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Client: Aerospace/Defense Position: Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Location: Scottsdale, AZ Length: Long-term Hourly rate: up to $90/hr W2 Security Clearance: U.S. citizenship is required, along with the ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance. Desired Skills & Qualifications: Python / Java programming languages
Understanding of DevOps principles: Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, automation, configuration management, and infrastructure as code
Familiar with Scaled Agile methodology and its best practice
Security knowledge: Familiarity with security best practices, risk, compliance & vulnerability management, encryption & PKI, incident response, auditing and monitoring
Programming and scripting: Proficiency and strong knowledge in languages such as Python, Linux/UNIX, YAML, and JSON.
Cloud platforms: Experience with AWS (AWS Solutions Architect strongly preferred) and its services (including fundamental AWS networking), knowing Azure is a plus
Containerization: Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes
Strong understanding of API Design, testing, development and management
Collaboration and communication: Ability to communicate and work effectively with development team members, operations, and security teams
Problem-solving and analytical skills: Ability to identify issues and develop effective solutions
Documentation: Well versed in generating documentation and sharing important knowledge
Artificial Intelligence: Well versed in prompt engineering and utilizing popular AI tools to accelerate workload
Desired Tools: CI/CD tools: Gitlab, Nexus Managed Artifacts,
AWS: AWS EKS, EC2, Lambda, S3, EBS/EFS, VPC, DNS, IAM, KMS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail
Configuration management: Ansible, Terragrunt, ArgoCD
Build/Development: VS Code, Maven
Event streaming platform (nice to have): Kafka messaging
Container orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker,
Security, Monitoring and logging: ACAS/Grype vulns scanning, SIEM (Splunk) Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
Version control: Git
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation
Collaboration: Jira, Confluence
Required Education and Experience: Requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field. Also requires 8+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 5 years of job-related experience If interested in learning more about this position, please email your resume to and I will call back with more information.
Date Posted: 09 June 2025
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