Senior Software Engineer – Federal IT Modernization & Cloud

Kentro; United States; Remote; USD 142,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401k including employer match

Education reimbursement for certs and/

Paid time off

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Kentro is seeking a Software Engineer IV to serve as the principal software engineer and technical authority on FAA's ATLAS modernization program. The role guides architecture, standards, and DevSecOps across a large portfolio, with remote work within the United States and Eastern Time hours.

You will lead cross-functional teams, drive modernization initiatives, and ensure security and compliance while delivering complex solutions that modernize legacy systems for cloud-native environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 8-10 years of progressive software engineering experience with leadership on large systems.
• Expert-level proficiency in one or more major development stacks (Java/Spring, .NET/C#, Python, Node.js; React/Angular/TypeScript).
• Understanding of legacy and modern application architecture (monolith, microservices, serverless).
• Deep experience modernizing legacy applications and databases, including data migration.
• Hands-on cloud architecture and engineering experience in AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Demonstrated DevSecOps experience: CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automated testing, security integration.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional technical teams and define standards.
• Strong written and verbal communication for technical strategy with executives and government audiences.
• Working proficiency with approved AI-assisted development tools for code analysis and refactoring.

Responsibilities

• Serve as principal engineering authority for implementation of complex system development and modernization across portfolio.
• Own end-to-end engineering realization of approved architectures for high-complexity systems, including design, data access, integration, performance, resilience, and security.
• Resolve engineering challenges that block delivery and elevate material architecture decisions through governance processes.
• Conduct deep technical assessments of legacy applications and databases and provide migration inputs.
• Lead cross-functional technical teams spanning development, data engineering, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and test.
• Provide technical mentorship, design review, and code review to engineers at all levels.
• Translate program objectives into executable technical roadmaps and communicate risks to leadership.
• Represent engineering concerns in technical exchanges and FAA governance forums.
• Define and maintain engineering standards: reference implementations, coding standards, patterns, API/integration approaches, test strategy, and code quality criteria.
• Establish and mature DevSecOps practice—CI/CD, IaC, automated testing, and security integration—as enterprise capability.

Skills

Technical leadership

Cloud architecture

DevSecOps

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder communication

AI-assisted development tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Java/Spring

.NET/C#

Python

React/Angular

CI/CD tools

Job description

Kentro is seeking a Software Engineer IV to serve as the principal software engineer and technical authority on FAA's ATLAS modernization program. The role guides architecture, standards, and DevSecOps across a large portfolio, with remote work within the United States and Eastern Time hours.

You will lead cross-functional teams, drive modernization initiatives, and ensure security and compliance while delivering complex solutions that modernize legacy systems for cloud-native environments.