Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a DevOps Engineer – Graph Platform for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Regulatory clients in the DMV Area.
The Graph Platform team is seeking an experienced DevOps engineer to help build and maintain enterprise-grade graph database infrastructure delivered as a service to the FINRA enterprise. Our platform enables data scientists, analysts, and investigators to leverage graph technology for advanced analytics, AI/ML applications, and complex relationship analysis.
Responsibilities
• Manage platform infrastructure serving multiple internal teams with sensitive financial regulatory data
• Drive both greenfield feature development and production incident response
• Own multi-environment deployment pipelines and strategies
• Balance security and compliance with platform usability and developer experience
• Author detailed technical reviews and architecture documentation.
Required Skills :
• 8+ years of DevOps experience in AWS including S3, EC2/Fargate, Lambda, EMR, CloudFormation
• Proven ability to deliver software-defined infrastructure, automated event handling, system-health dashboards, and CI/CD patterns for Jenkins and GitLab
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Shell scripting, Python/Scala, Groovy
• Experience creating dashboards using Splunk, Grafana+Prometheus, or similar monitoring and observability tools
• Familiarity and comfort working in Agile software delivery environments
• Strong understanding of fundamental design principles for building modular, scalable, and resilient platforms
• Knowledge of secure coding principles and standards
Preferred Skills :
• Experience hosting and managing clustered Neo4j deployments across multiple environments
• Understanding of infrastructure requirements for graph-powered AI applications, including RAG pipelines and knowledge graphs
• AWS Certifications
SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let’s work better together, we mean it. You’ll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .
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