Legacy Applications Modernization Engineer (Hybrid)

CSC Generation Enterprise; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401(k) match

Medical/dental/vision

Employee discounts

Job summary

CSC Generation is actively modernizing its legacy applications, with a focus on building CI/CD pipelines, increasing test coverage, containerizing apps, and adding observability to prevent customer-impacting incidents. You will own end-to-end improvements, ship pipeline and testing enhancements within six months, and move fast in a lean team.

The role emphasizes ownership, end-to-end responsibility, and impact across .NET, Python, JavaScript, and Java stacks in a hybrid Houston environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or currently enrolled in a 4-year program pursuing the equivalent, or equivalent professional experience)
• Demonstrated experience with at least 2 of the following: .NET Framework, Python, JavaScript, Java
• Understanding of legacy application patterns and technical debt
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, RDS, S3, CloudFormation, CodePipeline, etc.)
• Proficiency with Docker containerization
• Experience with Ansible for infrastructure automation
• Strong SQL query writing and optimization skills
• Experience administering and troubleshooting relational database systems (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Experience writing unit tests and integration tests using frameworks such as xUnit, NUnit, JUnit, pytest, or Jest
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Version control experience with Git or similar

Responsibilities

• Maintain, debug, and enhance legacy applications written in .NET Framework, Python, JavaScript, and Java
• Analyze and resolve production issues with minimal downtime
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using AWS services, Docker, and Ansible
• Containerize legacy applications and orchestrate deployments
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management with Ansible
• Write and optimize SQL queries, administer relational database systems, and implement safe database migrations and schema updates
• Develop and integrate automated unit and integration tests, increasing test coverage and establishing test automation frameworks
• Implement logging, metrics, and tracing across legacy applications and configure monitoring and alerting systems to detect issues proactively

Skills

DOTNET

Python

JavaScript

Java

AWS

Docker

Ansible

SQL

Unit testing

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering or related field

Tools

Docker

Ansible

SQL Server

Oracle

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Job description

CSC Generation is actively modernizing its legacy applications, with a focus on building CI/CD pipelines, increasing test coverage, containerizing apps, and adding observability to prevent customer-impacting incidents. You will own end-to-end improvements, ship pipeline and testing enhancements within six months, and move fast in a lean team.

The role emphasizes ownership, end-to-end responsibility, and impact across .NET, Python, JavaScript, and Java stacks in a hybrid Houston environment.