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# Agile Developer L4 - Software Architect

- **Company:** POWER3 SOLUTIONS, LLC
- **Location:** Annapolis Junction, MD, United States
- **Salary:** $200,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Java (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Application Services, Automation of Tests, Static Program Analysis, Code Review, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Security, Software Design Patterns, Amazon DynamoDB, Event-Driven Programming, Python (Programming Language), Apache Maven, MongoDB, NoSQL, OAuth, OpenID, Data Logging, Spring-boot, AWS Lambda, Gitlab, Containerization, Kubernetes, Low Latency, Playwright, Cloudwatch, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Cucumber (Software), Software Version Control, Data Pipelines, Devsecops, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** August 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9116573/agile-developer-l4-software-architect

## About the Role

* 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

## Description

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., * 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.


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