Senior Developer Workspace Engineer

Senior Developer Workspace Engineer

Location: McLean, VA/ Plano, TX

Duration: 12 months with possible contract to hire

Description:

Position Overview: 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

Position Overview: 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.

Key Responsibilities:

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.

Qualifications:

Proven experience in Development and end-user technology.

Strong development skills, particularly in Python and Java.

Excellent communication and advocacy skills.

Must Have Qualifications: Python and Java development, strong understanding of

design and explain as well as educating other developers.

Skill Category Required Skills Proficiency

Level

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

Skill Category

Required Skills

Proficiency

Level

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

Call Notes:

Python and Java development exp

Person who understands complicated systems in production, not looking for person who can optimize java classes.

Top 4 skills:

Python

Java

End User Computing and Virtual desktop infrastructure(VDI)

Operational Support

AWS

Must Have Qualifications:

Python and Java development, strong understanding of design and explain as well as educating other developers.