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This position requires hands-on engineering capabilities, architectural leadership, and the ability to solve complex technical challenges in secure government environments.\r\nLocation: AWS (Herndon, VA) and Customer Site (Springfield, VA)\r\nWork Schedule: Approximately 50% onsite within SCIF environments at AWS Herndon and Springfield customer locations\r\nSecurity & Access Requirements Active TS/SCI clearance with current CI Polygraph\r\nCurrently eligible and cleared with the Springfield, VA customer\r\nActive SBU, COE, and SIPR/SECNet customer accounts\r\nAWS Green Badge (or eligibility for crossover)\r\nCompany-issued laptop\r\nAbility and willingness to work within a SCIF daily or as required\r\nKey Responsibilities Design and implement enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure utilizing AWS CDK and Infrastructure as Code methodologies\r\nArchitect, develop, and maintain scalable microservices-based applications\r\nBuild and optimize large-scale data engineering pipelines supporting analytics and operational workloads\r\nLead full-stack development efforts using modern Python and JavaScript/TypeScript technologies\r\nDevelop cloud-native and serverless solutions leveraging AWS managed services\r\nImplement event-driven architectures and distributed systems solutions\r\nPerform code reviews and establish engineering best practices across development teams\r\nDrive architectural decisions focused on scalability, security, maintainability, and performance\r\nTroubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across cloud platforms and distributed environments\r\nCollaborate with stakeholders to deliver innovative technical solutions supporting mission objectives\r\nRequired Qualifications Software Engineering 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with a cloud-first development approach\r\nStrong software architecture and system design experience\r\nDemonstrated ability to solve complex technical and distributed systems challenges\r\nPython Development 5+ years of advanced Python development experience\r\nExpertise with FastAPI, Flask, Django, or equivalent frameworks\r\nStrong experience with: Pandas\r\nNumPy\r\nApache Spark\r\nExperience with asynchronous programming and application performance optimization\r\nJavaScript / TypeScript Development 5+ years of modern JavaScript/TypeScript development experience\r\n3+ years of Node.js backend development\r\n3+ years of experience with frontend frameworks such as: React\r\nVue.js\r\nAngular\r\nExperience with modern package managers, build tools, and development workflows\r\nCloud Architecture & Microservices 4+ years designing and implementing microservices architectures\r\nExperience with: Event-driven architectures\r\nService-oriented systems\r\nMessage queuing technologies\r\nAPI design and versioning\r\nService mesh technologies\r\nData Engineering 4+ years of data engineering experience\r\nExperience developing ETL/ELT pipelines using AWS services including: AWS 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continuous compliance monitoring experience\r\nMachine Learning & Advanced Analytics 3+ years working with advanced analytics and machine learning platforms\r\nExperience with: AWS SageMaker\r\nDatabricks\r\nMLOps platforms\r\nModel deployment and machine learning pipeline experience\r\nDatabase Technologies Experience administering and optimizing: Amazon RDS\r\nDynamoDB\r\nMongoDB\r\nRelational and NoSQL data modeling expertise\r\nDatabase performance tuning and optimization experience\r\nDevSecOps Experience integrating security tooling into CI/CD pipelines\r\nHands-on experience with: SonarQube\r\nSnyk\r\nCheckmarx\r\nSecrets management and secure software development practices\r\nArchitecture & Reliability High availability and disaster recovery design experience\r\nBusiness continuity planning\r\nCloud cost optimization and performance tuning\r\nEnterprise-scale architecture design\r\nMonitoring & Observability Experience with: CloudWatch\r\nDataDog\r\nNew 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This role combines cloud engineering, full-stack software development, data engineering, and distributed systems architecture within AWS cloud environments.\r\nThe ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, AWS cloud-native services, Infrastructure as Code, microservices architecture, and large-scale data processing systems. This position requires hands-on engineering capabilities, architectural leadership, and the ability to solve complex technical challenges in secure government environments.\r\nLocation: AWS (Herndon, VA) and Customer Site (Springfield, VA)\r\nWork Schedule: Approximately 50% onsite within SCIF environments at AWS Herndon and Springfield customer locations\r\nSecurity & Access Requirements Active TS/SCI clearance with current CI Polygraph\r\nCurrently eligible and cleared with the Springfield, VA customer\r\nActive SBU, COE, and SIPR/SECNet customer accounts\r\nAWS Green Badge (or eligibility for crossover)\r\nCompany-issued laptop\r\nAbility and willingness to work within a SCIF daily or as required\r\nKey Responsibilities Design and implement enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure utilizing AWS CDK and Infrastructure as Code methodologies\r\nArchitect, develop, and maintain scalable microservices-based applications\r\nBuild and optimize large-scale data engineering pipelines supporting 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Development 5+ years of advanced Python development experience\r\nExpertise with FastAPI, Flask, Django, or equivalent frameworks\r\nStrong experience with: Pandas\r\nNumPy\r\nApache Spark\r\nExperience with asynchronous programming and application performance optimization\r\nJavaScript / TypeScript Development 5+ years of modern JavaScript/TypeScript development experience\r\n3+ years of Node.js backend development\r\n3+ years of experience with frontend frameworks such as: React\r\nVue.js\r\nAngular\r\nExperience with modern package managers, build tools, and development workflows\r\nCloud Architecture & Microservices 4+ years designing and implementing microservices architectures\r\nExperience with: Event-driven architectures\r\nService-oriented systems\r\nMessage queuing technologies\r\nAPI design and versioning\r\nService mesh technologies\r\nData Engineering 4+ years of data engineering experience\r\nExperience developing ETL/ELT pipelines using AWS services including: AWS 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Our compensation package is designed to ensure fair pay for work, reflecting our commitment to integrity.\r\nMany IT companies offer similar services, but what truly sets us apart is our people! We care deeply about our employees and consistently show our appreciation—not just for the final outcomes, but also for the effort and dedication shown every step of the way. Additionally, our generous benefits package supports our team members in living fulfilling and prosperous lives.\r\nHere are just a few highlights of what we offer\r\nFour Weeks of Accrued PTO in the First Year\r\nEleven Paid Federal Holidays\r\nComprehensive Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance\r\n401(k) Plan with Annual Employer Contributions\r\nFlexible Schedules\r\nReimbursements for Continued Education and Training\r\nJ-18808-Ljbffr","datePosted":"2026-06-25T01:21:30.525Z","dateModified":"2026-06-25T01:21:30.525Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Graham Tech","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Springfield","addressRegion":"VA","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"8b8e8e7402b28e92220fae46"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/8b8e8e7402b28e92220fae46"}}