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Sr. AWS Developer

Job Locations US-DC-Washington
ID
2026-4528
Category
Information Technology
Type
Full Time

Overview

Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking a Sr. AWS Developer to support our team in Washington D.C. 

Responsibilities

  • Help support the development of services utilizing AWS Containerized and cloud services along with familiarity with Agile processes and roles along with experience utilizing CI/CD for building and deploying cloud applications with the Python language for backend services and Angular for front-end development.
  • Lead one or more of the following: database management, programming, cloud security/recovery, and cloud-centric integration.
  • Contribute to the design of the code they will be responsible for implementing along with the required documentation.
  • Responsible for remediation and unit testing of code when issues arise as part of the CI/CD, application development, and user deployment process.
  • Work as part of an Agile team

 

AWS DevOps & Systems Engineering:
  • Design, provision, secure, and maintain AWS GovCloud–native infrastructure using Terraform, including services such as Glue, RDS/Aurora (Postgres), CloudWatch, CloudTrail, S3, ECS, and API Gateway.
  • Implement and manage infrastructure-as-code DevOps practices with Terraform, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and SRE best practices.
  • Design, implement, and support centralized logging, monitoring, and auditing solutions using CloudWatch and/or Splunk to meet enterprise and legal retention requirements.
  • Operate and maintain AWS-native solutions, including release management, patching, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and incident response.
  • Participate in production support activities such as monitoring, on-call rotations, change management, and operational readiness.
  • Ensure systems align with federal compliance requirements, including FISMA and NIST 800-53 controls.

 

AWS Data Engineering:
  • Design, develop, deploy, and operate AWS-based data pipelines and processing systems, preferably in GovCloud environments.
  • Implement data ingestion, replication, transformation, and loading workflows supporting multiple data streams and relational data stores.
  • Build and maintain ETL solutions using code-based, version-controlled DevOps workflows with technologies such as Python, SQL, PySpark, pandas, or dbt.
  • Develop and operate AWS data pipeline technologies, including Glue or Airflow, and manage integrations with RDS Postgres, Aurora Postgres, and S3.
  • Design, develop, test, and support REST or GraphQL APIs that integrate with data platforms and support user-facing applications.
  • Implement CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and DataOps best practices for data engineering solutions.
  • Define, implement, and monitor data quality checks and automated testing frameworks using tools such as Glue Data Quality or Great Expectations.
  • Support production data systems through monitoring, incident response, change control, and on-call rotations, ensuring compliance with federal standards such as FISMA and NIST 800-53.
AWS Front-End Engineer:
  • Design, develop, support, and maintain API-driven web applications using Angular or React with TypeScript.
  • Integrate and consume REST and GraphQL APIs and support APIs used by production, user-facing web applications.
  • Collaborate with backend and cloud teams to implement AWS-native API solutions using API Gateway, Lambda, and related services.
  • Implement DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines and automated testing using tools such as Selenium and Jasmine.
  • Create highly interactive, data-driven user interfaces enabling users to view, edit, manipulate, and process complex tabular data from multiple sources.
  • Develop rich, interactive visualizations using libraries such as Highcharts, ag-Grid, and Plotly.
  • Implement and maintain modern authentication and authorization mechanisms using OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, Okta, JWT, and AWS services such as IAM and Verified Permissions.
  • Ensure application quality through comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end automated testing.
  • (Preferred) Design and integrate mapping and geospatial features, including interactive maps and geocoding solutions using tools such as ESRI Online.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or related field, and six years of experience
  • U.S. Citizenship is required per contract to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
    • ECS
    • Terraform
    • AWS CloudTrail
    • AWS CloudWatch
    • AWS API Gateway and AWS Load Balancer
    • AWS S3
    • AWS RDS or Aurora, PostgreSQL
    • AWS Lambda
    • AWS Glue or MWAA (Airflow)
    • AWS GovCloud experience is a plus
  • DevOps
    • GitLab (or Argo CD)
    • git, CI/CD automation
    • Unit testing
    • Automated testing
  • Authentication and Authorization
    • Okta
    • OAuth 2.0
    • OpenID Connect (OIDC)
  • Containerization
    • Docker
    • Kubernetes (AWS EKS, ECS, or Fargate preferred)
  • Front-End Development
    • Typescript
    • Angular
    • REST (or GraphQL) API
    • Selenium
    • Postman
    • Swagger (OpenAPI)
    • Using Okta for application authentication, JWT
  • Data Engineering
    • AWS Glue or MWAA (Airflow)
    • Python 3.x data engineering with pandas or SPARK
    • Data Quality testing tooling (e.g., Great Expectations, Glue Data Quality)
  • Data Visualization
    • Highcharts
    • Ag-grid
    • Plotly
  • XACTA 360 is a plus
  • SPLUNK is a plus
  • Experience working with Federal Agencies and with the NIST 800.53 FISMA standard and process is a plus

Salary: $128,936 - $137,345

Additional benefits include: 

  • Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay
  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Disability, Life Insurance, and AD&D
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Pre-Tax 401K and/or After-Tax Roth IRA (with employer matching contribution)
  • Tuition and Technical Training Reimbursement
  • Exercise Reimbursement
  • Computer Reimbursement
  • Employee Assistance Program

About Us: 

Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies for 2018 through 2025.

 

It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other statuses protected by applicable law.

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