Sr Application Engineer

Sr. Application Engineer / Solutions ArchitectLocation: Bethesda, MD (Hybrid)Reports To: Director, Technology Architecture & PlatformsRole Type: Senior Individual Contributor / Technical LeadOverviewSeeking a Sr. Application Engineer to lead the design, development, and support of enterprise applications built with Microsoft Azure and no-code/low-code platforms. This hands-on role combines software engineering, application architecture, code reviews, technical leadership, and mentorship.The position is part of Application Engineering within the Digital Engineering Group and supports custom Azure development (C#/.NET, Python, React), Power Apps, Power Automate, and integrations with Appian-based solutions. The role partners closely with Architecture, Product Management, Cybersecurity, Cloud, Data, Support, Integration, and Quality Engineering teams. No direct reports.Key ResponsibilitiesLead the design, development, deployment, and support of Azure and low-code applications.Develop solutions using C#/.NET, Python, React, Azure services, Power Apps, and Power Automate.Build APIs, business logic, data-access components, reusable libraries, templates, and prototypes.Modernize legacy applications, spreadsheets, and manual processes.Establish engineering standards through code reviews, reusable components, best practices, and mentoring.Evaluate when to use low-code solutions versus custom development based on complexity, security, maintainability, and cost.Manage application lifecycle processes, versioning, deployments, and environment promotion.Collaborate with Integration Engineering on APIs, event-driven services, interfaces, and error handling.Partner with Quality Engineering on automated testing, regression coverage, release readiness, and testability.Integrate enterprise identity, data, AI, document, and notification services.Implement secure development practices including authentication, authorization, managed identities, secrets management, and least-privilege access.Utilize source control, CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, logging, and observability practices.Support production releases, troubleshoot complex incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and drive continuous improvement.