Senior Software Developer

Description

The company runs mission-critical financial and acquisition systems built on Momentum, a complex COTS platform.

This senior role leads technical planning and development oversight and guides modernization across the COTS ecosystem.

You will work with developers, product owners, Momentum SMEs, system integrators and leadership to design, build and sustain enhancements that match program needs.

The role calls for leadership, hard technical problem solving and experience coaching developers. You will help raise team practices, protect development quality, improve CI/CD and shape the program's long-term technical direction.

Strong communication, work with many stakeholders and organizational awareness are needed to manage priorities when demands are high.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical work in the Momentum environment.
• Direct customization, integration, extension and troubleshooting of Momentum modules and services.
• Work with Momentum SMEs on upgrade effects, configuration and interface fit.
• Design, build and maintain services and applications for the program's mission system.
• Apply secure coding practices that meet DoD requirements.
• Build, deploy and run applications on OpenShift using Podman, containers and orchestration patterns.
• Troubleshoot and tune containerized applications.
• Support and build WebMethods integrations, a strong plus.
• Lead interface troubleshooting between Momentum and other enterprise systems.
• Support data modeling, query tuning and integration with Momentum data structures on relational databases such as Oracle and PostgreSQL.
• Lead, mentor and grow a team of developers with mixed experience levels.
• Review code and enforce standards.
• Support root cause analysis and drive continuous improvement.
• Set up and reinforce development processes, documentation standards and agile practices.

Requirements

• 8 to 15 years of software development experience, including at least 3 years in a technical lead or engineering lead role.
• Hands-on work with Momentum or similar complex COTS products.
• Strong Java development skills, including microservices architectures.
• Experience developing and deploying applications on OpenShift.
• Experience using GitLab for source control and CI/CD.
• Strong database skills; Oracle or comparable relational database experience is required.
• Ability to set priorities and lead development work in a dynamic environment.
• Strong communication, teamwork and mentoring skills.
• Experience with WebMethods for system-to-system integration.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI access eligibility and a counterintelligence (CI) polygraph.
• Desired: leading Java microservices and shared component development.
• Desired: building, hardening and deploying container images.
• Desired: DevSecOps, system administration or platform engineering experience.
• Desired: experience supporting software development in a DoD environment.
• Desired: shell scripting, automation tooling or CI/CD pipeline design experience.
• Desired: contributing to large COTS upgrades or modernization initiatives.
• Suggested tech stack: Momentum (CGI) 8.x, Java / J2EE, OpenShift, GitLab for source control and CI/CD, Oracle, PostgreSQL and SQL, Linux familiarity, C/C++, shell scripting, DevSecOps or system admin exposure, and WebMethods (nice to have).

Conditions

Full-time, regular position.

Travel up to 10%, within the continental US.

On-site in Rosslyn, VA, up to five days per week.

Salary depends on factors such as location, Federal Government contract labor categories and wage rates, related prior experience, specific skills, education and certifications.

Proposed salary range: $103,800 to $218,100.

Benefits

• Flexible time off so you can take the time you need.
• Access to learning resources to support career growth.
• Comprehensive benefits covering healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education and time off.
• Competitive compensation and learning and development opportunities.