Cloud Software Engineer II

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Herndon, VA, Herndon, VA, US

6 days ago Requisition

Quevera is seeking a Cloud Software Engineer II to join our team. At Quevera, we don’t just offer jobs—we provide opportunities to be part of a dynamic, forward-thinking community that fosters innovation, collaboration, and personal growth. You’ll work with industry experts, take on exciting challenges, and have the creative freedom to build cutting‑edge solutions, all while advancing your career in a space that truly values your skills and ideas.

Quevera employees voted Quevera as a TOP EMPLOYER in the Baltimore /DC area by the Washington for 2025 for the 5th consecutive year!

• Medical/Dental/Vision (100% Employer Paid Medical Plan)
• Short/Long Term Disability (Employer Paid)
• Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
• Yearly $5,000 towards education/training/certification.
• Employees are in control of their career path through our Career Pathway Program.
• Employer paid Company Vacation Package for you and a guest!

• Quevera will match up to 6% towards your 401K and an additional 4% profit sharing!

REQUIRED - MUST have a current TS/SCI Polygraph clearance to apply for role. Only those with a current TS/SCI with Poly clearance will be considered.

• TS/SCI with CI Poly required with current Springfield, VA customer eligibility and SBU/SECNet/COE accounts
• Must be willing to work in SCIF daily or as needed
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with cloud‑first development approach
• 5+ years of advanced Python development experience
• Expertise in frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, or Django for API development
• Strong experience with data processing libraries (Pandas, Num Py, Apache Spark)
• Proficiency in async programming and performance optimization
• 4+ years of microservices architecture design and implementation
• Event‑driven architecture patterns and message queuing systems
• API design, versioning, and service mesh technologies
• 4+ years of data engineering experience
• ETL/ELT pipeline development using AWS services (Glue, EMR, Kinesis, Step Functions)
• Experience with data lakes, data warehousing, and analytics platforms
• Real‑time data processing and streaming architectures
• 3+ years with AWS cloud‑native services
• Advanced knowledge of Lambda, API Gateway, Event Bridge, SQS, SNS
• Experience with data services: RDS, DynamoDB, Redshift, S3, Athena
• Container orchestration with ECS, Fargate, or EKS
• 2+ years of hands‑on experience with AWS CDK for Infrastructure as Code
• Building complex, reusable CDK constructs and stacks
• Implementing multi‑environment deployment strategies using CDK
• Strong problem‑solving abilities with proven track record of resolving complex technical challenges

• 4+ years of experience with Authority to Operate (ATO) processes in government environments
• Implementation of NIST 800‑53 controls and FedRAMP compliance requirements
• Security automation and continuous compliance monitoring
• 3+ years of experience with advanced data analytics and machine learning platforms
• AWS Sage Maker, Databricks, or similar ML/AI platforms
• Model deployment and MLOps pipeline development
• Database expertise across multiple platforms
• Performance tuning and optimization for RDS, DynamoDB, MongoDB
• Data modeling for both relational and No
  
  SQL databases
• Dev Sec Ops  and security automation experience
• Integration of security scanning tools (Sonar Qube, Snyk, Checkmarx)
• Secrets management and secure coding practices
• System design and architecture experience
• Designing for high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity
• Performance optimization and cost management strategies
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools
• Cloud Watch, Data Dog, New Relic, or Prometheus/Grafana stacks
• Distributed tracing and application performance monitoring
• Leadership experience in technical environments
• Leading cross‑functional teams and technical initiatives
• Experience with agile methodologies and project delivery
• Additional programming language proficiency (Go, Java, C#)
• Open source contribution history and active participation in technical communities

Quevera is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age or any other characteristic protected by law.