Software Engineer - TS/SCI with Polygraph

Description

The company supports Intelligence Community customers with enterprise applications, and this role sits on an Operations and Maintenance team that keeps those applications running and evolving.

You will work alongside agile development teams on applications used by a broad range of IC customers.

Part-time schedules may be considered for exceptionally qualified candidates with relevant IC experience, though full-time is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Handle user-reported issues and questions, troubleshoot problems, and ship fixes promptly.
• Provide operations and maintenance support for mission-critical applications used by IC customers.
• Design, build, test, and deploy software enhancements and new capabilities.
• Gather requirements from stakeholders and turn business needs into technical solutions.
• Take part in agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Improve application performance, reliability, and security.
• Write and maintain technical documentation and system artifacts.
• Build and support integrations and data exchange with external systems and services.
• Help the team refine its development, deployment, and support processes over time.

Requirements

• Self-starter who wants to learn and deliver efficiently for customers.
• Solid grasp of software design fundamentals and object-oriented programming.
• Experience applying SOLID, DRY, KISS, and YAGNI in day-to-day engineering.
• Experience working in Linux-based development environments.
• Understanding of Git and GitHub source control and agile methodologies.
• Experience architecting and developing web applications.
• Experience building applications with Ruby on Rails.
• Experience with JavaScript frameworks such as ExtJS and/or VueJS.
• Experience using Bootstrap for responsive user interfaces.
• Experience deploying and supporting solutions on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Experience supporting enterprise web applications in production.
• Experience on agile software development teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent mix of education, technical certifications or training, and work experience.
• 6+ years of related experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• US citizenship required.
• Preferred, not required: AWS certifications.
• Preferred, not required: experience integrating and unifying records from multiple data sources.
• Preferred, not required: experience building applications that consume and integrate external APIs.
• Preferred, not required: experience supporting applications in a secure Intelligence Community environment.
• Preferred, not required: understanding of DevSecOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.

Conditions

Onsite role in Chantilly, VA, or McLean, VA, at the customer site.

Scheduled at 40 hours per week.

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

The likely salary range is $141,100 - $190,900, set by experience, geographic location, and possibly contractual requirements, and may fall outside this range.

Identity verification is part of hiring, using biometrics and AI, and interviews are conducted on camera.

Equal opportunity employer that welcomes individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Benefits

• 401(k) with company match, letting you contribute pre- and post-tax dollars up to IRS annual limits.
• Medical plan options, 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, parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
• Full flex work weeks where possible.
• Internal mobility support and paid education and certifications for professional growth.
• Access to cutting-edge technology to learn from.