Top Senior Python Jobs in Washington, DC

Lead client engagements and design cloud-native enterprise architectures. Define data schemas, produce technical proposals, mentor teams, participate in development, support pre-sales, and ensure solutions are delivered to production using best practices.

The Data Architect will design and implement scalable data solutions, modernize data environments, and ensure compliance with federal data standards while mentoring teams and collaborating with stakeholders.

Designs and manages secure Azure cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines in commercial and classified DoD environments. Responsibilities include Infrastructure as Code automation, pipeline security, DoD compliance, RMF documentation, vulnerability remediation, system monitoring, incident response, and high availability. The role also leads secure infrastructure requirements across teams and supports mission-critical data analytics and machine learning applications.

Design and operate secure, multi-account AWS infrastructure and EKS environments using Terraform. Manage shared developer services, CI/CD pipelines, observability, container platforms, and self-service automation. Support MLOps workloads and agentic AI workflows while collaborating with product teams. Ensure infrastructure and software supply chains meet CMMC Level 2, ATO, NIST, and FIPS requirements.

Design, build, and maintain systems-level Rust software for an AI-powered autonomous drone platform. Integrate AI/ML pipelines, develop networking and protocol components, support autonomy features, and create reliable software for resource-constrained, low-latency environments. Develop and test through simulation while collaborating with ML engineers and contributing across application and systems layers.

Develop backend Command & Control (C2) systems connecting Quindar's platform to satellites. Implement machine-to-machine communication, binary protocols, serialization, transport, stateful comms, telemetry, and hardware integrations. Onboard diverse spacecraft, translate interfaces into maintainable integrations, build scalable abstractions and tooling, and improve reliability, observability, and performance while collaborating cross-functionally.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will enhance user experience for maritime tech, develop a real-time data platform, and oversee large engineering projects.

Lead technical discovery with federal customers to define requirements and design secure, compliant cloud-native architectures. Build POCs/MVPs, produce architecture and deployment documentation, integrate third-party tools, guide implementations, and align sales, engineering, and product teams to deliver AI-driven knowledge management solutions for government environments.

Lead design, development, enhancement, and maintenance of enterprise geospatial applications and APIs. Implement ArcGIS Enterprise solutions, web GIS apps, dashboards, integrations, and ensure compliance with federal IT, cybersecurity, and privacy requirements while guiding development teams and supporting testing, deployment, and O&M.

Design, build, and operate Peregrine's cloud platform to improve performance, reliability, security, and cost-efficiency. Own infrastructure projects end-to-end, automate region/environment provisioning, implement autoscaling and right-sizing, harden security and compliance controls, improve incident response, and create developer-facing tooling and documentation. Mentor junior engineers and influence cross-team technical decisions.

Build and maintain cloud-based infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, automate deployments and workflows, support application deployment, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve reliability and scalability.

Develop and maintain Ruby and Rails applications, write Bash scripts, troubleshoot performance and multithreading issues, optimize SQL/MySQL queries, administer Unix/Linux/Solaris servers, and collaborate in Agile teams. Participate in API and SOA development and use source control (SVN/Git).

Design and implement AWS infrastructure (VPC, S3, EBS, CloudWatch/Trail, IAM, Redshift, HSM), architect hybrid cloud models, support virtualization and VMware (vRealize/vRO/vRA), manage networking (DNS, IP, VPC peering), follow ITIL processes, and automate tasks using shell scripting/Python.

The Sailpoint Consultant will maintain and support SailPoint IIQ infrastructure, troubleshoot issues, develop scripts, and assist project teams with identity and access solutions.

Seeking a Big Data Engineer with 5+ years in data technologies, expertise in RDBMS, cloud storage, data architecture, and experience with Hadoop.

As a Forward Deployed Software Engineer, partner with high-impact public sector customers by developing full-stack applications and providing technical guidance throughout the project lifecycle.

Design, build, and maintain cloud platform services for sensitive federal missions. Operate and monitor air-gapped, secure environments; build CI/CD pipelines without internet; maintain SLOs/SLIs; own runbooks and incident response; support POA&M and Authority to Operate activities; and deliver internal platform enablement while ensuring strict compliance and security.

The Principal Architect & Technical Team Lead will guide a team in AI product development, oversee high-impact architectural decisions, and manage executive stakeholder engagement.

Build, operate, and modernize a cloud-native enterprise data platform powering SaaS AI products. Responsibilities include data ingestion, storage, querying, quality, governance, and operational excellence, collaborating with engineers to deliver scalable, maintainable solutions and refactor legacy systems.

Design and build automated API onboarding, lifecycle management, deployment automation, and developer self-service. Implement REST APIs, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based workflows. Integrate developer portals, API publishing/governance, and enterprise integration for a federal contractor environment.

The Senior Enterprise Architect leads the design and implementation of network and cloud architectures, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and industry practices. Responsibilities include defining architecture frameworks, advising on cloud adoption, ensuring security compliance, and managing cross-functional teams.

Design, deploy, and automate core infrastructure (on‑prem and cloud) and manage Kubernetes and Linux fleets. Collaborate with engineers to build scalable, operable services and improve lifecycle: testing, CI/CD, deployment, monitoring, and performance.

Manage and automate infrastructure for on-prem and cloud deployments using infrastructure-as-code. Build, deploy, and operate services (containers, orchestration, fleet management), improve observability and availability, support security practices, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to scale and operationalize ML and web applications.

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will lead government AI model deployments, design full-stack systems, and ensure successful integrations and relationships with public sector stakeholders.

Lead solutions architecture for government clients, embedding with stakeholders to deploy GenAI solutions, and ensuring project success through prototype development and technical guidance.