supporting federal agencies</li><li>
Certifications in cloud technologies, API development, or secure software engineering</li><li>
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.</li><li>
Prior, successful experience working in a remote environment</li></ul>
Successful IGS employees embody the following Core Values:<ul><li>
Integrity, Honesty, and Ethics: We conduct our business with the highest level of ethics. Doing things like being accountable for mistakes, accepting helpful criticism, and following through on commitments to ourselves, each other, and our customers.</li><li>
Empathy, Emotional Intelligence: How we interact with others including peers, colleagues, stakeholders, and customers&rsquo; matters. We take collective responsibility to create an environment where colleagues and customers feel valued, included, and respected. We work within a diverse, integrated, and collaborative team to drive towards accomplishing the larger mission. We conscientiously and meticulously learn about our customers&rsquo; and end-users&rsquo; business drivers and challenges to ensure solutions meet not only technical needs but also support their mission.</li><li>
Strong Work Ethic (Reliability, Dedication, Productivity): We are driven by a strong, self-motivated, and results-driven work ethic. We are reliable, accountable, proactive, and tenacious and will do what it takes to get the job done.</li><li>
Life-Long Learner (Curious, Perspective, Goal Oriented): We challenge ourselves to continually learn and improve ourselves. We strive to be an expert in our field, continuously honing our craft, and finding solutions where others see problems.</li></ul>
Compensation: There are a host of factors that can influence final salary, including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications.
Benefits: Initiate Government Solutions offers competitive compensation and a robust benefits package, including comprehensive medical, dental, and vision care, matching 401K and profit sharing, paid time off, training time for personal development, flexible spending accounts, employer-paid life insurance, employer-paid short and long term disability coverage, an education assistance program with potential merit increases for obtaining a work-related certification, employee recognition, and referral programs, spot bonuses, and other benefits that help provide financial protection for the employee and their family.
Initiate Government Solutions participates in the Electronic Employment Verification Program.</div>

Microservices Engineer

CVS Health

<div>We&rsquo;re building a world of health around every individual &mdash; shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health&reg;, you&rsquo;ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger &ndash; helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.<h1 class="jobSectionHeader">
Position Summary</h1>
If you&rsquo;re eager to make a real impact in the health care industry through your own meaningful contributions, explore a role in technology with CVS Health. Our journey calls for technical innovators and data visionaries: come help us pave the way.
At CVS Health, we possess an extensive repository of healthcare data that spans over 150 million individuals, providing an unparalleled foundation for ambitious Data Engineers. In this role, you will engage with complex business challenges, harnessing modern tools and technologies to securely store, process, transform, and enrich terabyte to petabyte scale healthcare data. Your work will underpin data-driven business decisions and contribute to our mission of delivering industry-best data products / software with a customer-first mindset and team-oriented approach.
As a Data Engineer, you will be instrumental in designing, developing, and maintaining optimal data pipelines to assemble large and intricate datasets, catering to the business requirements of various CVS lines of business. Collaborating closely with teams, you will craft tools to provide actionable insights and integrate them with consumer touchpoints.
As a Data Engineer, you will:<ul><li>
Build and optimize analytical data models in BigQuery. Implement partitioning, clustering, and materialized views for performance and cost efficiency. Ensure compliance with data governance, access controls, and IAM best practices.</li><li>
Develop integrations with external systems (APIs, flat files etc.) using GCP-native or hybrid approaches. Utilize tools like Dataflow or custom Python/Java services on Cloud Functions or Cloud Run to handle transformations and ingestion logic.</li><li>
Build automated CI/CD pipeline using Cloud Build, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins for deploying data pipeline code and workflows. Set up observability using Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, and Error Reporting to ensure pipeline reliability.</li></ul>
As leaders in healthcare, our analytics and engineering teams deliver innovative solutions to business problems by collaborating with cross-functional teams in a dynamic and agile environment. You will be part of a team that values collaboration and encourages innovative thinking at all levels. You will be intellectually challenged to solve problems associated with large scale complex, structured and unstructured data, that will allow you to grow your technical skills and engineering expertise.
This role may work onsite 2 days a week in one of CVS Health's core hubs in: NYC, Hartford, CT or Wellesley, MA. Full-time Remote candidates will also be considered.
Required Qualifications<ul><li>
1+ years of experience with SQL, NoSQL</li><li>
1+ years of experience with Python (or a comparable scripting language)</li><li>
1+ years of experience with Data warehouses (such as data modeling and technical architectures) and infrastructure components</li><li>
1+ years of experience with ETL/ELT, and building high-volume data pipelines</li><li>
1+ years of experience with reporting/analytic tools</li><li>
1+ years of experience with query optimization, data structures, transformation, metadata, dependency, and workload management</li><li>
1+ years of experience with Big data and cloud architecture</li><li>
1+ years of hands-on experience building modern data pipelines within a major cloud platform (GCP)</li><li>
1+ years of experience with deployment/scaling of apps on containerized environment (i.e. Kubernetes, AKS)</li><li>
1+ years of experience with real-time and streaming technology (i.e. Kafka, Spark Streaming)</li><li>
1+ year(s) of soliciting complex requirements and managing relationships with key stakeholders</li></ul>
Preferred Qualifications
<ul><li>Experience with complex systems and solving challenging analytical problems</li><li>
Strong collaboration and communication skills within and across teams</li><li>
Knowledge of data visualization and reporting</li><li>
Experience in designing and building data engineering solutions in cloud environments (preferably GCP)</li><li>
Experience with Git, CI/CD pipeline, and other DevOps principles/best practices</li><li>
Experience with bash shell scripts, UNIX utilities &amp; UNIX Commands</li><li>
Understanding of software development methodologies including waterfall and agile</li><li>
Ability to leverage multiple tools and programming languages to analyze and manipulate data sets from disparate data sources</li><li>
Knowledge of API development</li><li>
Experience with schema design and dimensional data modeling</li><li>
Google Professional Data Engineer Certification</li><li>
Knowledge of microservices and SOA</li><li>
Formal SAFe and/or agile experience. Previous healthcare experience and domain knowledge</li><li>
Experience designing, building, and maintaining data processing systems</li><li>
Experience architecting and building data warehouse and data lakes</li></ul>
Education<ul><li>
Bachelor&rsquo;s Degree or equivalent work experience in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, or related field required</li><li>
Master&rsquo;s Degree preferred</li></ul>
Anticipated Weekly Hours
40
Time Type
Full time
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$64,890.00 - $173,040.00
This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. 
Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.
Great benefits for great people
We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits &ndash; investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:<ul><li>
Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.</li><li>
No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.</li><li>
Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.</li></ul>
For more information, visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 03/30/2026
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.</div>

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