Principal Software Engineer - Cloud & AI for VA Digital

Karsun Solutions, LLC; Virginia; On-site; USD 165,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Karsun Solutions is actively seeking a Senior Architect/Engineer to support modernization of digital services for Veterans. You will lead design across multiple platforms (Salesforce, Power Platform, Pega, Box, Appian), drive agile planning with VA product owners, and ensure security and release standards are met.

The role requires a proven CSP background, DevOps expertise, and the ability to obtain a VA Public Trust clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Business Management, Information Resource Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, or a related field, plus a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge and use of modern software development and DevOps tools, including GitHub, and implementation of a DevOps pipeline in a cloud environment.
• Chief Architect or Senior Engineer on a production system in a commercial cloud service provider (CSP) environment.
• Experience as a Software Engineer on at least one project in a CSP environment.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a VA Public Trust background investigation.
• Available on contract award and willing to sign a letter of commitment.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design for modular, reusable, platform-agnostic solutions across DTC PaaS and SaaS platforms, including APIs and SaaS integrations.
• Translate prioritized agile requirements into technical designs, estimates, and Definitions of Done with scrum teams, DTC Platform Leads, and VA product owners.
• Prepare solutions to pass DTC solution architecture, security architecture, and release management approval gates.
• Build and maintain cloud DevOps pipelines in GitHub. Apply AI-assisted code generation, automated testing, and code quality analysis, with human oversight.
• Lead remediation plans for non-conformance exceptions found during the 90-day product warranty.
• Build in Section 508, HIPAA, FedRAMP, and ATO requirements from design onward.
• Mentor engineers across the delivery teams and serve as technical point of contact to DTC Platform Leads.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

GitHub

Job description

Karsun Solutions is actively seeking a Senior Architect/Engineer to support modernization of digital services for Veterans. You will lead design across multiple platforms (Salesforce, Power Platform, Pega, Box, Appian), drive agile planning with VA product owners, and ensure security and release standards are met.

The role requires a proven CSP background, DevOps expertise, and the ability to obtain a VA Public Trust clearance.