Applications Systems Lead

Applications Systems Specialist I (NS)

Grade: DT10

Description of Work

The primary purpose of this position is to provide senior‑level business and systems analysis, modeling, and programming for disparate and highly complex applications in a variety of environments. This position requires an extensive level of developing, enhancing, and maintaining ReactJS applications hosted in AWS cloud environments. The role spans the full software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, technical design, front‑end and full‑stack development, cloud deployment, testing, troubleshooting, and ongoing production support. This position will work closely with clients, Technical Leads, and IT leadership to deliver new application features, support cloud‑based infrastructure, evaluate system impacts, ensure quality, and maintain compliance with established security and change‑management standards. The position also contributes to modernization activities, cloud service integration, documentation, and resolving technical issues across distributed systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, and maintain ReactJS applications using modern JavaScript and component‑driven practices
• Integrate React front‑end components with backend services, REST APIs, and GraphQL
• Support cloud‑based deployments and operations within AWS using services such as ECS, EC2, S3, Lambda, Aurora, CloudWatch, Auto Scaling, Route 53, VPC, IAM, and SQS
• Participate in requirements analysis, solution design, and effort estimation for new features and system improvements
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in development, test, and production environments, including cloud‑hosted components
• Write and maintain technical documentation, application workflows, and implementation details
• Collaborate with cross‑functional IT teams to ensure secure, reliable, and scalable application performance
• Assist in modernizing existing system components, adopting cloud‑native patterns, and improving overall application stability
• Support CI/CD processes using AWS APIs, CLI, SDKs, and automated pipelines for application releases and environment updates

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities / Management Preferences

• Demonstrated experience developing and enhancing ReactJS applications using ES6+, React Hooks, functional components, and modern component‑driven architecture.
• Experience integrating React front‑end components with GraphQL and RESTful APIs, alongside strong UI development skills using HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, and React‑Bootstrap.
• Working knowledge of AWS cloud services including ECS, EC2, S3, Elastic Load Balancer, Auto Scaling, CloudWatch, Security Groups, Route 53, VPC, IAM, Aurora, Lambda, and SQS, with the ability to deploy and support React applications in these environments.
• Proficiency using AWS service APIs, AWS CLI, SDKs, and CI/CD pipelines to automate builds, deployments, and cloud environment updates.
• Hands‑on experience with Docker‑based development and PostgreSQL database integration, with strong debugging skills for resolving front‑end, backend, and cloud‑hosted application issues.

Salary Grade Range

$87,617.00 - $131,426.00

Recruitment Range

$100,000.00 - $113,691.00

Minimum Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or an IT related field or related technical degree from an appropriately accredited institution and four years of progressive experience in business application consulting or development
• Associate degree in computer science or an IT related field or related technical degree from an appropriately accredited institution and five years of progressive experience in business application consulting or development
• High School or General Education Development (GED) diploma and eight years of experience in business application consulting or development
• An equivalent combination of education and experience.

EEO Statement

The State of North Carolina is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and dedicated to providing employees with a work environment free from all forms of unlawful employment discrimination, harassment, or retaliation. The state provides reasonable accommodation to employees and applicants with disabilities; known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; and for religious beliefs, observances, and practices.