Programmer Principal

PROGRAMMER PRINCIPAL

Transform technology into opportunity as a Programmer Principal at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a Programmer Principal, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of the State of North Carolina. You will play a crucial role in delivering Medicaid to the citizens of NC.
● Lead/Manage/Support the Provider system in NCMMIS.
● Collaborate with the program team members to help in the modernization from Mainframe to modern technologies in a cloud-based platform.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your engineering expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Programmer Principal must have:
● Education: Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree
● Experience: 7+ years of related experience

Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on full-stack experience, designing and developing enterprise-level Web Applications, Web Services and APIs using various technologies like Java, J2EE, and XML.
• Experience developing Struts, Spring MVC, Spring batch, Angular, Node or any other JS Frameworks, Java-script and JQuery.
• Experience developing Web Services and working with XML, JSON, SOAP/REST APIs, JAX-WS.
• Experience in managing App/Web servers/Containers like JBOSS, Tomcat, Weblogic or Webspehere.
• Experience working with HL7 FHIR, SMART on FHIR and tools like HAPI FHIR.
• Experience with cloud native architecture and development in either AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Experience working with IDEs (Eclipse or NetBeans or IBM DataStudio or AnypointStudio), source control systems (Subversion or Git preferred), and defect tracking systems.
• Experience with Continuous integration tools (e. g. Jenkins,Team City or RTC), Monitoring/alerting tools.
• Experience in building advanced automated and integrated acceptance tests using modern techniques and tools (e.g. SoapUI, Selenium).
• Experience developing SQL, PL/SQl and Stored Procedures with Oracle or IBM DB2 or MS SQL Server Databases.
• Experience working with Agile methodology 
• Good Understanding of networking concepts and protocols (IP/TCP/UDP/DNS/HTTP).
• Strong mentoring skills with excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to quickly learn and apply new technologies.
• Self-motivated.

Desired Qualifications:
• Familiarity with AI tools like AWS Transform and Agentic AI tools like Kiro
• Experience in using JMS Queue and Topics for building messaging related solutions
• Experience using Mulesoft Anypoint Studio, MULE ESB, JMS, MULE MMC, Active MQ, Kafka, JPA, designing using API's Led Architecture.
• Experience with healthcare and healthcare insurance solutions and information architectures, especially Medicaid or similar industry.
• Experience working with HIPAA healthcare data and X12 like 834, 837, 820, 835, 270/271, 276/277, 278, and 999 transactions.
• Experience designing, developing, securing and managing APIs via API Gateways and proxies using platforms such as MuleSoft or Apigee

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
● Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
● Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
● Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
● Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
● Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in software development at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your dedication to advancing innovation.