Job Description
Senior .NET Software Engineer / SRE DETAILS Location : Arlington, TX 76014 (hybrid onsite 2-days per week) Position Type : 6M C2H Hourly / Salary : to $160K+ (based on experience level) JOB SUMMARY Vaco is currently seeking a Senior .NET Software Engineer / SRE for a 6M C2H opportunity that is located in Arlington, TX 76014 (hybrid onsite 2-days per week). About the Project : This is an ongoing multi-year digital transformation initiative (now roughly 2+ years in) focused on modernizing financial services platforms, making them more scalable, reliable, automated, and cloud-native. The .NET Engineer / SRE will be building and extending tools / frameworks for SRE practices, including automation scripts, custom monitoring, CI/CD enhancements, reliability tooling, etc. The .NET Engineer / SRE will help bridge the gap between development teams (writing .NET) and SREs (ensuring reliability at scale), especially within this strategic / tool building-focused SRE practice. This is not a traditional .NET Developer (no owning user-facing APIs or business logic for financial services), but rather applying .NET skills to SRE tasks, including building custom tools for automation, reliability, and release engineering, creating GITHub Copilot context files to embed SRE practices (security / performance checks) early in development cycles, debugging / refactoring code in production environments, performing root-cause analysis, and iterating post-deployment. Additionally, there's no traditional on-call production monitoring / support, whereas the focus will be on design, architecture, automation, and enabling scalable DevOps / SRE practices for development teams, rather than day-to-day firefighting. Ideal Senior Candidate : The ideal candidate will come with a Developer-First Mindset for full SDLC, Architecture Ownership, and Problem Solving (build the tool if it does not exist approach). Having .NET fluency enables strategic SRE in their .NET / Azure ecosystem, bridging gaps between development and operations without siloed roles. The Senior Engineer MUST be able to walk through their most recent projects, in depth, describing complex features, debugging, and development frameworks (why you'd choose one over the other for particular tasks, etc.). JOB REQUIREMETS .NET Core Development (hands-on core expertise) – Strong C# / .NET (Core 6/8+) Development | Building / Maintaining Production-Grade Applications / APIs / Services | Clean / Maintainable Enterprise Code | Design Patterns (Factory / Singleton, etc.) | Onion / Clean Architecture Cloud Modernization / Migration – Migrating Legacy .NET Applications to Cloud-Native Azure Architectures | Refactoring / Modernizing Existing Codebases While Maintaining High Uptime (99.9%+) Azure-Native Application Development – Designing / Deploying / Supporting .NET Applications Directly in Azure with Real Production Workloads | Beyond Portal-Based “Click-Ops” | Deep Integration of Azure Services into .NET Code AKS / Containerization – Containerizing .NET Applications (Docker Multi-Stage Builds) | Deploying / Managing within AKS (Deployments / Services / ConfigMaps / Secrets / Helm / Node Pools/ Autoscaling / Ingress / Cluster-Level Troubleshooting) CI/CD / Release Engineering – Building / Maintaining YAML-Based CI/CD Pipelines in Azure DevOps | Automated Builds / Testing / Security Scans / Docker Image Creation / Deployments to AKS / App Services | Blue-Green Deployments / Feature Flags for Zero-Downtime Releases Azure Platform Services Integration – Integrating Core Azure Services into .NET Applications (App Services / Azure Functions / Service Bus / Event Grid / Azure Monitor / Application Insights with Custom Telemetry / Distributed Tracing / Metrics) IaC / Terraform – Developing / Managing Terraform-Based Infrastructure (AKS / VNETs / Private Endpoints / Service Bus / SQL Database / Storage) Aligned with Application Development | Scripting (PowerShell / BASH / Python) Identity / Security (Azure) – Implementing Secure Patterns in .NET Services (Entra ID / Managed Identities / RBAC / OAuth 2.0 / JWT / Azure Key Vault / Polly Retry Policies / Private Endpoints / VNET Integration) | SOX Compliance / Secure Authentication Flows | Debugging Post-Migration Identity Issues (Claims / Tokens / Conditional Access) Observability / SRE Practices – Applying SRE Principles within Development | Production Troubleshooting / Root-Cause Analysis / Iterative Improvements on .NET Applications in Azure | Custom Telemetry / Logging / Performance Monitoring (Application Insights / Log Analytics / Alerting) Database Design / Optimization – Oracle / MS SQL Server / NoSQL (Cosmos DB) | Hands-on SQL Scripting | Designing / Evolving Database Schemas | Query Performance Analysis / Indexing / Tuning (Post-Migration Behavior Changes, etc.) Problem Solving / Full SDLC Ownership – End-to-End Ownership of Complex Features / Improvements | Architecture Decisions / Implementation / Production Debugging / Refactoring / Post-Deployment Enhancements | Developer-First Mindset for Building Automation Tools / Reliability Frameworks PREFERRED (not required) Azure Governance / Best Practices – Azure Policy / GitHub Copilot Context / Embedding SRE Practices Early in Development Lifecycle Architecture Frameworks (Familiarity) – Azure Well-Architected Framework (Reliability / Operational Excellence) Advanced AKS / Hybrid – Exposure to Advanced AKS Topics (Cluster Autoscaling / Service Mesh / Cost Optimization) / Hybrid Scenarios (Azure Arc) AI / Automation Enablement – Driving Adoption of AI-Powered Tools (GitHub Copilot) to Improve Developer Productivity / Code Quality
EEO Notice
Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact
HR@vaco.com
.Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
Representation Notice
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring’s discussions with its Client, Highspring’s understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly).
Privacy Notice
Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries (“we,” “our,” or “Vaco by Highspring”) respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.
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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring’s use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client’s use of AI products in hiring.
Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Arlington, TX |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 2,500 to 4,999 employees |
| Year Founded | 2002 |
| Website | http://www.vaco.com/ |
About Company
Vaco provides expert consulting, permanent placement, executive search and strategic staffing for companies around the world, in the areas of accounting, finance, technology, healthcare, operations, administration and more. As a premier talent solutions firm, Vaco connects people to their dream jobs and helps leading companies find talent to grow their business. Since its founding in 2002, Vaco has grown to more than 35 offices across the globe, 700+ employees, more than 3,000 consultants and $450M in revenue. Vaco has been named to Inc. magazine’s list of the fastest-growing private companies for past 11 years and is dedicated to developing long-term relationships, life-long careers and creative client solutions.
Skills
- Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
- Architectural Designunmatched
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
- Authenticationunmatched
- Automationunmatched
- Autoscalingunmatched
- Bash Scriptingunmatched
- Best Practicesunmatched
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- Call Monitoringunmatched
- Cloud Applicationsunmatched
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- Database Designunmatched
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- Design Patterns Programming Methodologiesunmatched
- DevOpsunmatched
- Dockerunmatched
- Ecosystemsunmatched
- English Languageunmatched
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- Identify Issuesunmatched
- Identity Data Managementunmatched
- Machine Toolunmatched
- Metricsunmatched
- Microsoft .NETunmatched
- Microsoft C# (C Sharp)unmatched
- Microsoft SQL Serverunmatched
- Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
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- OAuthunmatched
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- Oracle Databaseunmatched
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- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
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- Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
- Query Analysisunmatched
- Refactoringunmatched
- Release Management/Engineeringunmatched
- Reliability Engineeringunmatched
- Root Cause Analysisunmatched
- SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
- SQL Databasesunmatched
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)unmatched
- Scripting (Scripting Languages)unmatched
- Software Administrationunmatched
- Software Designunmatched
- Software Developmentunmatched
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)unmatched
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- State Laws and Regulationsunmatched
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