SDE III

Title: SDE III
Rate: $–$/hour
Location: Hybrid – Onsite Tuesdays and Wednesdays in Arlington, TX; days remote
Duration: -month Contract-to-Hire
Work Authorization: US Citizen, Green Card holder, or authorized to work in the About This Role

The Engineer III will play a key role in building, maintaining, and optimizing large-scale software systems that support enterprise operations. This individual will bridge development and operations—combining strong software engineering fundamentals with deep knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, observability, and automation practices.

The ideal candidate will have a background in software development (C, .NET, or Java) and be able to review, fix, and improve code while driving technical excellence and process improvements across teams.

This is a hands-on, technically focused leadership role suited for candidates who enjoy both engineering execution and guiding best practices across a collaborative team environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor engineering teams to ensure applications are highly available, reliable, and performant at scale.

• Leverage prior software development experience to review and fix code, establish standards, and guide best practices across teams.

• Partner with architecture and development teams to ensure operability, measurability, and manageability are built into all solutions.

• Collaborate with product owners and managers to establish and track Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and define improvement plans when targets are missed.

• Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for production issues within software, CI/CD pipelines, or DevOps processes.

• Design and implement automation solutions that improve uptime, reliability, and system resilience.

• Actively drive adoption of DevOps, SRE, and SDLC best practices across teams.

• Contribute to observability and monitoring standards, ensuring robust visibility into system health.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support continuous improvement in deployment, performance, and scalability.

• Participate in an on-call rotation for escalations and system monitoring as needed.

Required Knowledge and Skills

Development & Programming:

• Hands-on coding experience in C/.NET, Java, or Python.

• Strong understanding of SDLC, code quality standards, and best practices for maintainability and performance.

DevOps & CI/CD:

• Proven experience with Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Octopus Deploy, Terraform, ARM templates, YAML pipelines, and GitHub Actions.

• Expertise in build and release engineering, version control, and infrastructure as code (IaC).

Observability & Monitoring:

• Experience with Splunk, Azure Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar tools for monitoring and metrics.

• Strong understanding of logging, alerting, and tracing best practices.

Cloud & Containerization:

• Hands-on experience with Azure Cloud Services, Docker, and Kubernetes (AKS).

• Working knowledge of networking concepts, Azure DNS, API Manager, and Application Gateway.

Scripting & Automation:

• Proficiency in PowerShell, Bash, or other scripting languages for automation and system management.

Databases:

• Exposure to Oracle, SQL Server, and NoSQL systems (CosmosDB preferred).

Qualifications

• – years of hands-on software development and test automation experience.

• – years of cloud (Azure preferred) and DevOps experience.

• Proven ability to understand, troubleshoot, and improve codebases in .NET or Java.

• Demonstrated success in CI/CD pipeline design, observability, and system reliability engineering.

• High School Diploma or Associate Degree required.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field (Computer Science, Engineering, or IT) strongly preferred.

• Master’s Degree in a related field is a plus.

Soft Skills & Attributes

• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across development, operations, and architecture teams.

• Analytical thinker with a problem-solving mindset and attention to detail.

• Self-driven and proactive in identifying improvements and driving initiatives forward.

• Ability to work in a hybrid environment and collaborate effectively with onshore/offshore teams.

Our Benefits Package Includes:

• Comprehensive medical benefits

• Competitive pay

• (k) retirement plan

• …and much more!