Senior Software Engineer - TS/SCI with Polygraph

Description

The team supports enterprise applications used across the Intelligence Community through Operations and Maintenance work, with Agile development teams handling fixes and enhancements for a range of IC customers.

Alongside keeping the current production system running, you will help build a next-generation application and move users onto it as the legacy platform is retired.

This role requires an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Answer user questions and reports, troubleshoot problems, and deliver fixes promptly.
• Design, build, test, and release software enhancements and new capabilities.
• Work with stakeholders to gather requirements and turn business needs into technical solutions.
• Take part in sprint planning, daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Keep applications performing reliably and securely.
• Write and maintain technical documentation and system artifacts for the legacy system.
• Build and support integrations and data exchange with external systems and services.
• Help the team refine its development, deployment, and support processes.
• Manage the lifecycle of legacy and modernized applications so operations continue through the migration.
• Help design, build, test, and release the new application while the existing system stays in production.
• Help plan and carry out the retirement of legacy components, services, and infrastructure.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
• U.S. citizenship.
• 6+ years of software development experience.
• Experience supporting enterprise web applications in production.
• Experience working on Agile software development teams.
• Experience architecting and building web applications.
• Experience with Ruby on Rails.
• Experience with JavaScript frameworks such as ExtJS and/or VueJS.
• Experience with Bootstrap for responsive user interfaces.
• Experience deploying and supporting solutions on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Experience working in Linux-based development environments.
• Working knowledge of Git and GitHub, and of Agile methods.
• Understanding of object-oriented programming and software design fundamentals.
• Experience applying SOLID, DRY, KISS, and YAGNI.
• Self-motivated, eager to learn, and focused on delivering solutions efficiently to customers.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field. Equivalent combinations of education, technical certifications, training, and experience will be considered.
• Desired: AWS certifications.
• Desired: Experience merging and reconciling records from multiple data sources.
• Desired: Experience building applications that consume and integrate external APIs.
• Desired: Experience supporting applications in a secure Intelligence Community environment.
• Desired: Understanding of DevSecOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.

Conditions

Onsite at a customer site in Chantilly, VA or McLean, VA.

Full-time, with 40 scheduled hours per week.

Travel is required, less than 10% of the time.

The likely salary range is $141,100 - $190,900. Actual pay depends on experience, geographic location, and possibly contractual requirements, and may fall outside this range. It is not a guarantee.

Hiring includes an identity verification process using biometrics and AI, and virtual interviews require you to be on camera.

The company is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Benefits

• 401(k) with company match, with pre-tax and post-tax contributions up to IRS limits.
• Medical plans, some with Health Savings Accounts, plus dental and vision plans.
• Short- and long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance, provided or available.
• Paid vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, and paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
• Full flex work weeks where possible.
• Paid education and certifications for professional growth.
• Internal mobility support to help you manage your career.
• Access to current technology to learn from.