AWS Technical Lead/Sr. Java/Angular Developer

Type of Requisition:RegularClearance Level Must Currently Possess:NoneClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:NonePublic Trust/Other Required:OtherJob Family:Software EngineeringJob Qualifications:Skills:Amazon Web Services (AWS), Angular UI, Java (Programming Language), Spring Boot, Technical LeadershipCertifications:NoneExperience:8 + years of related experienceUS Citizenship Required:YesJob 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 engineering responsibilities with technical and people leadership. Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills across application, container, database, networking, and AWS infrastructure layers. Ability to translate business and user requirements into effective technical solutions. Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work directly with customers and technical/non-technical stakeholders. Experience with people-management or team-lead responsibilities including mentoring, performance feedback, workload/capacity management, and professional development. Ability to prioritize work, identify technical risks, and drive engineering best practices. Preferred Skills GitLab CI/CD and GitLab Runner experience. · Linux and shell scripting. JUnit, SonarQube, Playwright, Karma, or comparable testing/code-quality tools. Experience with enterprise authentication/SSO or DSSO. Section 508 accessibility experience. Experience integrating AI capabilities into enterprise applications. Familiarity with additional AWS services and event-driven/server-less architectures. SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVEL