Principal Programmer

Role Description

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.

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.

Qualifications

• Education: Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree
• Experience: 7+ years of related experience
• 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/
• Strong mentoring skills with excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to quickly learn and apply new technologies.
• Self-motivated.

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

• 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.