Senior React & Cloud Applications Lead

State of North Carolina - Health & Human Services; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

State of North Carolina - Health & Human Services is seeking an Applications Systems Specialist I to lead ReactJS development in an AWS cloud environment. The role covers full SDLC, front-end and full-stack work, and collaboration with IT leadership.

The position supports cloud deployments, modernization, and CI/CD pipelines, with onsite Raleigh reporting and hybrid work eligibility. Strong React, AWS, Docker, and API integration skills are required.

Qualifications

• Experience developing and enhancing ReactJS applications using ES6+ and Hooks.
• Experience integrating React components with GraphQL and RESTful APIs.
• Strong UI development skills: HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, React-Bootstrap.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, and maintain ReactJS applications in AWS cloud environments.
• Integrate React front‑end with REST APIs and GraphQL.
• Support cloud deployments using AWS services (ECS/EC2/S3/Lambda).
• Participate in requirements analysis, design, and estimation.
• Troubleshoot issues in development, testing, and production.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and workflows.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional IT teams for scalable performance.
• Assist modernization, cloud-native patterns, and CI/CD automation.

Skills

ReactJS development

UI/UX development

Cloud deployments

CI/CD pipelines

GraphQL REST APIs integration

ES6+ JavaScript

Docker-based development

PostgreSQL integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or IT

Associate degree in computer science or IT

GED + 8 years experience in development

Tools

AWS ECS

EC2

S3

Lambda

Aurora

CloudWatch

Auto Scaling

Route 53

VPC

IAM

SQS

Docker

PostgreSQL

AWS CLI

SDKs

Job description

State of North Carolina - Health & Human Services is seeking an Applications Systems Specialist I to lead ReactJS development in an AWS cloud environment. The role covers full SDLC, front-end and full-stack work, and collaboration with IT leadership.

The position supports cloud deployments, modernization, and CI/CD pipelines, with onsite Raleigh reporting and hybrid work eligibility. Strong React, AWS, Docker, and API integration skills are required.