Cloud DevOps Team Lead: Software Engineer II

Navius Technologies LLC; Maryland; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Navius Technologies LLC in Annapolis Junction, MD is seeking a Software Engineer 2 who will lead a small cloud-focused development team while contributing as a hands-on engineer. You will steer projects from concept to prototype in short cycles, applying modern cloud-native and DevOps practices to deliver robust, scalable software.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in a related field and a minimum of 14 years of software engineering experience, with strong Python and Java skills,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in Computer Engineering, CS, EE, Math, or Physics or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 14 years of relevant software engineering, modernization, or architecture experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small cloud-focused software development team, providing technical direction, mentoring, and day-to-day coordination of work.
• Design, develop, maintain, and enhance complex software systems using cloud-native and microservices architectures.
• Own features end to end from requirements to deployment and support in AWS/HCI environments.
• Build distributed applications, APIs, and data-intensive services using containers and Kubernetes.
• Apply engineering best practices including code reviews, CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, and logging.
• Contribute to system design including hardware/software tradeoffs and reuse strategies.
• Perform requirements analysis and synthesize from system level to services and modules.
• Build and run simulations and test harnesses to validate behavior and performance.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across application, data, and infrastructure layers; optimize performance.
• Collaborate with product owners and system engineers to refine requirements and deliver incremental value.
• Foster continuous improvement and learning within the team with cloud, DevOps, and data engineering best practices.

Skills

AWS

Python

Java

Podman

Docker

Kubernetes

Hadoop

Microservices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE/Math/Physics

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

CloudWatch

Job description

Navius Technologies LLC in Annapolis Junction, MD is seeking a Software Engineer 2 who will lead a small cloud-focused development team while contributing as a hands-on engineer. You will steer projects from concept to prototype in short cycles, applying modern cloud-native and DevOps practices to deliver robust, scalable software.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in a related field and a minimum of 14 years of software engineering experience, with strong Python and Java skills,