1000000572.SOFTWARE ENGINEER SENIOR.INFO TECH SERVICES

Dallas County (TX) • Dallas, TX

164d

About The Position

Serves as a technical leader responsible for the architecture, design, and delivery of robust, scalable, and secure software solutions. Provides guidance to development teams, drives engineering best practices, and collaborates across divisions to modernize legacy systems and support mission-critical County services. Plays a key role in shaping technology direction, mentoring engineers, and ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and strategy.

Requirements

• Education and experience equivalent to a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or job-related field.
• Five (5) years of experience in software development, including system design and technical leadership.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree preferred.
• Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or Google Professional Cloud Architect.
• Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) or SAFe Agilist Certification.
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CEH, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Leads the technical design and implementation of complex applications, platforms, and services.
• Ensures timely, high-quality delivery of features that meet business and user needs.
• Supports end-to-end service delivery across development, testing, deployment, and operations.
• Resolves critical production issues and guides incident response or root cause analysis.
• Aligns delivery with accessibility, security, and regulatory compliance standards.
• Ensures systems are built for resilience, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
• Coordinates release planning and deployment readiness across platforms and teams.
• Collaborates with QA, DevOps, and supports teams to streamline service transitions.
• Implements secure coding practices to protect applications from vulnerabilities.
• Automates security scanning and threat detection as part of the CI/CD pipeline.
• Establishes access control measures to protect sensitive County data.
• Establishes coding, documentation, and testing standards across engineering teams.
• Promotes DevOps practices including automation, observability, and continuous delivery.
• Leads backlog refinement, estimation, and sprint planning for technical deliverables.
• Contributes to budget estimates and resource planning for technical initiatives.
• Optimizes system performance, uptime, and reliability across environments.
• Collaborates with infrastructure and security teams to align development with operational requirements.
• Ensures data security, privacy, and audit readiness for all systems.
• Drives refactoring and modernization of legacy applications or monolithic systems.
• Collaborates with architects and product managers to define technical strategy and solution architecture.
• Evaluates and recommends technologies, frameworks, and tools for long-term sustainability.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees