Bixal

Build and maintain developer portal and tooling to automate workflows and integrate identity and compliance controls. | Bachelor's degree and 8+ years software engineering experience with automation, plus ability to obtain security clearance. | Important Notice for Applicants: At Bixal, we want to ensure a transparent and secure application process for all candidates. Official communication will come from an email address ending in @bixal.com or from @bixal.na.teamtailor-mail.com. Messages from other sources may be fraudulent, and you should exercise care to avoid any links or attachments included. Bixal will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Need Assistance or a Reasonable Accommodation? If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, we're here to help. Please reach out to us at talent@bixal.com and let us know how we can support you. You do not need to share personal details or disclose the nature of your request. You can expect a response from a team member within 24 hours during the regular work week and on the next operating day during the weekend or holidays. Why Bixal? Bixal is a consulting company headquartered in Fairfax, VA, working alongside governments and organizations to help them deliver better services and experiences to the communities they serve. Using evidence-based knowledge and technology, Bixal empowers clients to deliver on their missions more effectively by fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement. Our values: People-First: Emphasizing the importance of people in all aspects of work. Collaboration and Transparency: Valuing teamwork and open communication. Growth Mindset: Encouraging innovation and continuous improvement. Creating Lasting Impact: Focusing on meaningful outcomes and positive change. About the role: In this role, you'll build and maintain the self-service developer portal and developer-facing tooling that make our client’s platform golden paths easy to find and use. Embedded within the Developer Experience team, you'll work in direct proximity to the team's UX researcher and content specialist, translating research-backed interaction patterns and onboarding flows into working, instrumented software within the same sprint cadence as the research that defines what developers need. This role offers you a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on a mission-critical federal platform that aligns with Bixal's mission of delivering innovative, human-centered solutions. At Bixal, we support your professional journey, ensuring your experience reflects our purpose-driven culture and prepares you for future success. Location This role can work remotely from anywhere in the USA. You must be legally authorized to work in the US. Bixal does not provide visa sponsorship. Compensation: The salary range for this role is $135,000 – $138,000. In the spirit of transparency, most offers tend to land near the midpoint of the range. We make compensation decisions thoughtfully, considering your experience, the skills you bring, and our commitment to internal equity. Fairness and transparency are core to how we operate. Responsibilities: Build and maintain the self-service developer portal and developer-facing tooling for a federal agency’s platform. Design and automate cross-platform workflows spanning source control, CI/CD, issue tracking, observability, and collaboration tools to reduce manual developer toil. Build reusable automation patterns (APIs, bots, webhooks, event-driven services, IaC, internal tooling) that standardize engineering workflows. Integrate identity, access management, provisioning, and compliance controls across SaaS platforms to enable secure self-service. Monitor and maintain workflow reliability, including failure detection, retry strategies, and audit logging. Translate research-backed interaction patterns and onboarding flows into working, instrumented software. Deliver platform improvements that measurably improve developer experience (reduced setup time, faster deployment cycles, improved release confidence). Collaborate closely with the UX and documentation specialists on the team. Other relevant duties as qualified and trained to perform. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Demonstrated hands-on experience designing and automating cross-platform workflows spanning source control, CI/CD pipelines, issue tracking, observability, and collaboration tools. Proven ability to build reusable automation patterns (APIs, bots, webhooks, event-driven services, IaC, internal tooling). Experience integrating identity, access management, provisioning, and compliance controls across SaaS platforms for secure self-service. Strong capability in monitoring and maintaining workflow reliability, including failure detection, retry strategies, and audit logging. Able to independently deliver platform improvements that measurably improve developer experience while preventing tool sprawl and fragmentation. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Tier 4 High Risk Public Trust clearance. Nice to Have Skills and Experience: Experience building internal developer portals or platform-as-product tooling. Familiarity with GitLab, Jira, Confluence, Datadog, and Figma-integrated toolchains. Experience applying human-centered design inputs directly into software delivery. Exposure to AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GSA USAi, AWS Bedrock, Microsoft Copilot). How We Support Our Team: Flex hours 401K with matching incentive Parental Leave Medical/dental/vision benefits Flex Spending Account Company provided short-term disability and life insurance Commuter benefits Paid Time Off (PTO) 11 Paid holidays Our company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all individuals and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws. Employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs.

Build and operate CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and observability foundations to support engineering teams while driving continuous improvement. | Bachelor's degree and at least eight years of platform engineering or infrastructure automation experience with ability to obtain security clearance. | Important Notice for Applicants: At Bixal, we want to ensure a transparent and secure application process for all candidates. Official communication will come from an email address ending in @bixal.com or from @bixal.na.teamtailor-mail.com. Messages from other sources may be fraudulent, and you should exercise care to avoid any links or attachments included. Bixal will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Need Assistance or a Reasonable Accommodation? If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, we're here to help. Please reach out to us at talent@bixal.com and let us know how we can support you. You do not need to share personal details or disclose the nature of your request. You can expect a response from a team member within 24 hours during the regular work week and on the next operating day during the weekend or holidays. Why Bixal? Bixal is a consulting company headquartered in Fairfax, VA, working alongside governments and organizations to help them deliver better services and experiences to the communities they serve. Using evidence-based knowledge and technology, Bixal empowers clients to deliver on their missions more effectively by fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement. Our values: People-First: Emphasizing the importance of people in all aspects of work. Collaboration and Transparency: Valuing teamwork and open communication. Growth Mindset: Encouraging innovation and continuous improvement. Creating Lasting Impact: Focusing on meaningful outcomes and positive change. About the role: We're looking for a Staff Platform Engineer to build and operate the CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and observability foundation that engineering teams rely on daily. You'll work hands-on with Terraform, GitLab, and Datadog to deliver golden-path templates and environment automation, supporting on-call rotations and continuous improvement of our client’s developer platform. This role offers you a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on a mission-critical federal platform that aligns with Bixal's mission of delivering innovative, human-centered solutions. At Bixal, we support your professional journey, ensuring your experience reflects our purpose-driven culture and prepares you for future success. Compensation: The salary range for this role is $135,000 – $145,000. In the spirit of transparency, most offers tend to land near the midpoint of the range. We make compensation decisions thoughtfully, considering your experience, the skills you bring, and our commitment to internal equity. Fairness and transparency are core to how we operate. Responsibilities: Build and operate CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and Terraform templates supporting the engineering platform. Implement and maintain observability on Datadog, including instrumentation, alerting, and service-level objectives. Support environment automation, on-call rotations, and golden-path delivery. Improve environment stability, deployment safety, and configuration consistency across agency services. Implement monitoring and alerting that support effective incident response and production operations. Eliminate recurring operational work through automation, improving team velocity. Deliver platform improvements with measurable impact on reliability and developer productivity. Participate in two-week sprints, backlog refinement, and architecture reviews with the Platform Enablement team. Other relevant duties as qualified and trained to perform. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and at least eight (8) years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Hands-on experience building and maintaining delivery pipelines, infrastructure automation, and shared platform services for high-availability systems. Demonstrated ability to improve environment stability, deployment safety, and configuration consistency. Experience implementing monitoring and alerting that supports effective incident response and production operations. Strong automation skills to eliminate recurring operational work and improve team velocity. Able to independently deliver platform improvements with measurable impact on reliability and developer productivity. Solid understanding of Datadog, GitLab CI/CD, and FedRAMP-authorized toolchains. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Tier 4 High Risk Public Trust clearance. Nice to Have Skills and Experience: Experience with Terraform-based golden-path/IaC module design in a federal or regulated environment. Exposure to AI-assisted coding tools for boilerplate or IaC generation. Prior federal or large-scale enterprise platform engineering experience. How We Support Our Team: Flex hours 401K with matching incentive Parental Leave Medical/dental/vision benefits Flex Spending Account Company provided short-term disability and life insurance Commuter benefits Paid Time Off (PTO) 11 Paid holidays Our company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all individuals and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws. Employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs.

Lead cloud and DevSecOps architecture, platform strategy, and technical leadership for federal delivery programs. | 10+ years cloud engineering and DevSecOps experience, federal proposal support, cloud platform expertise (AWS, Azure, GCP), secure and compliant delivery, excellent communication, and Public Trust clearance. | About the role: Bixal is seeking a Principal Cloud & DevSecOps Architect to serve as a senior technical authority across our federal delivery programs. This role owns end-to-end cloud and DevSecOps architecture, drives platform strategy, and provides hands-on technical leadership to engineering teams. The ideal candidate is a deeply experienced architect and natural communicator who earns trust with clients and teams through technical credibility, and who can also contribute meaningfully to technical solutioning and proposal efforts when called upon. Location: This is a fully remote position. Must be legally authorized to work in the US. Bixal does not provide visa sponsorship. Compensation: The salary range for this role is $178,000 - $195,000. We make compensation decisions thoughtfully, considering your experience, the skills you bring, and our commitment to internal equity. Fairness and transparency are core to how we operate. Responsibilities: Business Development Support • Contribute to technical solutioning for select pursuits, helping shape win themes through architecture and delivery approach • Support technical proposal content and participate in client-facing discussions or presentations as needed Enterprise Architecture & DevSecOps Strategy • Define and own cloud architecture and DevSecOps strategy across active delivery programs and new pursuits • Design secure, scalable, cloud-native platforms encompassing CI/CD, IaC, container orchestration, identity/access management, and observability • Establish architecture standards, reusable patterns, and technical governance aligned with federal security and compliance expectations (NIST/FISMA/FedRAMP) Engineering Leadership & Modernization • Provide hands-on technical leadership through architecture reviews, design decisions, and mentoring of engineers • Lead modernization efforts including legacy-to-cloud migrations, platform hardening, automation, reliability improvements, and AI integration • Ensure solutions meet quality, performance, and compliance requirements across complex federal environments • Serve as a trusted technical voice with clients, communicating architecture decisions, trade-offs, and recommendations with clarity at all levels Qualifications: • 10+ years of progressive experience in cloud engineering, DevSecOps, platform engineering, SRE, or technical architecture • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field • Experience supporting and/or leading federal proposals with solutioning, writing, technical challenges, etc. • Demonstrated ownership of end-to-end cloud architecture and delivery outcomes in complex environments • Deep experience with one or more cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and modern DevOps practices including IaC, CI/CD, and containers/Kubernetes • Strong understanding of secure delivery and compliance-driven environments; ability to embed DevSecOps into the SDLC • Excellent communication skills, able to convey complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance Preferred Qualifications: • Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and/or enterprise architecture credentials • Experience working Databricks, Databricks certification, or experience setting up environments to integrate and work with Databricks. • Experience building reusable platform patterns that accelerate delivery across multiple teams • Active participation in DevSecOps or cloud communities, with recent thought leadership activities. How We Support Our Team: • Flex hours • 401K with matching incentive • Parental Leave • Medical/dental/vision benefits • Flex Spending Account • Company provided short-term disability and life insurance • Commuter benefits • Paid Time Off (PTO) • 11 Paid holidays Department Client Delivery Role Cloud & Compliance Locations Remote within United States Remote status Fully Remote

Lead cloud and DevSecOps architecture, platform strategy, and provide hands-on technical leadership for federal delivery programs. | 10+ years in cloud engineering or technical architecture, experience with federal proposals, deep knowledge of cloud platforms and DevOps practices, excellent communication skills, and ability to maintain Public Trust clearance. | About the role: Bixal is seeking a Principal Cloud & DevSecOps Architect to serve as a senior technical authority across our federal delivery programs. This role owns end-to-end cloud and DevSecOps architecture, drives platform strategy, and provides hands-on technical leadership to engineering teams. The ideal candidate is a deeply experienced architect and natural communicator who earns trust with clients and teams through technical credibility, and who can also contribute meaningfully to technical solutioning and proposal efforts when called upon. Location: This is a fully remote position. Must be legally authorized to work in the US. Bixal does not provide visa sponsorship. Compensation: The salary range for this role is $178,000 - $195,000. We make compensation decisions thoughtfully, considering your experience, the skills you bring, and our commitment to internal equity. Fairness and transparency are core to how we operate. Responsibilities: Business Development Support • Contribute to technical solutioning for select pursuits, helping shape win themes through architecture and delivery approach • Support technical proposal content and participate in client-facing discussions or presentations as needed Enterprise Architecture & DevSecOps Strategy • Define and own cloud architecture and DevSecOps strategy across active delivery programs and new pursuits • Design secure, scalable, cloud-native platforms encompassing CI/CD, IaC, container orchestration, identity/access management, and observability • Establish architecture standards, reusable patterns, and technical governance aligned with federal security and compliance expectations (NIST/FISMA/FedRAMP) Engineering Leadership & Modernization • Provide hands-on technical leadership through architecture reviews, design decisions, and mentoring of engineers • Lead modernization efforts including legacy-to-cloud migrations, platform hardening, automation, reliability improvements, and AI integration • Ensure solutions meet quality, performance, and compliance requirements across complex federal environments • Serve as a trusted technical voice with clients, communicating architecture decisions, trade-offs, and recommendations with clarity at all levels Qualifications: • 10+ years of progressive experience in cloud engineering, DevSecOps, platform engineering, SRE, or technical architecture • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field • Experience supporting and/or leading federal proposals with solutioning, writing, technical challenges, etc. • Demonstrated ownership of end-to-end cloud architecture and delivery outcomes in complex environments • Deep experience with one or more cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and modern DevOps practices including IaC, CI/CD, and containers/Kubernetes • Strong understanding of secure delivery and compliance-driven environments; ability to embed DevSecOps into the SDLC • Excellent communication skills, able to convey complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance Preferred Qualifications: • Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and/or enterprise architecture credentials • Experience working Databricks, Databricks certification, or experience setting up environments to integrate and work with Databricks. • Experience building reusable platform patterns that accelerate delivery across multiple teams • Active participation in DevSecOps or cloud communities, with recent thought leadership activities. How We Support Our Team: • Flex hours • 401K with matching incentive • Parental Leave • Medical/dental/vision benefits • Flex Spending Account • Company provided short-term disability and life insurance • Commuter benefits • Paid Time Off (PTO) • 11 Paid holidays Department Client Delivery Role Cloud & Compliance Locations Remote within United States Remote status Fully Remote