Ignite IT - Innovation & Technology

Senior Developer

Ignite IT - Innovation & Technology

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Suitland-Silver Hill • Maryland • United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSCloudMicroservicesPostgresPython

About the role

  • The Senior-Level Developer serves as a technical modernization leader responsible for designing, refactoring, and implementing AWS Cloud Native solutions as part of a large-scale legacy system-of-systems migration initiative.
  • Actively participate in system discovery, contribute to development of a structured systems inventory, and support creation and execution of phased migration plans from legacy on-premises platforms to cloud-native environments.
  • Ownership of complex refactoring efforts, architectural fidelity, and integration stability across interconnected modernization workstreams.
  • Participate in structured discovery sessions to assess legacy systems, data flows, and integration dependencies.
  • Collaborate with architects and Requirements Engineers to align modernization strategy with technical feasibility.
  • Lead complex refactor efforts from legacy environments to Python-based AWS Cloud Native architectures.
  • Ensure computational and functional equivalence during migration.
  • Architect event-driven and serverless patterns.
  • Identify cross-workstream integration risks.
  • Design CI/CD-aware applications compatible with GitLab or equivalent pipelines.
  • Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of software development experience.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Python.
  • Demonstrated experience participating in development and execution of a systems inventory and migration plan from legacy on-premise systems to AWS Cloud.
  • Expert-level experience with AWS services and serverless architectures.
  • Experience refactoring legacy systems into cloud-native architectures.
  • Experience building data-intensive and distributed applications.
  • Experience designing APIs, microservices, and event-driven systems.
  • Experience with relational databases (Aurora/Postgres preferred).
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices.
  • Experience working in Agile Scrum Teams.
  • U.S. Citizenship required.
Benefits
  • 401(k) with matching and 100% Vested
  • Health Insurance - 3 plans to select from
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Health savings account
  • Life insurance
  • Short Term Disability
  • Long Term Disability
  • AD&D
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development assistance
  • Training
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Flexible schedule
  • Flexible spending account
  • Referral program
  • Paid Legal Plan
  • and more....
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonAWS Cloudserverless architecturesrefactoringAPI designmicroservicesevent-driven systemsrelational databasesCI/CD pipelinesDevSecOps
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingorganizational skills