Design integration and modernization approaches for legacy systems using adapters, APIs, events, strangler patterns, feature flags, and graceful degradation.
Ensure applications implement identity/access, data classification, validation, audit/logging, error handling, accessibility/usability, resilience, and performance requirements.
Partner with Platform/DevSecOps, Security, Data, AI, ServiceNow, Requirements, and Service Operations on lifecycle gates and operational handoff.
Manage technical debt, architecture drift, defect trends, test coverage, vulnerability remediation, performance, and reliability improvement.
Hire, lead, mentor, assign, review, and develop software personnel; address performance issues and create progression paths.
Brief Government and program leadership on delivery status, technical risk, alternatives, product quality, and roadmap decisions.
Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field, or approved equivalent experience.
Location: Onsite
Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
12+ years of professional software development experience, including 5+ years leading development teams and 3+ years in application architecture or technical-lead authority.
Deep production experience in at least two enterprise language stacks, such as Python, Java, C#/.NET, TypeScript/JavaScript/Node, Go, or C++.
Strong experience with web/API architecture, relational and non-relational data, integration, authentication/authorization, testing, observability, and production operations.
Experience establishing secure SDLC/DevSecOps practices with Git, peer review, automated testing, CI/CD, dependency/container scanning, artifact promotion, and release controls.
Experience modernizing or integrating legacy enterprise systems under uptime, security, and compatibility constraints.
Working knowledge of containers, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Azure/government cloud, internal artifact management, and disconnected development.
Strong understanding of RMF/STIG, secure coding, data handling, auditability, vulnerability remediation, and production-readiness evidence.
Demonstrated people leadership, hiring, delegation, mentoring, performance management, conflict resolution, and cross-team delivery.
