Junior Cloud Integration Developer

Founded in 2007, Initiate Government Solutions (IGS) is a Woman-Owned Small Business and a fully remote IT services provider supporting federal partners nationwide. We deliver innovative Enterprise IT and Health Services solutions with a strong focus on data analytics, health informatics, cloud migration, AI, and the modernization of federal information systems. Our vision is to be a health IT trendsetter, continuing to solve the nation’s most challenging healthcare IT issues by conceiving, designing, and building solid, creative, and innovative open-source solutions. Our mission is to innovate, design, and deliver tailored solutions that balance technical advancement with cost-awareness while providing exceptional service.

About the role

This is a remote access assignment. The Candidate will work remotely daily and will remotely access customer systems using approved customer-provided communications systems. Travel is not required; however, the candidate may be required to attend onsite client meetings as requested.

The Junior Cloud Integration Developer will help design, build, and support cloud-based integration solutions across enterprise platforms. In this role, you will work with cross-functional teams to deliver resilient, scalable, and secure integrations using Kubernetes, AWS integration services, HL7/FHIR standards, Argo CD, observability tooling, and service mesh technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud-based integration solutions using Kubernetes
• Develop integrations leveraging AWS integration services and cloud-native capabilities
• Build and support healthcare interoperability solutions using X12, HL7 and FHIR
• Enable continuous delivery through Argo CD and modern deployment workflows
• Support observability, monitoring, and alerting using Datadog or similar tools
• Implement telemetry, logging, tracing, and performance visibility across integration services
• Work with Istio or similar service mesh technologies to improve traffic management, security, and resilience
• Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, security, and operations teams to establish reusable integration patterns and standards
• Troubleshoot integration issues, identify root causes, and support production stability
• Maintain technical documentation, deployment standards, and operational procedures
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of experience in cloud-based integrations using Kubernetes
• Minimum 2 years of experience with AWS integration services
• Minimum 2 years of experience implementing X12, HL7 and FHIR integrations
• Experience with continuous delivery using Argo CD, or similar
• Experience with observability tools such as Datadog or similar platforms
• Experience with telemetry in distributed systems
• Experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio
• Strong understanding of cloud integration patterns, APIs, and distributed systems
• Experience working in healthcare or other regulated environments
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills
• Familiarity with container orchestration, microservices, and hybrid cloud architectures
• Experience with logging, tracing, and alerting best practices
• Experience supporting enterprise integration platforms at scale
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
• Ability to work in the United States without sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience supporting federal agencies, specifically health IT
• Prior, successful experience working in a remote environment
• Active Public Trust

Core Competencies

• Integrity, Honesty, and Ethics: We conduct our business with the highest level of ethics. Doing things like being accountable for mistakes, accepting helpful criticism, and following through on commitments to ourselves, each other, and our customers.
• Empathy, Emotional Intelligence: How we interact with others including peers, colleagues, stakeholders, and customers matters. We take collective responsibility to create an environment where colleagues and customers feel valued, included, and respected. We work within a diverse, integrated, and collaborative team to drive towards accomplishing the larger mission. We conscientiously and meticulously learn about our customers’ and end-users’ business drivers and challenges to ensure solutions meet not only technical needs but also support their mission.
• Strong Work Ethic (Reliability, Dedication, Productivity): We are driven by a strong, self-motivated, and results-driven work ethic. We are reliable, accountable, proactive, and tenacious and will do what it takes to get the job done.
• Life-Long Learner (Curious, Perspective, Goal Oriented): We challenge ourselves to continually learn and improve ourselves. We strive to be an expert in our field, continuously honing our craft, and finding solutions where others see problems.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision care
• Matching 401K and profit sharing
• Paid time off
• Training time for personal development
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Employer-paid short and long term disability coverage
• Education assistance program with potential merit increases for obtaining a work-related certification
• Employee recognition and referral programs
• Spot bonuses

Initiate Government Solutions participates in the Electronic Employment Verification Program.