Senior Cloud-Native App Lead (Federal)

Revolutional; United Arab Emirates; Hybrid; AED 477,000 - 698,000; Full time

Job summary

Revolutional in Suitland, MD, seeks a technically hands-on Lead Application Developer to design, modernize, and integrate enterprise applications supporting mission-critical federal operations. You will lead delivery across cloud-native environments, collaborating with architects, engineers, product teams, and external partners to ensure scalable, secure systems.

You will champion DevSecOps, API and data workflows, and guide development through Agile/SAFe practices while mentoring junior

Qualifications

• US Citizenship with the ability to obtain a Public Trust.
• 15+ years of experience required.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and modernization of enterprise applications within a cloud-native ecosystem.
• Refactor legacy and COTS applications into modular, microservices-based architectures using open-source technologies.
• Design, develop, and integrate APIs, event-driven services, and messaging-based systems.
• Develop secure, scalable, and highly available applications supporting high-volume and near real-time processing.
• Contribute to AI/ML-enabled application workflows, including model integration and deployment support.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting automated testing, deployment, and security validation.
• Implement DevSecOps best practices, including secure SDLC, automated scanning, and compliance validation.
• Support system-of-systems integration across multiple applications, contractors, and technical teams.
• Ensure applications align with federal security and compliance requirements, including NIST, FedRAMP, FISMA, Zero Trust, MFA, and ATO support processes.
• Design and support data ingestion, ETL pipelines, transformation, analytics, and dissemination capabilities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across application, infrastructure, integration, and data layers.
• Lead code reviews, mentor developers, and enforce engineering standards and best practices
• Collaborate within Agile/Scrum and SAFe delivery environments to ensure consistent execution and delivery quality

Job description

Revolutional in Suitland, MD, seeks a technically hands-on Lead Application Developer to design, modernize, and integrate enterprise applications supporting mission-critical federal operations. You will lead delivery across cloud-native environments, collaborating with architects, engineers, product teams, and external partners to ensure scalable, secure systems.

You will champion DevSecOps, API and data workflows, and guide development through Agile/SAFe practices while mentoring junior