Lead Senior Software Engineer 257

Position Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and technical excellence.
• Establish and maintain software development standards, coding guidelines, architecture principles, and engineering best practices.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle, from requirements analysis and design through deployment and sustainment.
• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance Java-based microservices supporting geospatial analysis and data processing capabilities.
• Define and oversee system architecture to ensure scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability.
• Lead technical planning activities, including task estimation, solution design, risk identification, and technology selection.
• Lead the identification, evaluation, and implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) capabilities to enhance mission applications and geospatial services.
• Conduct code reviews, design reviews, and technical assessments to ensure high-quality deliverables and adherence to established standards.
• Collaborate with systems engineers, architects, product owners, and stakeholders to translate mission requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Guide the team's adoption of Agile development practices, DevSecOps methodologies, automated testing, and CI/CD processes.
• Lead the design, deployment, and optimization of cloud-native applications and services utilizing AWS technologies.
• Support the integration of relational and NoSQL database technologies into enterprise software solutions.
• Identify and resolve technical challenges while ensuring program objectives, schedules, and quality goals are achieved.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to both internal leadership and customer stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
• Twenty (20) years of experience supporting programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Four (4) additional years of experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
• Demonstrated experience leading software development teams and managing technical execution across multiple projects and development efforts.
• Proven ability to establish engineering processes, development standards, and technical governance practices.
• Extensive experience architecting, designing, developing, and deploying enterprise-scale software systems.
• Expert-level proficiency in Java and related frameworks, including Spring Boot, Hibernate, and other modern development technologies.
• Experience designing and implementing microservices-based architectures.
• Hands-on experience developing, deploying, and maintaining applications within Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments.
• Experience with cloud-native application design and deployment strategies.
• Experience implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, and secure coding principles.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and mentoring skills.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, or other mission-focused programs.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) concepts, geospatial data processing, and visualization technologies.
• Experience working with both relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with infrastructure as code and cloud automation tools.
• AWS professional or associate-level certifications.
• Experience working in an Agile framework environment.