Job Type
Full-time
Description
* This position is contingent upon a future opening with Gunnison.
Salary: $155,000-$165,000
Work location: Hybrid, Atlanta, GA.
- Provide technical leadership for a federal portfolio that includes multiple web, data, and integration solutions built on Microsoft and cloud technologies.
- Lead design and implementation approaches that use Git-based repositories (such as GitHub), branching strategies, and pull-request workflows as the core way teams collaborate.
- Define and guide CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or comparable platforms to automate build, test, and deployment of application and infrastructure changes.
- Work with engineers to integrate security and quality checks into pipelines, including static analysis, dependency scanning, and basic dynamic testing using industry-standard tools.
- Shape technical approaches for application modernization and integration, including API-based interfaces, data services, and cloud-hosted components (for example in Azure or AWS).
- Provide technical direction on environment strategy (dev/test/stage/prod), configuration management, and automated deployment patterns.
- Collaborate with program leadership to evaluate solution options, estimate technical effort, and communicate trade-offs in terms that business and mission stakeholders can understand.
- Ensure solutions are designed and implemented to meet security, privacy, accessibility, and operational expectations common to federal programs.
Requirements
- US Citizenship required
- 10+ years in solution architecture, software engineering, or systems engineering, with significant experience leading technical design and implementation.
- 5+ years leading technical teams supporting enterprise applications, modernization, or cloud-based delivery in federal or similarly regulated environments.
- Experience leading teams that use Git-based source control and CI/CD tooling to deliver software in structured development environments.
- Experience designing or overseeing application modernization efforts that include refactoring existing systems, adding APIs, and integrating with enterprise or cloud services.
- Experience in secure software delivery, including integrating security and quality checks into automated pipelines and release workflows.
- Experience communicating technical direction, constraints, and tradeoffs to both engineering teams and non-technical stakeholders.
- One current technical certification in cloud, architecture, security, or agile delivery.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or related field
Desired Qualification:- Experience designing or operating CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps Pipelines.
- Experience integrating static code analysis, dependency scanning, and dynamic testing tools into automated delivery pipelines.
- Experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform, ARM/Bicep, or similar approaches for automated environment provisioning.
- Experience delivering solutions on Azure and/or AWS using APIs, containers, serverless services, or managed data services.
- Experience supporting data-heavy, analytics-driven, or health-related applications in public sector environments.
- At least one current cloud certification at the associate or professional level (for example, Azure Administrator/Developer/Architect or AWS Architect/Developer/Engineer).
- At least one certification related to software engineering, architecture, security, or DevOps/DevSecOps (for example, vendor DevOps/DevSecOps cert, CISSP/CCSP, or similar).
- Master's degree in a related field
Clearance Requirement: Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.
The salary range for this position depends upon multiple factors including location, the individual's knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, and contract-specific budget constraints and organizational requirements.
Gunnison Consulting Group's total compensation package also includes bonus and profit-sharing opportunities, depending on company and employee performance. Available employee benefits include:
- 3 weeks of Personal Leave your first year
- 11 paid Holidays each year
- 5 days of Flexible Time Off each year for approved training or certifications (self-study is ineligible)
- 401(k) company match at 50% up to 10% of your salary
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Life and Disability Insurance
- Public Transportation Subsidies
- Certifications and Training Allowance - Up to $5,000/year!
Salary Description
$155,000 - $165,000/year
