GA DHS-Senior Technical Lead

The Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS), Office of Information Technology, is seeking a qualified candidate for a contractor staffing position for a Senior Technical Lead on Georgia s Child Welfare technical team in Atlanta, Georgia.

We are seeking a Technical Lead with over 10 years of relevant experience in modern technologies to provide architectural direction, technical guidance, and delivery oversight across multiple modernization and integration projects. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of modern web frameworks, backend APIs, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps pipelines with the ability to lead teams through complex technical challenges while focusing on quality, scalability, and maintainability.

The suitable candidate will play a pivotal role in guiding the technical direction of projects, hands-on coding and ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality software solutions. The ideal candidate is an innovative professional with a passion for leading tech teams and driving technical excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership &Solution Design

Define and communicate the technical vision for applications and integrations across projects.

Review and validate architecture, code, and deployment strategies for scalability and security.

Provide directions to developers, DevOps engineers to ensure cohesive delivery.

Translate business requirements into modular, cloud-ready architecture using modern technologies.

Guide the technical team, fostering best practices in design, documentation, and coding standards.

Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps Collaboration

Work closely with DevOps to design and maintain AWS-based infrastructure including EKS, EC2, VPCs, IAM, ALBs, and CloudWatch.

Review YAML configurations across GitHub Actions, Helm charts, and Kubernetes manifests to ensure consistent deployment standards.

Participate in defining and refining CI / CD pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment processes.

Ensure secure configuration and management of cloud resources using AWS Secrets Manager, Config Maps, and Ingress rules.

Maintain architectural awareness of Spring Boot, Spring Batch, and JSP-based systems for interoperability and migration planning.

Promote best practices for containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.

Authentication, Security &Integrations

Oversee authentication and authorization solutions with Okta SAML 2.0 and Keycloak.

Coordinate with integration teams using Boomi or similar middleware platforms to streamline data exchange.

Ensure compliance with organizational and security standards across all APIs and deployment pipelines.

Provide architectural direction for secrets management, token-based authentication, and encryption strategies.

Project Oversight & Collaboration

Lead development teams working across frontend, backend, integration, and infrastructure domains.

Collaborate with product owners, business analysts, and infrastructure teams to align deliverables.

Participate in sprint planning, architectural reviews, and post-deployment retrospectives to continuously improve processes.

Identify technical debt and areas for improvement, implementing solutions to enhance code quality and maintainability.

Stay updated on emerging technologies, industry trends and software development methodologies.

Technology Stack Oversight

Frontend : Supervise development using Angular v17, Angular Material, TypeScript, RxJS, HTML, CSS, and SASS, with support for Micro Frontend architectures.

Backend : Guide teams implementing NestJS v10, ORM (TypeORM), and REST APIs; ensure consistent standards across services.

Database : Oversee schema design, optimization, and integration with PostgreSQL and Oracle SQL.

Testing : Ensure use of Jest for both frontend and backend unit testing to maintain quality and CICD alignment.

Integration : Dell Boomi, MuleSoft

Core Docker : Docker Engine, Docker Compose, Dockerfile authoring, Docker Hub, Docker Registry.

Container Orchestration : Kubernetes , Docker Swarm.

Gen AI : LLMs

Languages : Java 17 or above, Python

AI / ML Concepts : Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Deep Learning.

Experience and Technical Skills Required

Ten(10) years of experience in modern technologies.

Previous experience using

• Strong technical expertise in software development, including proficiency in programming languages, frameworks and technologies relevant to the project.
• Experience with agile, waterfall, and hybrid project management, development methodologies and tools.
• Experience with tools and technologies listed in the Technical Oversight Stack to include cloud technologies and architectures.
• Knowledge of database administration, system architecture and design and network administration.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to motivate the team.
• Detail-oriented with solid problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities and projects.

Required / Desired Skills

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount

of Experience

Experience in modern technologies.

Required

10

Years

Technical expertise in software development, including proficiency in programming languages, frameworks and technologies relevant to the project.

Required

10

Years

Experience with agile, waterfall, and hybrid project management, development methodologies and tools.

Required

10

Years

Experience with tools and technologies listed in the Technical Oversight Stack to include cloud technologies and architectures.

Required

10

Years

Knowledge of database administration, system architecture and design and network administration.

Required

10

Years

Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to motivate the team.

Required

Detail-oriented with solid problem-solving and analytical abilities.

Required

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities and projects.

Required

Questions

No.

Question

Question1

Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement?

Question2

Please list candidate's email address that will be used when submitting E-RTR.

Question3

Candidate must be $$ of $$$ if selected for engagement therefore the SRP rate cannot $$$$$$. Do you accept this requirement?

Question4

The maximum mark-up for this engagement s SRP rate is 35%. To be competitive on pricing, a mark-up below the 35% threshold is suggested. Do you agree to propose a mark-up at or below 35%?

Question5

This assignment is contingent upon customer renewal and availability of adequate funding. Do you accept this requirement?

Question6

The selected candidate will be expected to start their engagement no later than 2 weeks (10 business days) from the client s selection date. Do you accept this requirement?

Question7

HYBRID work option : However, the selected candidate must be available to report onsite as directed by the client. Do you accept this requirement?