About DPP is seeking a Cloud Lead Developer for an opportunity in Columbia, SC. Work Arrangement • Onsite is highly preferred, but open to remote • W2 position; 6 months • Candidates who are foreign nationals must have resided in the US for at least three (3) of the last five (5) years prior to assignment to the client’s applicable government contract. Position summary: • A typical day for a Cloud Lead Developer involves leading the design, development, and deployment of cloud-native applications while ensuring alignment with architectural standards and business goals. • The day often starts with reviewing code merges and CI/CD pipeline activity using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps, ensuring that builds and deployments are running smoothly. • The developer actively builds and integrates cloud-based solutions using AWS, leveraging services like compute, storage, and serverless functions. • They may spend part of the day writing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or ARM templates to provision and manage cloud infrastructure in a repeatable and scalable way. • Throughout the day, they collaborate with cross-functional teams to design APIs, review architecture, and evaluate modern technologies for future integration. • They also play a key role in mentoring junior developers, enforcing coding standards, and ensuring security best practices are followed across all cloud development activities. • In addition, they provide expertise regarding the integration of cloud applications, lead the planning, design, and implementation of cloud system software, including coding and testing, and act as an internal consultant, offering technical guidance on complex cloud projects. Required technologies: • Full stack software engineering development experience for Java/Java EE ecosystems and JavaScript frameworks. • Agile & Medicare Experience • Hand-on experience with AWS Cloud or Azure and lift-and-shift or re-platforming projects. • Work with cloud architects to resilient, High Availability (HA), and fault-tolerant systems following the Cloud well-architected framework. • AWS Cloud or other Cloud Platform Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider is essential for designing, developing, and deploying cloud-native applications and services. • AWS Services – EC2, Lambda, RDS, Aurora, S3, VPC, IAM, EKS/ECS, Dynamo DB, API Gateway, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Secrets Manager • Setting up log aggregation, tracking, and monitoring using Splunk, CloudWatch, and X-Ray. • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Tools – Terraform, ARM Templates, or CloudFormation, required for automating infrastructure provisioning and ensuring consistency across environments. Security & Compliance Frameworks (NIST 800-53, FedRAMP) • CI/CD & DevSecOps Tools – Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Selenium, SonarQube, Synk, AWS CodePipeline or Azure DevOps, Proficiency in setting up and managing continuous integration and deployment pipelines is critical for modern cloud development workflows. • Familiarity with Section 508 accessibility, remediation and WCAG standards. Nice to have: • Serverless Architectures, security best practices in cloud-native developmnet • Cloud certifications • Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, ECS, Fargate or Kubernetes) • Understanding secure coding practices, identity, and access management (IAM), and compliance requirements (e.g., HIPAA, FedRAMP) is a strong asset in regulated environments Minimum required work experience: • 8 years of application development, systems testing or other job-related experience. Job/class description: • Responsible for analysis, design, programming, and implementation of the most complex applications tasks and projects in the area. Devise feasible, logical procedures to resolve business problems through the use of computer resources. Formulate scope and objectives through research to develop or modify complex systems. Provide technical direction and support in the development and support of business systems software and procedures. Design, code, test and debug the most complex application programs. • Provide expertise regarding the integration of applications across the business. Conceive, design, and implement structures and programs to business systems software. • Act as an internal consultant, advocate, mentor, and change agent providing expertise and technical guidance on complex projects. Work closely with customers, business analysts, and team members to determine business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions. Ensure solutions are aligned with business and IT strategies and comply with the organization’s architectural standards. • Provide design recommendations based on long-term IT organization strategy. Make recommendations towards the development of new code or reuse of existing code. Responsibilities may also include participation in component and data architecture design, performance monitoring, product evaluation and buy versus build recommendations. • Perform analysis, design, programming, and implementation on systems and procedures to solve complex business or scientific problems. Develop enterprise-level applications and custom integration solutions. Evaluate complex interrelationships in immediate programming area to determine how changes in one program will affect another related area. • Develop programming and development standards. Devise new sources of data and develop new approaches and techniques. Involved in the full systems life cycle and is responsible for designing, coding, testing, implementing, maintaining and supporting application software that is delivered on time and within budget. • Provide guidance to lower level programmers/analysts. Lead, plan, organize, and/or coordinate complex projects or phases of large projects. Determine and resolve problems with other systems analysts, programmers, and systems users. • Test designed programs, verify logic, perform any necessary "debugging," and write the documentation. Minimum required knowledge, skills, and abilities: • Advanced understanding of applications/development, quality assurance and integration methodologies, concepts and facilities in a mainframe, midrange, and/or PC/LAN environment. • Demonstrates a high level of technical proficiency in the areas of programming languages, platform capabilities, and methods of systems analysis and program design. • Advanced analysis, decision-making, and problem-solving skills. • Demonstrates logical abstract thinking and assimilating/adhering to project goals and deadlines. • Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing. • Able to work well under pressure and as part of a team. • Extensive knowledge of interpersonal skills/team building. • Familiar with project management concepts. Ability to assess requirements, alternatives, and risks/benefits for low- to high-impact projects. • Pays attention to detail. • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, clients, vendors, etc. • In-depth understanding of organizational functions, behavior, and inter-relationships. • Advanced knowledge of relevant operating systems, programming languages, and development tools and their usage in the company. Required education/equivalencies: • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or other job-related degree; • OR, Associates degree in CS, IT, or other job-related degree plus 2 years of work-related experience; • OR, 4 years job-related work experience (total 12 years without a degree) Interested? Learn more: Click the apply button or contact our recruiter Kenny at (url removed) to learn more about this position (#(phone number removed)). Authorized US Worker - US Citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time. EOE/AA/V/D DPP offers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents. Call today to learn more about working with DPP. Nice-to-have skills • AWS • Azure • DevOps • Java • JavaScript • Jenkins • Terraform • Columbia, South Carolina, United States Work experience • Fullstack • DevOps • Cloud Architect Languages • English