Full Stack Developer (Solutions Architecture)

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG)•Annapolis, MD

2d•$109,623 - $126,790•Remote

About The Position

Syms Strategic Group is seeking an experienced Full Stack Developer (Solutions Architecture) for a full-time, fully remote position supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs. The role is responsible for developing and governing secure, scalable, highly available Azure cloud solutions aligned with customer requirements, enterprise standards, business objectives, security requirements, and government cloud best practices. The position also contributes technical expertise to business development, capture, and proposal efforts, including solution development, staffing coordination, proposal writing, and estimating. The role develops solutions to complex technical problems, establishes objectives and goals, guides team members, and contributes to new concepts, techniques, and standards. The position requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI). Candidates from California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington will not be considered. This is a W-2 position. The salary range is $109,623–$126,790. Applicants must support their screening responses with information on their resume. Interviews are conducted on Microsoft Teams with camera enabled, and applicants will be asked to provide a LinkedIn profile link.

Requirements

10+ years of software testing, quality assurance, or system validation experience.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
U.S. citizenship is required for this opportunity.
Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI).
Proven track record designing, deploying, and managing Azure infrastructure and services.
Experience with large-scale, highly available, scalable cloud architectures and enterprise Azure solutions.
Extensive experience with Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Azure SQL Database, Azure Virtual Network, Azure Functions, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), ARM templates, Azure Monitor, and Azure DNS.
Experience implementing Azure security services and practices, including Microsoft Entra ID, Azure DDoS Protection, Azure Firewall, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and Web Application Firewall.
Strong understanding of Azure networking, including VNet peering, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, Private Link, and hybrid connectivity architectures.
Experience establishing and governing multi-subscription Azure environments with Azure Management Groups, Azure Policy, and Azure Landing Zones.
Knowledge of cloud financial management, including Azure Cost Management, budgeting, resource optimization, and cost governance.
Proficiency with automation and scripting using Python, PowerShell, Azure CLI, or other automation frameworks; scripting languages may also include Bash or NodeJS.
Expertise with monitoring, logging, and observability solutions such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Microsoft Sentinel, and third-party platforms.
Experience troubleshooting and optimizing Azure resource and workload performance, availability, and reliability.
Strong understanding of Azure security architecture, governance, compliance, and regulatory frameworks, including HIPAA, GDPR, PCI DSS, and applicable industry standards.
Experience implementing encryption, key management, identity management, and privileged access controls using Azure Key Vault and Microsoft Entra ID.
Knowledge of Azure data platform services, including Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Azure Data Lake Storage.
Experience with database performance optimization, high-availability configurations, backup and recovery planning, and disaster recovery strategies.
Familiarity with CI/CD methodologies and DevOps practices using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, and related deployment tools.
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Container Apps, and Azure Container Instances.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for diagnosing and resolving complex cloud infrastructure, networking, application, and cloud-related issues.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and translate complex technical information into business-focused recommendations for stakeholders and executives.
Ability to prioritize competing initiatives, manage multiple workstreams and projects, and deliver high-quality outcomes within established timelines.
Strong attention to detail to ensure operational excellence, system stability and reliability, security, and data integrity.
Ability to lead technical projects and cloud transformation initiatives and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Strong documentation and architectural design skills, including creating and maintaining solution designs, standards, configurations, operational procedures, and governance documentation.
Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with Azure and cloud technologies, cloud-native architectures, security trends, tools, and industry best practices.
Applicants must be able to substantiate mandatory screening answers with their resume; applications with inconsistencies will not be considered.
The position is unavailable to candidates located in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, or Washington.
Applicants must provide a link to their LinkedIn profile when requested.
Selected applicants are subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and be able to obtain a government-granted security clearance; background checks may include criminal history, employment and education verification, drug testing, and creditworthiness.

Nice To Haves

Deep hands-on EDIFECS experience with Electronic Data Interchange X.12 transaction standards and key X12 workflows.
Experience with X.12 medical claims transactions, including 837, 834, 835, and 277.
Experience with 270/271 and 278/275 transactions.
Experience with 999 transactions.
Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert certification.
Azure Administrator Associate certification.
Azure Security Engineer Associate certification.

Responsibilities

Leverage domain expertise to develop a comprehensive understanding of customer requirements.
Lead development of complete solutions that meet requirements and result in price-competitive proposals.
Collaborate with business development, capture, proposal, and other team members to optimize proposed solutions.
Identify technical staffing needs for Pre-Bid and Proposal (B&P) and B&P activities.
Coordinate assignment of technical personnel to proposal efforts.
Coordinate with technical leadership and contributors on solution development, proposal writing, and estimating.
Provide subject matter expertise to meet customer technical, schedule, and cost requirements within applicable risk parameters.
Work with the Enterprise Architect to design, implement, and govern secure, scalable, highly available Azure cloud architectures aligned with enterprise standards, business objectives, security requirements, and government cloud best practices.
Contribute to the development of new concepts, techniques, and standards.
Establish goals to meet assigned objectives and guide team members in achieving goals under established policies.
Develop innovative solutions to complex problems and ensure solutions are consistent with organizational objectives.
Determine the technical objectives of assignments.
Design, deploy, manage, troubleshoot, and optimize Azure infrastructure, services, workloads, and cloud solutions.
Establish and govern multi-subscription Azure environments using Azure Management Groups, Azure Policy, and Azure Landing Zones.
Implement cloud security, identity, encryption, key management, privileged access, governance, and compliance controls.
Manage cloud financial practices, including budgeting, resource optimization, and cost governance.
Use scripting and automation, monitoring and observability solutions, and CI/CD and DevOps practices.
Contribute to database performance optimization, high availability, backup and recovery, and disaster recovery planning.
Mentor engineers, architects, and technical teams; foster knowledge sharing and technical growth.
Lead cloud transformation initiatives and collaborate across infrastructure, security, development, and business organizations.
Create and maintain solution designs, standards, operational procedures, system configurations, and governance documentation.
Prioritize and manage multiple initiatives and complex projects while meeting timelines and architectural standards.