Type of Requisition:
Regular
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None
Public Trust/Other Required:
Other
Job Family:
Software Engineering
Job Qualifications:
Skills:
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Angular UI, Java (Programming Language), Spring Boot, Technical Leadership Certifications:
None Experience:
8 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER SR PRINCIPAL
*EAST COAST HOURS*
**MUST HAVE CURRENT AWS CERTIFICATION**
This is a hands-on technical leadership role requiring a strong software engineering background, broad AWS cloud expertise, and the ability to lead and mentor developers.
Duties:
· Lead and mentor a small, distributed Agile development team while remaining hands-on with architecture, design, development, code reviews, and troubleshooting.
· Serve as a key technical point of contact between the development team, program leadership, and customer.
· Translate customer and user requirements into technical specifications, architectural approaches, and implementation plans.
· Design, develop, and maintain enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, Angular, REST APIs, and relational databases.
· Provide technical leadership for applications deployed in AWS, including architecture, containers, networking, security, databases, observability, scalability, and resiliency.
· Build, deploy, and troubleshoot containerized applications using Docker and Amazon ECS.
· Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform/OpenTofu and automated CI/CD pipelines.
· Design and maintain relational data solutions using PostgreSQL and/or Oracle and persistence frameworks such as Hibernate/JPA and MyBatis.
· Apply modern application patterns including micro-services, asynchronous processing, caching, automated testing, and secure software development.
· Support application observability and production troubleshooting using technologies such as OpenTelemetry, AWS X-Ray, Prometheus, and CloudWatch.
· Promote software engineering best practices and identify opportunities to improve application performance, security, maintainability, and architecture.
· Support team workload/capacity planning, technical mentoring, performance feedback, and professional development.
Required Experience and Technical Skills:
· MUST HAVE AWS Certified Developer - Associate, Solutions Architect - Associate, or higher-level AWS certification.
· 8+ years of professional software development experience, including experience developing enterprise applications in Agile environments.
· 2+ years of technical leadership experience as a Technical Lead, Lead Developer, Software Architect, or equivalent.
· Strong hands-on Java and Spring/Spring Boot development experience; Java 21 or recent Java LTS versions preferred.
· Experience developing modern web applications using Angular/TypeScript; Angular 17+ preferred.
· Experience designing and developing REST APIs and micro-service-based applications.
· 4+ years of hands-on AWS experience designing, deploying, operating, and troubleshooting production workloads.
· Strong understanding of AWS architecture and core services, including ECS/ECR, VPC/networking, IAM, load balancing, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, Route 53, and Secrets Management.
· Strong understanding of cloud security, scalability, resiliency, high availability, and observability.
· Experience with Docker, Terraform/OpenTofu, Git, and CI/CD pipelines.
· Experience with PostgreSQL and/or Oracle, SQL, and Java persistence technologies such as Hibernate/JPA or MyBatis.
· Experience with automated testing, code quality, security scanning, and DevSecOps practices.
· Experience with application monitoring, logging, metrics, and distributed tracing.
Leadership Skills and Abilities
· Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor a geographically distributed, 100% remote development team.
· Ability to balance hands-on…