Software Development Tech Lead - HYBRID

General Dynamics Information Technology

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Supporting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) with software development and application enhancements efforts on the Mission Systems Lifecycle Support (MSLS) Program using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Kanban and DevSecOps processes. GDIT is excited to offer you a unique opportunity to join an Agile team utilizing CI/CD pipeline to support one our nation’s most critical homeland missions – the storage and processing of biometric and associated biographic information for national security, law enforcement, immigration and border management, intelligence, background investigations, and associated testing, training, management reporting, planning and analysis. We are seeking a highly motivated Engineer to join our growing team to develop, support, and modernize mission-critical applications for our DHS customer. The successful candidate will help to develop, deploy, and maintain mission-critical applications. You will also provide support and technical advice during conceptualization, development, and implementation phases to transform requirements to working solutions. This includes involvement with users to define system scope and objectives, as well as contributing to design decisions. US Citizenship required.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship
DHS HQ EOD required to start; must be able to obtain DHS HQ Final Suitability
Bachelors degree or equivalent and 5+ years of development experience
Experience with GoLang and Java programming languages
DevOps tools such as Git, Jenkins, Maven
Java Web Services / Spring Boot / Java EE
Web Development / UI Frameworks / HTML / JavaScript
Knowledge with end-to-end fully-automated CI/CD pipelines, from code commits to production
Relational Database experience (RDBMS)
Experience in Docker, AWS Admin
RedHat/OpenShift v4.x
Experience in Agile development methodology
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and 10+ years of development experience

Nice To Haves

Proven track record as a self-learner keeping current with the latest techniques to include automated code scanning, automated testing, continuous integration and continuous deployment concepts
Experience in Jira to support configuration management in an Agile environment
Experience with Gitlab/GitHub
Perform database programming and supports systems design
Design and Develop system level changes
Interface with client on technical design
Experience with scrum/agile project lifecycle approach to software development
Strong written and verbal communication along with proven fluency of English
Reviewing modifications of existing systems for cross-compatibility

Responsibilities

Use Java and Go Language development experience to develop, deploy, and maintain mission-critical applications
Provide support and technical advice during conceptualization, development, and implementation phases to transform requirements to working solutions. This includes involvement with users to define system scope and objectives, as well as contributing to design decisions.
Work on new development and re-engineering efforts, including making system design decisions
Implement enhancements to existing system in addition to coordinating with other developers working in parallel and perform QA/testing as needed
Provide software development services on all tiers (UI, Java)
DevOps tools such as Git, Jenkins, Maven
Java Web Services / Spring Boot / Java EE
Web Development / UI Frameworks / HTML / JavaScript
Relational Database experience (RDBMS)
Database programming using SQL / PostgreSQL DB / MySQL
Experience with test driven development
Experience with Cloud and AWS Administration
Supporting set up of AWS Infrastructure
Experience with RedHat/OpenShift version 4.x
Understanding and preferable experience in with DevOps
Scrum/agile project lifecycle approach to software development