Job#: 3031460

Job Description:

Location: Home, District of Columbia (Remote)

Employment Type: Contract

The Digital Services Technical Lead will possess the technical skills to drive innovation and collaboration among diverse teams including Software Developers, AWS Site Reliability Engineers, and Security experts. This is a hands-on technical role where expertise is required to mature current software development and ensure continuous delivery of applications. The position involves overseeing and implementing a range of technology transformation initiatives, particularly those involving artificial intelligence and advanced analytics.

• Provide technical design, development, and solutioning for new technology and implementations.
• Act as a key technical leader to advance software development and the continuous delivery of applications.
• Oversee and implement technology transformation initiatives, focusing on artificial intelligence and advanced digital solutions.
• Assess technical and business environments to understand impacts and risks, providing executive-level communication.
• Respond to RFIs and draft technical approach responses that align with strategic roadmaps.
• Utilize modern tools and observability metrics to identify and troubleshoot platform issues and drive improvements.
• Prioritize and manage customer issues from start to finish.
• Create and review documentation for incident events, root cause analysis, and standard operating procedures.

Education: A bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a relevant field is required.

Experience: 8-10 years of experience is required, with a preference for 12+ years of experience building or operating on AWS, networking, IT Security tools, and databases.

Clearance: Must be eligible and willing to obtain and maintain, or already possess, a Public Trust clearance. Must have lived in the United States 3 out of the past 5 years.

Technical Skills:

• Hands-on technical expertise in DevSecOps, security, automation, application development, databases, implementation, integration, and release management.
• Experience with establishing and maturing application development and CI/CD towards progressive delivery.
• Strong experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes-based containerized applications (AWS EKS), including spring boot-based services.
• Experience with Gitlab CI/CD, including enabling environments, feature flags, and DORA Metrics aggregation.
• Proficiency with observability tools such as Datadog and monitoring tools in an AWS Cloud environment like CloudWatch and OpenSearch.
• Coding proficiency in at least one software language (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, Ruby).
• Must be eligible for and willing to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Must have lived in the United States for 3 out of the past 5 years.

• AWS Solutions Architect – Professional Certification.
• AWS Certified Security - Specialty Certification.

A bill rate has been established for this position.

This employer is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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