• Deliver priority roadmap features across frontend and backend systems • Develop and maintain applications using Node.js, React, and TypeScript • Support and enhance NHS and third-party integrations • Contribute to scalable, reusable platform architecture • Maintain and optimise cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) • Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines and release processes • Improve monitoring, logging, and system observability • Strengthen deployment reliability and platform stability • Implement and support security improvements and secure coding practices • Ensure alignment with compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, ISO27001) • Improve engineering quality and release discipline by: Reducing defect leakage, Strengthening testing practices and • Supporting test-first / automated testing approaches • Collaborate with Product and stakeholders to translate complex requirements into pragmatic technical solutions • Work across multiple concurrent workstreams and manage priorities effectively

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using Terraform across multiple environments (production, staging, sandbox, and customer deployments). • Architect and operate serverless container workloads using Cloud Run, ensuring efficient scaling, resource management, and cost optimisation. • Design and manage event-driven systems using Pub/Sub, including message retention, acknowledgement deadlines, dead-letter queues (DLQ), and monitoring. • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Cloud Build, including automated Terraform deployments and GitOps-based workflows. • Develop reusable Terraform modules and manage infrastructure across multiple GCP projects using best practices for remote state and environment separation. • Manage containerized workloads and cloud networking using services such as GKE, VPC, Load Balancers, Cloud Armor, IAM, and Secret Manager. • Collaborate with software engineers on architecture design decisions, including scaling strategies, service separation (HTTP vs WebSockets), and performance optimisation. • Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability using Google Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, Sentry, and OpenTelemetry. • Administer and optimise data infrastructure, including MongoDB Atlas, Redis, BigQuery, and Cloud Storage.**Perform incident response and root cause analysis, implementing long-term improvements to increase reliability and resilience. • Own infrastructure end-to-end, including architecture decisions, performance optimisation, cost management, and operational excellence. • Create and maintain documentation, operational runbooks, and best practices. • Mentor engineers and promote DevOps and cloud architecture best practices across the organisation.

• Develop and architect complex integrations using MuleSoft • Implement and maintain automated tests (MUnit), ensuring quality and preventing failures • Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate deployments • Design resilient messaging-based solutions (Anypoint MQ) • Configure security policies and integrate with Azure AD • Manage APIs and environments on the Anypoint Platform (API Manager, Runtime Manager, Exchange) • Ensure governance, security and high availability standards across integrations

Spalding, a Saalex Company is seeking a DevOps Engineer, SR in Patuxent River, MD.  Spalding, a Saalex Company is a professional services company delivering cutting-edge solutions to the Department of Defense since 2001. Our expert-level solutions include software development, information technology, program management, financial management and business intelligence services.  Spalding, a Saalex Company offers competitive compensation, career development, flexible work schedules and excellent benefits. Summary: Seeking a senior-level DevOps Engineer with strong developer experience supporting containerized applications.  Ideal candidate will identify, prove out, test, and implement pipeline process improvements - including utilizing new or existing GitLab or third-party tools or features; exhibit excellent customer service skills to educate customers on pipeline functionality and troubleshoot pipeline issues; be able to interact with all levels of organizational personnel, from training and mentoring teammates to developing and presenting briefs to leadership. Position Type: Full-Time Salary: $135k-$165k (depending on expierence) Work Location: This is a remote position. **On-Site Requirements: On-boarding will require 1-2 visits to Patuxent River, MD for candidates that are local to the area. Candidates out of state will be onboarded virtually. Training will be virtual and telework maximized/permitted to the greatest extent possible, however for local candidates, training/tasking may require on-site work a few hours per week. Future on-site/telework requirements/schedules may change as additional client direction is received. Essential Functions: - Develop DevOps functionality for CI/CD pipeline solutions; improve and maintain GitLab pipeline configurations. - Understand/interpret Cyber Security guidelines to resolve code vulnerabilities. - Maintain, monitor, and proactively research/pilot solutions to optimize and improve the parent scan pipeline; provide recommendations for technology advancement to streamline CI/CD tools and processes. - Assist with GitLab upgrades as received from the vendor (i.e. bi-weekly, monthly, etc.; requires evening support) - Configure customer projects/access to pipeline, including configuring git on customer assets and credentials in customer repositories. - Onboard new applications/customers to the CI/CD environment, working closely with application developers to provide training/technical guidance/troubleshooting assistance. - Craft/help customers craft gitlab-ci.yaml files to orchestrate their child pipelines or test projects; create, maintain, update, and monitor health checks. - Research, perform analysis of alternatives, recommend technical solutions, and architect new CI/CD environments and pipelines, such as Cloud migration or supporting classified systems. - Provide demos/overviews/briefs/newsletters regarding the pipeline and/or associated tools to customers and/or leadership of various levels. - Update and maintain documentation. - Provide mentorship to junior teammates. - Other duties as assigned or required.