Technical Lead

NuAxis Innovations; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NuAxis Innovations is seeking a Technical Lead to provide hands-on technical leadership for modernizing MSHA’s systems, guiding an application‑development team through design, development, testing, and deployment.

The role requires substantial experience with TypeScript and Angular, middleware in Java or .NET, Oracle DB, and DevSecOps delivery, with emphasis on user‑centered design and cross‑functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Hands-on TypeScript development experience.
• Hands-on Angular development experience.
• Ability to apply user-centered design principles.
• At least five years of experience managing application development on IT projects.
• Experience managing people and processes within development teams.
• Associate degree in IT or related field.
• Demonstrated Java or .NET middleware development experience.
• Demonstrated Oracle database development experience.
• Experience conducting technical and code reviews.
• Experience translating requirements into software designs.
• Experience with full software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead the app development team in designing and implementing solutions that satisfy functional, technical, security, accessibility, and performance requirements.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership for TypeScript and Angular application development.
• Guide the implementation of responsive, accessible, user-centered interfaces across devices.
• Apply user-centered design principles and federal digital-experience standards.
• Lead or review Java or .NET middleware design, development, integration, and troubleshooting.
• Lead or review Oracle database development, queries, stored logic, data access, performance, and migration activities.
• Perform code reviews for front-end developers, middleware engineers, and other team members.
• Ensure secure coding practices and DevSecOps delivery.

Skills

TypeScript

Angular

User-centered design

People management

Application development leadership

Education

Associate degree in IT/Engineering

Tools

Git

Jira

Confluence

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

We are a federal IT company on a mission to make customer experience (CX) the center of every government solution.

Technology is our Passion. People are our Purpose.

We know tech, but we love people. NuAxis is home to thinkers and feelers; engineers and artists. We work hard and support each other along the way. Teamwork is more than just a buzzword for us, it’s a state of mind.

We believe happy employees do amazing work, so join our team NOW. We are currently seeking a talented and motivated Technical Lead for a full-time position.

Job Summary:

The Technical Lead will provide hands‑on technical leadership for the modernization of MSHA’s Qualification and Certification, Miner Identification Number, and Issuance systems. The individual will lead and guide an application‑development team in designing, developing, testing, documenting, and deploying modernized software solutions. The Technical Lead must bring substantive, demonstrable experience with TypeScript and the Angular Framework, user‑centered design, Java or .NET middleware, Oracle database development, requirements analysis, system design, code review, testing, and DevSecOps delivery. This is not a purely architectural or personnel‑management position. The Technical Lead must possess credible hands‑on development experience and the ability to review and guide the work of front‑end developers, middleware engineers, database personnel, and software testers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the application‑development team in designing and implementing solutions that satisfy approved functional, technical, security, accessibility, and performance requirements.
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership for TypeScript and Angular application development.
• Guide the implementation of responsive, accessible, user‑centered interfaces for desktops, laptops, tablets, mobile phones, and supported web browsers.
• Apply user‑centered design principles and federal digital‑experience standards.
• Lead or review Java or .NET middleware design, development, integration, and troubleshooting.
• Lead or review Oracle database development, queries, stored logic, data access, performance, and migration activities.
• Perform code reviews for front‑end developers, middleware engineers, and other technical team members.
• Develop or guide implementation of complex business and decision‑support logic, including notifications, rules, workflows, validations, and database queries.
• Analyze existing process‑flow diagrams, use cases, system documentation, source code, architectures, backlogs, and planned releases.
• Work with stakeholders and product owners to validate, refine, and decompose business needs into detailed functional and system requirements.
• Facilitate technical and requirements‑elicitation discussions with business, product, development, testing, security, and operations stakeholders.
• Produce or oversee process flows, wireframes, use cases, test cases, interface specifications, architecture diagrams, and detailed system‑design documentation.
• Transform stakeholder requirements into a detailed technical design describing components, interfaces, data movement, security controls, and deployment considerations.
• Collaborate with DOL stakeholders to define and document the target architecture.
• Analyze and recommend approaches for system migration, data migration, data management, and modernization.
• Ensure development follows applicable DOL standards, federal requirements, and industry practices.
• Support Agile sprint planning, story refinement, technical estimation, solution design, development, code review, testing, and release preparation.
• Ensure code is maintained in the approved DOL Git repository.
• Support Jira and Confluence documentation for epics, user stories, tasks, defects, test cases, and technical decisions.
• Integrate cybersecurity into design, development, testing, release, and deployment activities.
• Support vulnerability mitigation, security testing, security authorization, configuration baselines, access controls, encryption requirements, and interface protections.
• Support automated testing and code‑promotion practices within a container‑based, version‑controlled DevSecOps pipeline.
• Ensure releases include the required code‑review, unit‑test, accessibility‑test, performance‑test, and security‑test evidence.
• Collaborate with software testers to ensure delivery of reliable, secure, accessible, and maintainable solutions.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, support manuals, deployment instructions, configuration documentation, and release artifacts.
• Provide technical leadership during transition‑in, knowledge transfer, production implementation, operational handoff, and transition‑out.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Demonstrated hands‑on TypeScript development experience.
• Demonstrated hands‑on Angular Framework development experience.
• Demonstrated experience applying user‑centered design principles.
• At least five years of experience managing application development on IT projects of similar scope and complexity.
• Experience managing people, processes, and technologies within application‑development environments.
• Associate degree in information technology, engineering, quantitative analysis, or a similar field.
• Two years of specialized experience may substitute for one year of the academic requirement.
• Demonstrated Java or .NET middleware development experience.
• Demonstrated Oracle database development experience.
• Experience conducting technical and code reviews.
• Experience translating functional requirements into software code and technical designs.
• Experience with internal testing, production‑environment support, and technical documentation.
• Experience developing complex business logic, decision‑support logic, notifications, workflows, validations, or database queries.
• Experience with application maintenance, production support, bug identification, and software‑patch delivery.
• Experience participating in the full software development lifecycle.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience modernizing large federal or public‑sector web applications.
• Experience with federal regulatory, credentialing, enforcement, compliance, or case‑management systems.
• Experience with responsive design, Section 508, WCAG, Trusted Tester practices, or equivalent accessibility testing.
• Familiarity with the U.S. Web Design System and the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act.
• Experience with Git, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, containers, and automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with secure coding, vulnerability remediation, security authorization, and NIST‑aligned controls.
• Experience with data migration, database modernization, and integration of legacy data.
• Experience supporting applications that process personally identifiable or sensitive information.
• Experience developing applications for current and previous versions of major web browsers.
• Experience with low‑code or no‑code development approaches in conjunction with custom application development.
• Experience providing production support and transitioning applications to operations‑and‑maintenance teams.

Our Profile:

We are an IT company with a unique mission—to make people the center of every federal IT solution. Our technologists have always gone the extra mile to help our federal clients succeed. And over the years, we saw a growing disconnect in how federal IT initiatives were built and managed.Time after time, programs failed because the focus was on the tools and products and not the people using them. Learn More. NuAxis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation. Learn More about our Benefits and Culture! #NAI #DICE