R10249199 Principal/Sr. Principal Full-Stack Web Developer

Description

The company builds secure cloud applications for the Air Force, and this role supports DAF CLOUDworks at the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), a fast-growing secure cloud program with more than 10 teams covering information security, infrastructure development and cloud migration.

You will join one of those teams, give technical support to customers who use DAF CLOUDworks, and help change and improve its offerings to meet new requirements, raise efficiency and reduce operating and deployment overhead.

This role is for a Principal or Senior Principal Full-Stack Web Developer, posted as requisition R10249199. The company Defense Systems (NGDS) is the hiring unit. The posting does not represent a current opening but may be used to find candidates for future roles at the company, and candidates who express interest may be considered later.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and extend the capabilities that support DAF CLOUDworks.
• Give technical support to customers using the program.
• Help modify and enhance offerings to add new requirements, improve functionality, increase efficiency and lower operating and deployment overhead.
• Work as an active member of one team within the program.
• Work with several geographically spread teams, and report project status and blockers clearly.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Follow Agile development processes across the full life cycle.
• Provide 24x7 on-call support when required.

Requirements

• Level 3: a Bachelor's degree in a science discipline with 5+ years of software development experience, or a master's degree with 3+ years of related experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in place of a degree.
• Level 4: a Bachelor's degree in a science discipline with 8+ years of software development experience, or a master's degree with 6+ years of related experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in place of a degree.
• An active Secret clearance, with the ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance with TS/SCI.
• Ability to obtain IAT Level II certification under DoD 8570.01, such as CASP+ or Security+, within 60 days of the start date.
• Experience building full-stack web applications with technologies such as TypeScript, React, Node.js, CSS, Lambda, APIs, NoSQL databases and Python.
• Experience styling user interfaces.
• Understanding of Git version control.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or both.
• Experience developing applications using Agile principles, processes and tools.
• Ability to debug code, optimize it and automate routine tasks.
• Demonstrated experience with cloud adoption, environment prototyping and data migration.
• Track record as an effective communicator and problem solver.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational and multi-tasking skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, testing and troubleshooting skills.
• Preferred: an active Top Secret clearance with TS/SCI.
• Preferred: CompTIA Security+ or IAT Level II equivalent under DoD 8570.01.
• Preferred: prior development experience with the Department of Defense (DoD).
• Preferred: strong understanding of web security, including WAF, SQL injection and XSS prevention, and authentication and authorization through Zero Trust workflows (IAM, RBAC).
• Preferred: experience with GitLab runners and CI/CD pipelines.
• Preferred: experience with document databases such as DynamoDB.
• Preferred: exposure to or experience with React, Angular, Java or JavaScript frameworks.
• Preferred: experience with SonarQube or other static code analysis frameworks.

Conditions

Primary level salary range: $98,400.00 to $155,400.00.

Secondary level salary range: $122,800.00 to $193,900.00.

The range is a general guide. The company considers factors such as the scope and responsibilities of the role, your experience, education, skills and current market conditions when setting base salary.

Travel: about 10% of the time.

Relocation assistance may be available.

Applications are expected to stay open for about 20 days from the posting date, but this may be shortened or extended based on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

The company is an equal opportunity employer.

Benefits

• Depending on the position, you may be eligible for overtime, shift differential and a discretionary bonus on top of base pay.
• Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and let employees share in company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, paid company holidays, and paid time off (PTO) for vacation or personal business.