Software Development Team Lead - REMOTE

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Cloud Applications, GitHub, GitLab CI/CD, Ruby on Rails, Software Development

Certifications:

None

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

As a Software Development Team Lead, you will work with our growing DevSecOps practice as a technical project manager or team lead valuating, identifying, and developing complex software solutions using cloud-native services, APIs, and micros-service solutions. 

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
We are looking for a Lead with 5-7 years experience with responsibility for leading cross functional and technical teams to drive projects from conceptual design feasibility through requirements, budget, completed design, implementation, testing, and deployment.  

• Serve as the technical delivery leader, accountable for completion of team delivery efforts including quality oversight and client acceptance 
• Build and maintain client relationships, developing a strategic vision for clients and internal teams  
• Handle challenging client situations and offers technical and business guidance & direction to client executives  
• Design, develop, and deploy modular micro-services and cloud-based systems  
• Troubleshoot software quality, security and reliability issues 
• Responsible for communicating technical options, and associated tradeoffs and risks with necessary personnel
• Follow industry trends, innovative technologies, software development methods and tools in order to improve and evolve the product architecture, user experience, and Agile development and DevSecOps practices
• Manage staff and monitor performance and training needs to create skills expansion and career advancement opportunity 
• Experience in custom module development, API integrations, database management (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL), performance optimization, and security best practices within Drupal.
• Foster the use of Agile practices within teams to enable delivery of deployable software within specified times
• Actively participate in design sessions, sprint ceremonies and cross functional and integration team meetings
• Provide guidance and oversight of testing practices and code reviews and ensure the security and integrity of the code base and product
• Collaborate with team members and integration partners to develop new features as well as to troubleshoot, debug, and resolve issues in all environments
• Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations  
• Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize and modernize software systems 
• Assist in sales and technical strategy activities beyond their current program 
• Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided 

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

• Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science and 5+ years of related experience
• Must be able to obtain a DHS USCIS Public Trust Clearance 
• US Citizenship required
• Proven experience of leading the deployment of enterprise and custom Software solutions in client environments 
• Demonstrated ability to influence and consult while providing thought leadership to sponsors/stakeholders in solving governance, program/project management, business process and/or technical problems 
• Proven experience growing and selling while delivering 
• 8 Years of experience with Ruby; additional programming languages (Java, react, C++, C) a plus
• 8 Years of experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket 
• 8 Years of experience with one or more programming or scripting languages (Python, Bash,