Technical Lead

Cormac Corporation•Leesburg, VA

2d•$120,000 - $190,000•Hybrid

About The Position

CORMAC is seeking a Technical Lead to provide hands-on technical leadership for application design, development, and code quality on the CMS Quality and Reporting division. This role guides the engineering team across the Angular front end and the Java-centric and database-centric processing used for quality measure calculation, while remaining directly involved in building, reviewing, and releasing production-quality code.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a similar field
Must be a U.S. Citizen
Must be able to obtain a Public Trust (Tier I) Clearance
Minimum of 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including experience leading developers or technical delivery
Strong hands-on experience with Angular and modern front-end development
Strong hands-on experience with Java and/or Scala or Python, and with SQL and PostgreSQL, including stored procedures (PL/pgSQL)
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins (or CloudBees) with GitHub and Docker
Experience developing and deploying containerized applications on AWS (for example Amazon ECS Fargate)
Experience working in Agile (SAFe, Scrum) teams with test-driven development and automated testing
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work independently and in a cross-functional team in a highly regulated environment

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in a relevant field
Experience with Databricks and Apache Spark (Scala or PySpark) for large-scale data processing
Experience with business rules management systems such as Drools
Experience developing federal healthcare applications, ideally for CMS
Experience with HARP/IDM or similar enterprise identity integrations (for example Okta)
Experience with Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, Glue, Lambda, SQS, EventBridge, and API Gateway
Experience with Section 508 accessible web development and accessibility testing
Familiarity with React in addition to Angular
Experience with Ansible and infrastructure automation

Responsibilities

Lead the design and development of application components, translating CMS policy and business requirements into maintainable, testable software
Provide technical leadership and mentoring to developers, setting coding standards and conducting code reviews
Develop and maintain Angular component-based user interfaces integrated with backend services to support secure data entry, reporting, and administrative workflows
Implement and maintain rules-based processing for quality measure calculation, including externalized business rules (for example Drools) and database logic in PL/pgSQL, SQL, and PostgreSQL
Partner with Data Engineers on Databricks-based (Spark) data processing, reviewing Scala and PySpark code and defining how it integrates with application services and APIs
Build and maintain APIs and integrations, including integration with CMS HARP/IDM for authentication and authorization
Develop and maintain Jenkins and GitHub-based CI/CD pipelines that automate builds, unit and integration tests, and containerized deployments across environments
Collaborate with the Business Analysts, Data Engineers, QA, and DevSecOps staff within SAFe Agile sprint teams to plan, estimate, and deliver features
Troubleshoot defects and participate in Tier 3 production support, including root cause analysis and fixes coordinated through ServiceNow
Ensure software meets FISMA, FedRAMP, ARS, HIPAA, NIST, and Section 508 accessibility requirements, and resolve security findings raised against application code and containers
Evaluate and apply AI-assisted development tooling to improve engineering efficiency and quality