Senior Technical Engineer

Highmark Health • Washington, DC

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

This Senior Technical Engineer position is a key member of a technical engineering team, enabling secure and scalable application onboarding to the organization's Secrets Management and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) platforms within a hybrid-cloud environment. The role primarily focuses on HashiCorp Vault-based solutions, involving significant hands-on engineering, deep technical troubleshooting, and cross-team collaboration. The Senior Technical Engineer will act as a subject matter expert, supporting Vault operations and infrastructure, and guiding application teams in integrating secrets, certificates, and authentication mechanisms across enterprise and cloud environments. This role spans the entire technical lifecycle, from intake and analysis to solution design, configuration, build, automation, and ongoing operational support, ensuring secure, reliable, and compliant integrations.

Requirements

• 5 years of experiences in one or many of the following tasks: analyzing, designing, coding, testing and implementing technical solutions, as well as providing general production support, meeting defined scope, target dates and budgets with minimal or no defects.
• 5 years of technical problem solving, solution implementation, team/project collaboration
• 5 years of basic computer science concepts and principles, common operating systems, development languages/scripting
• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast-paced environment
• Adaptability: Ability to take on diverse tasks and projects, adapting to the evolving needs of the organization
• Analytical Thinking: Strong analytical skills with a focus on detail and accuracy
• Interest and ability to learn other technologies as needed
• Technical Proficiency: Comfortable with a range of data tools and technologies, with a willingness to learn new skills as needed
• Strong track record in designing, implementing, and/or supporting large-scale technical solutions
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
• Demonstrated passion for user experience and improving usability
• Team Collaboration: A team player who can work effectively in cross-functional environments
• Experience and willingness to mentor junior technical engineers and help develop their skills and leadership
• Ability to speak and write English fluently and idiomatically
• Solid security foundations through the full application stack
• Natural ability to document processes and break down complex tasks verbally and through diagramming
• Scripting experience and concepts in BASH, PowerShell, Ansible, and Python
• Strong code literacy, with the ability to read and understand code and automation authored by others
• Kubernetes and OpenShift container technologies
• Terraform, Ansible Automation Platform, GitLab, or other automation technologies
• Knowledge of infrastructure concepts, such as OS (Linux, Windows), hypervisors, and networking
• Authentication and PKI concepts with understanding of Active Directory/LDAP, key/certificate management and token
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering or related field.

Nice To Haves

• 2+ years of experience with HashiCorp Vault
• HashiCorp Vault Associate Certification
• Experience designing, building, and deploying scalable solution architectures through automation tooling (Terraform, Ansible) and source control (GitLab)
• Experience working with applications and services hosted inside Google, Amazon, and Microsoft public cloud infrastructure
• Experience designing, deploying, and maintaining containerized environments (Cloud Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift)
• Familiarity with Agile workflows
• Familiarity with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering or related field.
• HashiCorp Vault Associate Certification
• Google, Amazon, Azure or other Cloud Service Certification

Responsibilities

• Responsible for one or many of the following tasks: analyzing, designing, coding, testing and implementing technical solutions, as well as providing general production monitoring and support, meeting defined scope, target dates and budgets with minimal or no defects.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across IT, product, analytics, and business teams to gather requirements and provide technical solutions that meet organizational needs
• Monitor work against production schedule and provide progress updates and report any isses or technical difficulties to leadership on a regular basis.
• Document technical processes and procedures, and participate in technical reviews and knowledge sharing sessions
• Collaborate on the design and implementation of with architecture to ensure solution alignment to enterprise goals and standards
• Mentor other associate and intermediate technical engineers as needed
• Perform technical analysis and provide insights to support decision-making across various departments
• Stay up-to-date with the latest relevant technologies and industry best practices
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level