Senior IT Applications Engineer - Java & Cloud Technologies - Greensboro, NC

Kaiser Permanente; Greensboro (NC); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Greensboro, NC is seeking a Senior Developer to lead hands-on design, development, and deployment of secure, cloud-native services and APIs. You will mentor teams and collaborate with architects, testers, and product owners to deliver scalable solutions.

Ideal candidates have extensive experience with Java 17, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, microservices, AKS, containerization, and CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.

Qualifications

• Minimum five (5) years experience in software development with SDLC.
• Minimum two (2) years in a technical leadership role, with or without direct reports.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field; minimum eight (8) years experience in software development or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical resources, mentor and train team members to develop software applications.
• Translate business requirements and functional specs into physical program designs and code.
• Design, develop, deploy, and support secure, scalable cloud-native services and APIs.

Skills

Java 17

Spring Boot

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Containerization

GitHub Actions CI/CD

API security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

GitHub Actions

Job description

This position is based in Greensboro, NC. This is a hybrid/flexible role and will require time in an office. This Senior Developer role is a hands‑on technical leadership position focused on designing, developing, deploying, and supporting secure, scalable, cloud‑native services and APIs. The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience with Java 17, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, microservices, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), containerized environments, and GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, along with a strong understanding of API security, scalability, performance, and operational best practices. Experience troubleshooting distributed systems, performing root cause analysis, and supporting high-volume, enterprise-grade applications is essential.

In addition to strong technical expertise, this role requires someone who can serve as a technical lead and mentor, independently drive work and resolve complex issues, and collaborate effectively with architects, developers, testers, product owners, and cross‑functional teams. Experience with CIAM/IAM and modern authentication technologies such as OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, and JWT is preferred. The successful candidate will be comfortable working with distributed onshore and offshore teams, adapting to changing priorities, and communicating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Job Summary

This senior level employee is primarily responsible for translating business requirements and functional specifications into software solutions, for contributing to and leveraging the technical direction for the development of integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions, and for serving as a technical expert for project teams while providing consultation to help ensure new and existing software solutions are developed.

Essential Responsibilities

• Conducts or oversees business‑specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promoting adherence to all procedures and policies; developing work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; determining and carrying out processes and methodologies; coordinating and delegating resources to accomplish organizational goals; partnering internally and externally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating issues or risks, as appropriate; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; evaluating recommendations made; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others.
• Practices self‑leadership and promotes learning in others by building relationships with cross‑functional stakeholders; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; influencing team members within assigned unit; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentoring junior team members; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
• As part of the IT Engineering job family, this position is responsible for leveraging DEVOPS, and both Waterfall and Agile practices, to design, develop, and deliver resilient, secure, multi‑channel, high‑volume, high‑transaction, on/off‑premise, cloud‑based solutions.
• Provides insight into recommendations for technical solutions that meet design and functional needs.
• Translates business requirements and functional specifications into physical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions by partnering with Business Analysts and other team members to understand business needs and functional specifications.
• Ensures appropriate translation of business requirements and functional specifications into physical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions by partnering with Business Analysts and other team members to understand business needs and functional specifications.
• Serves as an expert for innovative technical solutions that meet design and functional needs.
• Facilitates and serves as a technical expert for project teams throughout the release schedule of business and enterprise software solutions.
• Builds and maintains trusting relationships with internal customers, third party vendors, and senior management to ensure the alignment, buy‑in, and support of diverse project stakeholders.
• Recommends complex technical solutions that meet design and functional needs.
• Collaborates with architects and/or software consultants to ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs.
• Provides expertise and guidance to team members for systems incident responses for complex issues.
• Provides implementation and post‑implementation triage and support of business software solutions by programming and/or configuring enhancements to new or packaged‑based systems and applications.
• Reviews and validates technical specifications and documentation.
• Identifies specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions to support technical solutions while incorporating architectural designs.
• Supports component integration testing (CIT) and user acceptance testing (UAT) for application initiatives by providing triage, attending test team meetings, keeping the QC up‑to‑date, performing fixes and unit testing, providing insight to testing teams in order to ensure the appropriate depth of test coverage, and supporting the development of proper documentation.
• Leads systems incident support and troubleshooting for complex and non‑complex issues.
• Identifies specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions, as required, to support technical solutions serving as an escalation point for complex or unresolved issues related to requirements translation.
• Develops and validates complex testing scenarios to identify application errors and ensure software solutions meet functional specifications.
• Participates in all software development lifecycle phases by applying comprehensive understanding of company methodology, policies, standards, and internal and external controls.
• Develops, configures, or modifies basic to moderately complex integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions within various computing environments by designing and coding component‑based applications using programming languages.
• Provides consultation to help ensure new and existing software solutions are developed with insight into industry best practices, strategies, and architectures.
• Builds partnerships with IT teams and vendors to ensure written code adheres to company architectural standards, design patterns, and technical specifications.
• Leads the development, validation, and execution of testing scenarios to identify application errors and ensure software solutions meet functional specifications.
• Leads, mentors, and trains other technical resources to develop software applications.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Core)

• Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management
• Attention to Detail
• Business Knowledge
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Cross‑Group Collaboration
• Decision Making
• Dependability
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
• Drives Results
• Facilitation Skills
• Health Care Industry
• Influencing Others
• Integrity
• Learning Agility
• Organizational Savvy
• Problem Solving
• Short‑and Long‑term Learning & Recall
• Teamwork
• Topic‑Specific Communication

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Functional)

• Acts with Compassion
• Analytical Skills
• Client Focus
• Crisis Incident Management
• Debugging and Troubleshooting
• Demonstrating Personal Flexibility
• Innovative Mindset
• Managing Diverse Relationships
• Organizational Skills
• Prioritization
• Relationship Building
• Technical Communication

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum five (5) years experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (e.g., SDLC).
• Minimum two (2) years in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field and Minimum eight (8) years experience in software development or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two (2) years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above)
• Four (4) years experience in systems analysis, including defining technical requirements and performing high level design for complex solutions.