Senior Architect / DevOps Engineer- Remote (DC, MD, VA- Locals only)

Swingtech; Baltimore, Greenbelt (MD, MD); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15 PTO days

11 paid holidays

Medical insurance with 3 options (HSA)

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Supplemental Life Insurance

Critical Care and Accident Insurance

401k with company match

Annual training budget

Referral bonus

Job summary

Swingtech Consulting, Inc. is seeking a Senior Architect / DevOps Engineer to support architecture, operations, modernization, and secure delivery of web-based training and learning management platforms for federal programs.

This role blends solution architecture, DevOps, cloud operations, system reliability, release support, and technical leadership. The ideal candidate will guide technical direction while performing hands-on operational activities, environment management, deployments, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
• 8+ years supporting enterprise apps, cloud operations, or DevOps.
• Technical leadership for operations, modernization, or architecture.
• Experience with web app architecture, release management, and reliability.
• Experience in cloud or hybrid-cloud environments, secure operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical leadership for architecture, operation, and enhancement of web apps and LMS platforms.
• Lead design, modernization, and platform improvement initiatives.
• Ensure reliable operation of development, test/staging, and production environments.
• Lead or support deployments, release coordination, and environment configuration.
• Collaborate with dev, cybersecurity, QA, help desk, data, and program teams.
• Support cloud-hosted or hybrid environments, including migration planning and monitoring.
• Drive DevOps practices: automation, configuration, monitoring, and documentation.
• Oversee security configurations, vulnerability remediation, and patching workflows.

Skills

Strong communication

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Remote work ability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field

Tools

CI/CD tools

Scripting

AWS

Job description

Senior Architect / DevOps Engineer- Remote (DC, MD, VA- Locals only)

About Swingtech

Swingtech delivers innovative Information Technology and Professional Support services to a diverse range of clients across the federal and intelligence communities. With over 15 years of trusted experience as a systems integrator, we apply agile methodologies and deep industry insight to help our customers achieve greater efficiency, compliance, and cost savings. At Swingtech, we're committed to excellence and long-term success for our clients and our team.

Location: Remote (with occasional travel to Baltimore, MD and Greenbelt, MD)

Swingtech Consulting, Inc. is seeking a Senior Architect / DevOps Engineer to support the architecture, operation, modernization, and secure delivery of web-based training and learning management platforms supporting federal programs.

This role blends solution architecture, DevOps engineering, cloud operations, system reliability, release support, and technical leadership. The ideal candidate should be able to guide technical direction while also supporting hands-on operational activities, environment management, troubleshooting, deployments, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical leadership for the architecture, operation, maintenance, and enhancement of web-based applications and learning management platforms
• Support architecture planning, technical design, modernization activities, and platform improvement initiatives
• Support reliable operation of development, test/staging, and production environments
• Lead or support deployment planning, release coordination, environment configuration, and production validation activities
• Collaborate with development, cybersecurity, QA, help desk, data, and program teams to support stable and secure system performance
• Support and optimize cloud-hosted or hybrid-cloud environments, including migration planning, environment readiness, monitoring, and performance considerations
• Lead efforts to enhance scalability, maintainability, reliability, security, automation, and operational efficiency
• Drive DevOps practices, including build and release coordination, configuration management, automation, monitoring, troubleshooting, and documentation
• Drive vulnerability remediation, coordinate patching activities, enforce security configurations, and mitigate technical risks
• Support system performance analysis, incident troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective action planning
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, architecture notes, deployment guidance, configuration records, and operational procedures
• Provide technical recommendations to program leadership and customer stakeholders in clear, practical terms
• Support alignment of technical solutions with federal security, accessibility, privacy, and operational requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered
• At least 8 years of experience supporting enterprise applications, web-based platforms, cloud operations, DevOps, systems engineering, or technical architecture
• Experience providing technical leadership for application operations, platform enhancements, environment management, or modernization efforts
• Strong understanding of web application architecture, deployment processes, release management, monitoring, and system reliability practices
• Experience supporting development, staging, and production environments in enterprise or regulated environments
• Experienced with cloud-hosted or hybrid-cloud application environments
• Experienced in troubleshooting complex application, infrastructure, performance, configuration, or deployment issues
• Understanding of secure system operations, vulnerability remediation, patching, access control, and configuration management
• Ability to coordinate across development, security, infrastructure, QA, help desk, and program teams
• Strong documentation, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and support multiple technical priorities in a remote environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal, healthcare, or regulated IT environments
• Experience supporting learning management systems, training portals, or web-based education platforms
• Experience with AWS, cloud migration activities, or CMS/hybrid-cloud environments
• Experience with CI/CD concepts, automation, scripting, infrastructure support, log analysis, or monitoring tools
• Experience with DevSecOps practices, security scanning, vulnerability management, and remediation workflows
• Experience supporting system documentation, architecture diagrams, technical roadmaps, or modernization plans
• Familiarity with Section 508, privacy, accessibility, or compliance requirements in federal environments
• Relevant certifications such as AWS, Azure, Security+, CISSP, Linux, DevOps, or cloud-related certifications are a plus

Summary of Benefits

• 15 PTO days
• 11 paid holidays
• Medical Insurance with - 3 options (HSA with $600 Employer Contribution).
• Dental Insurance with no age limit orthodonture.
• Vision Insurance through EyeMed in and out of network coverage.
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability coverage with 100% premium support,
• Life insurance and AD&D with 100% premium support
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Critical Care and Accident Insurance availability
• Pet Insurance through Nationwide
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401k with enrollment from day one. 4% deferral by company.
• $1500 Annual Training Budget
• $1500 Referral bonus
• Eligibility for annual merit and discretionary bonus

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