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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Development Specialist - **Company:** VDart, Inc. - **Location:** Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $50,000.0 - $60,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Application Frameworks, Databases, Continuous Integration, Linux, Github, Python (Programming Language), OAuth, Reliability Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering Practices, Ansible, Prometheus, Service-Oriented Architecture, Shell Script, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Systems Architecture, Web Applications, Data Logging, Enterprise Software Applications, Grafana, Database Performance, Backend, Containerization, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Terraform, Docker, Jenkins, Microservices - **Published:** August 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/usf552b75313ce347a6a473de19b8b7e1c ## About the Role * Minimum 5+ years of experience in Python development, automation, and software engineering. * Minimum 4+ years of experience building operational tooling, automation frameworks, platform services, or developer productivity solutions. * Minimum 4+ years of experience administering Linux systems and developing shell scripting solutions. * Minimum 3+ years of experience with observability platforms including Prometheus, Grafana, logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions. * Strong understanding of SQL and database fundamentals. * Minimum 3+ years of experience designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar platforms. * Minimum 3+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker in enterprise environments. * Strong understanding of web applications, APIs, microservices, and distributed service architectures. * Experience with OAuth2, SSO, JWT, and modern authentication technologies. * Travel: Hybrid Model, NYC, New York * Degree: Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent work experience Nice to Have; (But not a must): * Experience with Ansible, Terraform, Helm, or other Infrastructure-as-Code technologies. * Platform Engineering or Internal Developer Platform experience. * Experience building self-healing or auto-remediation solutions. * Knowledge of SRE practices including SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets. ## Description * Experienced Platform & SRE Engineer with expertise in Python automation, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and observability platforms, focused on building scalable, reliable, and self-service platform solutions. Proven track record of improving developer productivity, reducing operational toil through automation, and driving reliability engineering best practices across complex enterprise environments. Skilled in platform engineering, cloud-native technologies, and operational excellence with a strong focus on scalability, resilience, and continuous improvement. * Day to Day job Duties: (what this person will do on a daily/weekly basis) * Build and maintain platform automation solutions using Python and related tooling. * Design, improve, and operate internal platform capabilities that enhance developer productivity and operational reliability. * Develop reusable frameworks and tooling for deployments, monitoring, remediation, reporting, and self-service operations. * Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support reliable and repeatable software delivery. * Drive observability initiatives using metrics, dashboards, logging, monitoring, and alerting platforms. * Collaborate with application teams to improve platform adoption, deployment standards, and operational excellence. * Support and enhance Kubernetes-based application platforms and deployment frameworks. * Work with authentication and authorization technologies including OAuth2, SSO, and JWT. * Analyze application, infrastructure, and database performance to identify optimization opportunities. * Contribute to reliability engineering practices including automation, resilience, capacity planning, and operational readiness. * Partner with engineering teams to reduce operational toil through automation and platform improvements., Job Description: Experience 8 to 12 years in system architecture backend design and hands-on development of Java based enterprise applications or largescale modules Key Respons… + 1 month ago ## Related Videos - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [Keeping applications secure by evolving OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100152-keeping-applications-secure-by-evolving-oauth-2-0-and-openid-connect) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Navigating the Corporate Jungle: Life as a Developer in a large Company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/621-navigating-the-corporate-jungle-life-as-a-developer-in-a-large-company) - [Docker exec without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1094-docker-exec-without-docker) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Why Upskilling And Reskilling is Important For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/428-why-upskilling-and-reskilling-is-important-for-developers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers)