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FABIS Lead Engineer

Ideal Innovations, Inc.
United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 7 Aug 2026
💰 $401,000/yr

About the role

Highlights:

  • Join Ideal Innovations, Inc. (I3), an SDVOSB supporting critical U.S. Government biometric and forensic missions.
  • Play a key role in supporting and modernizing FABIS, a mission-critical enterprise facial recognition system used by Government customers.
  • Work with advanced technologies supporting facial recognition, biometric matching, large-scale image processing, examiner workflows, and reporting.
  • Hybrid position with primarily remote work and occasional onsite support in Bethesda, MD.
  • Collaborate directly with Government customers, operational users, engineers, and DevSecOps teams.
  • Contribute to the development, integration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and enhancement of a mature enterprise biometric platform.
  • Gain hands-on experience with C#/.NET, Microsoft SQL Server, system integration, DevSecOps, and production support.
  • Take ownership of technical challenges from investigation through deployment and resolution.
  • Directly impact the reliability, availability, and evolution of FABIS in support of national security missions.
  • Competitive compensation, 401(k), continuing education benefits, and professional development opportunities.

 

Typical Day:

The typical workday will include working on software engineering tasks to make

enhancements to the existing system and operational support to diagnose and/or correct any

system abnormalities. It is beneficial to visit the operational system at least once a week to

be familiar with the operational system, elicit requirements from the users, keep up to date

with required training and maintain account access.

 

Tasks:

  • Maintain and enhance the current system
  • Provide general software development support as directed by the needs of the customer.
  • Update project documentation for each release.
  • Provide tasking and time estimates for each Program Increment

 

Required Qualifications:

  • Certifications: DoD 8570 - IAT Level II Certification (e.g. Security+ CE).

If no certification, must be able to obtain certification within 90 days of offer acceptance (exam fee and training materials will be paid for, or provided by I3).

  • Software development experience in C#
  • Experience with WPF, .NET website development and REST API
  • Experience working with relational databases

 

Desired Qualifications:

  • Education: Computer Science or IT-related Bachelor’s Degree
  • Familiarity with RabbitMQ Messaging Bus
  • Familiarity with biometric systems and biometric SDKs
  • Familiarity with code versioning tools, particularly Git
  • Proficiency in scripting languages
  • Understanding of application-level security
  • Knowledge of logging and log analysis systems
  • Proficiency in C# programming, with the ability to understand, maintain, and contribute to applications built on these languages and their respective frameworks

 

Position Type Shift Information:

  • Position is primarily remote, with occasional onsite support at an operational facility in the Bethesda, MD area.
  • Standard work schedule is during weekday business hours.
  • Occasional after-hours work and emergency maintenance support may be required.

 

US Citizenship: US citizenship required

Clearance: Current Top Secret with SCI Poly Required

Location:       Hybrid, Bethesda, MD

 

Ideal Innovations, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.

Ideal Innovations, Inc. is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.       

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