Agile Developer L4 - Software Architect

Power3 Solutions; Maryland; On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

HSA

PTO 7 weeks

401k

Holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Ravens season tickets

Golf events

Job summary

Power3 Solutions is seeking an experienced Agile Developer - Software Architect to own the design, delivery, and evolution of AWS infrastructure and application services. The role blends deep AWS expertise with Java and Python development, mentoring two to four junior engineers and driving architectural best practices.

You will design end-to-end architectures, write production-grade services, and implement IaC while ensuring secure, scalable, and cost-efficient solutions across data pipelines,

Qualifications

• TS/SCI Poly - with CI poly within last 7 years
• BS + 12 years experience
• Desirable: Java, Spring boot, Python or related skills (2 of the below)
• Experience with CI/CD tools and AWS services (Lambda, OpenSearch, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS)
• Experience with microservices and modern IAM/OIDC patterns

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end, scalable, secure and cost-optimized architectures on AWS
• Develop production-grade Java (Spring Boot) and Python (Lambdas) services, including containerized workloads
• Define and maintain IaC for reproducibility and version control
• Architect data and messaging with DynamoDB, OpenSearch, SQS, SNS
• Implement observability via CloudWatch, dashboards, logging, alerting
• Contribute to CI/CD and DevSecOps using GitLab pipelines and blue-green deployments
• Mentor junior engineers and conduct architecture reviews
• Communicate technical details and roadblocks to leadership and stakeholders
• Produce architectural diagrams, runbooks, and SOPs for on-call operations

Skills

AWS

Java

Python

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

Docker

OpenSearch

DynamoDB

SQS

SNS

CloudWatch

GitLab

GitOps

Maven

Playwright

Cucumber

OAuth/OIDC

NoSQL

MongoDB

Education

BS + 12 years experience

Tools

Lambda

OpenSearch

Docker

Kubernetes

Maven

GitLab

GitOps

Playwright

Cucumber

OAuth/OIDC

MongoDB

Job description

We arelooking for an experienced Agile Developer - Software Architect who will own the design, delivery, and evolution of our AWS infrastructure and associated application services.

The ideal candidate blends deep AWS expertise (Lambda, OpenSearch, DynamoDB, SQS, CloudWatch, etc.) with hands on Java and Python development skills and can mentor a small team of junior engineers while driving architectural best practices across the program.

Responsibilities:

• Design & Blueprint – Create end to end, scalable, secure, and cost optimized architectures for event driven services, data pipelines, and search solutions on AWS.
• Hands On Development – Write production grade Java (Spring Boot) and Python (Lambdas) services that run as AWS Lambda functions or containerized workloads (Kubernetes).
• Infrastructure as Code – Define and maintain IaC, ensuring reproducibility and version control of the entire stack
• Data & Messaging Layer – Architect and implement solutions leveraging DynamoDB, OpenSearch, SQS, SNS for high throughput, low latency data access and streaming.
• Observability & Reliability – Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting for CloudWatch and custom dashboards.
• CI/CD & DevSecOps - Be familiar with Gitlab pipeline, static code analysis, blue-green/canary deployments.
• Technical Leadership – Mentor 2 4 junior developers, conduct code reviews, run architecture deep dives, and champion best practice adoption (clean code, design patterns)
• Collaboration – Be able to communicate technical details / solutions as well as roadblocks to leadership and business stakeholders and provide robust solutions as needed.
• Documentation – Produce clear, up to date architectural diagrams, run books, and knowledge base articles to enable cross team consumption. Be able to prepare Standard Operating Procedure for frequently executed as well as on-call operations.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI Poly - with CI poly within last 7 years
• BS + 12 years experience

Desired Skills (2 of the below)

• Java, Spring boot or python
• Microservice architectures
• CI/CD Tools: AWS tools, Maven, Gitlab & GitOps; Kubernetes, docker
• Database : NoSQL / MongoDB Query and Schema Design
• OAuth/OIDC Implementation experience
• Test frameworks and automation to include Playwright and Cucumber

Offering the very best compensation packages and the flexibility to let our employees decide what’s most important to them. No vesting schedule, no annual requirements for perks — we believe you should have the freedom to choose the benefits that work best in your life.

Employee Freedom of Choice

Our focus is on people first. We offer comprehensive and flexible compensation packages that match the best the industry has to offer and can be customized to fit your needs.

Our Benefits

• 100%company-paidhealth,dental, andvisionpremiums
• Automaticcompany contributedHealth Savings Account (HSA)up to$3,900for families
• Up to 7 weeksof Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Automatic 401kInvestment
• Paid11 Federal Holidays
• BlueCross BlueShieldHealth Insurance
• Tuition/TrainingReimbursement
• Access toRavensseason ticketsin club level
• Company-paidgolf events foryour timeandcourse fees

We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, pregnancy, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

The projected compensation range for this position is $200K - $250K. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. In addition, weinvest in our employees beyond just compensation. Ourbenefit offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Dental and Vision Coverage, Health Savings Account (HSA), Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay,Short Term and Long Term Disability,Life Insurance, 401(k) Plan, Safe Harbor 401k Investment, Learning and Development opportunities, Referral Bonuses and Flex Time.

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