Halvik ยท 1 month ago
Senior Engineer
Alexandria, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$150K/yr - $170K/yrHalvik Corp is a highly successful WOB business delivering a wide range of digital services to various government agencies. The Senior Engineer will lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable AWS-based solutions, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and driving operational excellence across cloud environments.
DevOpsInformation ServicesSoftware
Responsibilities
Develop and articulate a comprehensive cloud strategy aligned with government objectives, prioritizing security, compliance, and cost-efficiency
Define cloud standards, reference architectures, and roadmaps that support global dossier initiatives
Design robust, scalable cloud architectures leveraging AWS native services to meet government requirements for performance, availability, and resilience
Architect and implement high-availability, disaster recovery, and backup solutions; design for rapid recovery and minimal downtime
Establish and enforce security controls across all cloud environments (identity, access management, encryption, network segmentation, secret management)
Ensure compliance with government regulations, data sovereignty requirements, and industry best practices; implement continuous security monitoring and threat mitigation
Lead data protection initiatives, including data classification, privacy impact assessments, and secure data lifecycle management
Continuously analyze and optimize cloud spend; implement cost-control mechanisms, tagging strategy, and chargeback/showback models
Recommend and implement scalable, cost-efficient patterns without sacrificing performance or security
Lead migration planning and execution for government applications and data to the cloud, minimizing downtime and risk
Develop migration blueprints, cutover plans, and rollback strategies; coordinate cross-team execution
Develop, test, and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans; ensure critical services remain available during outages or disasters
Regularly validate recovery objectives (RPO/RTO) and update runbooks
Implement and operate robust observability (monitoring, logging, tracing) and incident response processes
Build and maintain automation pipelines (CI/CD) for infrastructure as code, deployments, and configuration management
Establish performance engineering practices to optimize cloud workloads and ensure SLA attainment
Collaborate with security, privacy, legal, and compliance teams to ensure governance requirements are met
Maintain documentation, risk assessments, and audit readiness for cloud environments
Mentor and coach team members; deliver training and knowledge transfer to corporate staff and operations teams
Promote cloud best practices, coding standards, and operational excellence
Partner with government program teams, security offices, and external vendors to drive cloud initiatives
Evaluate and manage third-party tools, managed services, and cloud-related contracts
Work with data engineering and data governance teams to design secure data pipelines, data access controls, and compliant data sharing patterns for the dossier platform
Qualification
Required
Extensive hands-on experience with AWS architecture, security, compliance, cost optimization, and migration at scale
Strong understanding of government IT requirements, data sovereignty, and regulatory frameworks
Proficiency with IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, GuardDuty, Security Hub, CloudTrail, Config, and network security (VPC, subnets, VPN/Direct Connect, security groups)
Experience designing and implementing disaster recovery, high availability, and backup strategies
Demonstrated ability to build and operate CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation), and automation tooling
Deep knowledge of observability (CloudWatch, X-Ray, OpenTelemetry), monitoring, incident management, and SRE practices
Data security and privacy acumen, including encryption, key management, and secure data lifecycle
Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and communication skills; ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
Preferred
Experience with government cloud environments (e.g., AWS GovCloud) or regulated sectors
Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, AWS Certified Security - Specialty, or equivalent
Prior leadership or mentorship experience; ability to guide cross-functional teams
Benefits
Company-supported medical, dental, vision, life, STD, and LTD insurance
Benefits include 11 federal holidays and PTO
Eligible employees may receive performance-based incentives in recognition of individual and/or team achievements.
401(k) with company matching
Flexible Spending Accounts for commuter, medical, and dependent care expenses
Tuition Assistance
Charitable Contribution matching
Company
Halvik
Halvik provides full end-to-end software and management solutions.
Founded in 2007
201-500 employees
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Funding
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Growth StageLeadership Team
Madhavi Bathula
Chief Executive Officer
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