About Us

Systone is a digital services company that plays a pivotal role in supporting government missions and objectives through Agile Delivery Management, Human Centered Design and Software Engineering. We provide government and businesses with tools and services needed to serve citizens and customers.

Because we are passionate about empowering government and organizations with innovative technology solutions that drive efficiency and digital transformation, we made it our mission to support the government as the trusted liaison between business and technology.

At Systone, we empower teams to remain self-sufficient and self-directed by hiring people who can solve complex problems through collaboration. This means lending a hand and flexing your multi-skilled muscles (research, content, business analysis, information architecture, etc.), when needed.

Why Join Us?

Innovative Projects:

• Work on impactful projects that improve the lives and health of citizens through technology.

Collaborative Environment:

• Join a team that values open communication, collaboration, and a badgeless approach to working with clients and partners.

Professional Growth:

• Take advantage of opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

Inclusive Culture:

• Be part of a diverse and inclusive team that values different perspectives and experiences.

What the job looks like: 

You’ll be part of a multi-disciplinary foundational components team tasked with improving DevOps and software engineering practices for government enterprise systems in healthcare. We strive to automate all the things and build the highest quality software systems with modern, cloud-native tools and emerging technologies. The project work is primarily remote but may require some client on-site work estimated at <10% (typically a few times a year).

• Your work will primarily be comprised of:

  • Software maintenance of existing Python applications

  • Software maintenance of existing NodeJS applications

  • Software maintenance of existing Terraform IaC

  • Design and development of new Cloud and DevOps solutions to support business needs and growth

  • Performing vulnerability analysis and remediation

  • Documentation creation and maintenance

  • Proactively searching for innovation and improvement opportunities for the supported systems and consult the client with the innovation options.

  • Acting as a SME for many different technologies or solutions.

  • Providing consultation around these areas where applicable to the clients and helping improve processes within and across team boundaries.

• You collaborate with team members to develop tools that support several product development teams across a broad line of business. At times this will be application development or infrastructure as code. At other times you will have a consultative role, developing recommendations with partners and customers.

• You consistently collaborate and pair with your team to design, code, test, debug, deploy and document software in an agile environment, including application framework components.

• You are a self-motivated individual who is willing to collaborate when problems and roadblocks arise. 

• You do independent study, and make progress on your own which you then share with the team.

• You can pivot quickly when changes arise.

• You are aware of security best practices, skilled in assessing security findings, and can monitor a live production system for errors and vulnerabilities.

• You contribute to the design and architecture of software and infrastructure to ensure projects meet goals for security, scalability, maintainability, availability, and resiliency. You clearly articulate and present the implications of design and architectural decisions, issues, and plans to program leaders and stakeholders.

• You collaborate with other teams to define supporting infrastructure and software tools needed to run and monitor software in a large scale environment. You socialize and coach cloud services tools, solutions, and services. 

• You learn and analyze new technologies and industry best practices to identify suitability for adoption by the development team, our partners, and customers.

• You develop reusable patterns and encourage innovation that will increase team velocity.

• You drive a quality mindset within the team.

• You value a psychologically safe environment to further collaboration and discussions on the team.

• You use your excellent communication skills to build relationships with other teams.

Why we want to hire you:

You can design small pieces as you go, while still thinking about how they fit into the whole. You welcome change as a positive thing and never look at anything you deliver as “final.” You understand when “good enough” really IS good enough, without ever compromising on the overall product quality.  You want to work with team members who challenge and support you every day. 

You have these attributes:

• A history of technical leadership, excellent communications, relationship building and positive attitude.

• A self-starting, go-getter attitude. 

• Passionate about learning new technologies and the ability to do so quickly.

• Dedicated to agile engineering practices.

• Write tested, high-quality code efficiently.

You have these essential skills & knowledge:

• Experience developing cloud application architectures, especially AWS.

• Experience in application development and deployment (NodeJS / Python / Terraform).

• Basic Linux networking, shell scripting and administration skills.

• Using design patterns and software engineering best practices.

Nice-to-have skills:

• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, such as PostgreSQL and DynamoDB.

• Expertise in deploying and troubleshooting deployment issues locally and remotely.

• Expertise building APIs using a microservices architecture.

• Experience with automated unit testing, end-to-end testing, smoketests and application monitoring.

• Experience with Docker, preferably Amazon ECS.

• Continuous Integration using GitHubActions.

• Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform, AWS CDK.

• AWS Certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, Devops Practitioner)

You have this background:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology Management or Engineering, or other IT related degree or two (2) additional years of experience in the Information Technology field in lieu of a degree for a total of eight (8) years of experience.

• 6 years of experience that includes  at least 3 years of devops experience and at least 3 years of application development experience.

• Strong consulting skills with a focus on understanding client needs, delivering tailored solutions, and communicating effectively at all levels.

Who you are;

• Must be eligible to work in the US

• Comfortable working remotely

• Comfortable collaborating within a Scrum Team

• Capable of both deciding next actions, and knowing when the decision requires sign off from management

• Comfortable in a dynamic (i.e., startup) work environment

• Embrace AI assistants (e.g., Cluade, ChatGPT, NotebookLM) as force multipliers to accelerate innovation, iterate faster, and maintain high-quality output.

• A good communicator with the ability to express and share ideas to business leaders with a non-technical background

• Ability to work collaboratively within a group, actively network with others and provide varying feedback to the team at the appropriate time to ensure that decisions stick.

• Ability to identify and communicate constraints and can work within them.

Why work with us?

• Be a part of an organization that wants to make an actual difference in society.

• Opportunity to work from anywhere (Within Continental USA)

• Accrued PTO + 11 federal holidays + your birthday off

• Trainings & Certifications budget

• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Referral Bonus

• 401k

Compensation

We have a competitive compensation model that compares very well against the market rates. And we ensure everyone at Systone— regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, nationality, or negotiation skills — is given equal pay for equal work.