Responsibilities: The Senior Developer Workspace Engineer is a multifaceted role combining Development expertise, end-user technology proficiency, and technical evangelism. This position focuses on designing, building, and advocating for developer workspaces and tooling to ensure seamless developer onboarding and day-2 support.
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Location
McLean, VA
Description
Our client, a Real Estate and Financial Services company, is looking for a Senior Developer Workspace Engineer for their McLean, VA/ Plano, TX location.
Responsibilities:
The Senior Developer Workspace Engineer is a multifaceted role combining Development expertise, end-user technology proficiency, and technical evangelism. This position focuses on designing, building, and advocating for developer workspaces and tooling to ensure seamless developer onboarding and day-2 support.
One-Part Experienced Developer One Part End-User Technology Expert One Part Tech Evangelist
As a senior-level engineer and advocate, you will contribute to the design, build, and advocacy of developer workspaces and tooling. The goal is to achieve frictionless developer onboarding and day-2 support. This involves partnering with end user collaboration management suites to construct and deploy elegant developer solutions. Workstation solutions may include physical hardware, virtualized desktops, or browser-based setups, which you will be responsible for setting up and supporting.
Additionally, you will develop specific tools to integrate with existing machinery and ease adoption and usage, requiring expertise in direct development and software distribution.
Design and implement developer workspaces using physical, virtualized, or browser-based solutions.
Develop tools primarily in Python and Java to enhance developer workflows.
Advocate for and implement CI/CD improvements through new tooling and commonly available libraries.
Create patterns to manage desktop provisioning and software package management using SCCM, VDI, or similar technologies.
Lead initiatives to integrate Generative AI capabilities into Developer workflows, enhancing the value proposition for customers.
Partner with end-user collaboration suites to create seamless developer experiences.
Ensure all solutions meet audit, risk, and governance requirements.
Evangelize best practices and solutions within the developer community.
Requirements:
Proven experience in Development and end-user technology.
Strong development skills, particularly in Python and Java.
Excellent communication and advocacy skills.
Python and Java development, strong understanding of design and explain as well as educating other developers.
Development Understanding of container creation, usage and management Advanced
Proficiency in Python and Java Advanced
Familiarity with JavaScript Intermediate
End-User Technology
Desktop provisioning and software distribution expertise
Advanced Experience with SCCM, VDI, or similar technologies
Advanced Technical Evangelism
Ability to advocate for best practices and innovative solutions
Advanced Strong communication skills to influence and educate developers Advanced
Required Skills
Networking
Understanding of cloud and on-prem networking concepts Intermediate
Risk & Governance Familiarity with audit and risk management practices Intermediate
AI Integration
Experience with integrating AI/ML capabilities into cloud solutions Intermediate
Understanding of Generative AI concepts and applications Intermediate
Must Have Qualifications:
Python and Java development, strong understanding of design and explain as well as educating other developers.