Top Python Jobs in Washington, DC

Hands-on engineering leader responsible for designing, building, and operating enterprise endpoint platforms (Windows/macOS, VDI, Intune/MECM). Owns strategy, automation (zero-touch provisioning), OS lifecycle, security posture, and operational KPIs. Manages ~20-25 engineers, leads large migrations and vendor programs, serves as highest technical escalation for complex endpoint incidents, and drives testing, validation, and continuous improvement across thousands of endpoints in hybrid environments.

Lead design, automation, and operation of large-scale cloud services for federal customers. Improve reliability via SRE practices (SLIs/SLOs, incident response), build automation and self-service platforms using Go/Python, Terraform, and Kubernetes, and ensure compliance with FedRAMP/IL6. Mentor teams, drive reliability initiatives, and modernize deployments with CI/CD and GitOps.

Embed with U.S. government customers to design, build, deploy, and maintain mission software from prototype to production. Own end-to-end delivery, build backend systems and data integrations, collaborate with product and engineering to scale reusable capabilities, and serve as the technical point of contact to drive adoption and mission impact.

Implement and tune Microsoft Purview records management, classify and migrate content, develop Python and PowerShell automation for metadata extraction/validation, configure SharePoint Online and Power Platform workflows, and collaborate with records stakeholders to ensure compliant records governance.

Manage and maintain Linux and Windows servers, write scripts in PowerShell, Python, and shell, deploy and support cloud infrastructure, install and configure enterprise monitoring tools (Dynatrace, ScienceLogic, Splunk), configure alerting from logs, and build dashboards and visualizations for operations and executive views.

Design, build, and operate petabyte-scale data infrastructure: real-time ingestion, storage (open table formats), and serving. Lead performance, reliability, and cost optimization across Spark and streaming pipelines (Kafka/Flink), define data contracts, and establish best practices and tooling. Collaborate with platform, product, and deployment teams to deliver production-grade data systems on AWS GovCloud, Kubernetes, and Airflow.

Build and maintain scalable, user-centered backend and frontend systems. Design permission and secure collaboration frameworks for cross-organizational data sharing. Own major features end-to-end, work with product and design, iterate with deployment and users, and solve high-scale distributed system challenges.

Design and build control plane and automation systems to provision and manage network connectivity at scale. Extend APIs and self-service networking, automate infrastructure workflows across AWS and customer environments using Python, Terraform and Pulumi, and lead debugging of complex connectivity and distributed system issues.

Lead and mentor engineering teams to design, build, and ship scalable, production-grade software. Own major features, drive technical decisions, collaborate with product and design, and ensure reliable distributed systems supporting real-time collaboration, high-scale data ingestion, and ML-powered features.

Responsible for deploying, configuring, maintaining Linux servers, assisting with system administration, and managing OS patches using various tools.

Looking for a Python(Django) Developer with expertise in Python, Django, and front-end technologies. Responsibilities include maintaining design integrity and communicating with clients effectively.

The role involves Test Engineering with specific requirements for security clearance and extensive experience. Responsibilities include executing evaluation plans, producing reports, and performance analysis, along with a focus on automation testing.

Lead QA efforts for a modern AWS GovCloud-based workflow application: design and execute test strategy, implement and maintain automation (Playwright/Selenium), validate front-end (Angular), APIs, and databases (Postgres/SQL Server), run CI/CD integrated test suites, support performance testing, and drive quality in Agile teams.

As a Mission Operations Engineer, you will deploy and integrate solutions, build relationships with clients, provide training, enhance products, and solve operational issues.