Application Developer SME (Containerized Applications Specialist)

Digital Consultants, LLC•Quantico, VA

1d•$180,000 - $190,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Digital Consultants is seeking a Containerized Applications Specialist SME Software Engineer to help Mission Application developers convert existing applications to a containerization-oriented application paradigm. The role involves structuring applications for readiness in SCCA-compliant environments and ensuring compatibility with tools and technologies to support deployment across various environments and toolsets. The position is based in Quantico, Virginia, with a hybrid remote schedule. The employee must be local and able to work onsite one to two times per week or as required. A Top Secret/SCI clearance is required. The role also provides guidance to Mission Application developers and helps foster implementation-agnostic development practices across the enterprise. The salary range is $180,000–$190,000, depending on experience. Digital Consultants describes itself as a certified SBA 8(a) small, disadvantaged business supporting IT customers in the Federal, civilian, and private sectors, and offers growth opportunities and a full benefits package to permanent, full-time employees.

Requirements

High school education and 10+ years of experience, or commensurate experience.
Top Secret/SCI clearance.
Expertise in secure software development across a full-stack domain, including relational and NoSQL databases and application development in compiled and interpreted languages, with a focus on applications intended for containerization.
Expertise managing and maintaining container configuration infrastructure-as-code components such as DockerFiles and integrating them with source control and CI/CD solutions such as GitHub, GitLab, or Azure DevOps.
Expertise integrating applications with service mesh and discovery tools such as HashiCorp Consul, Apache Zookeeper, AWS Cloud Map, or similar tools.
Expertise in secure application credential management using tools such as BitWarden, HashiCorp Vault, Azure Key Vault, or similar.
Comfort applying software engineering principles across different languages, operating systems, and hosting environments, and learning new technologies to meet mission needs.
Must be local to Quantico, Virginia, and able to work onsite one to two times per week or as required.

Nice To Haves

Expertise developing and maintaining microservices.

Responsibilities

Assist Mission Application developers with converting existing applications to a containerization-oriented application paradigm.
Structure applications for readiness in SCCA-compliant environments.
Ensure application compatibility with tools and technologies to support deployment across various environments and toolsets.
Manage and maintain container configuration infrastructure-as-code components, such as DockerFiles, and integrate them with source control and CI/CD solutions.
Integrate applications with service mesh and discovery tools.
Implement secure credential management for applications.
Apply software engineering principles across disparate languages, operating systems, and hosting environments, learning new technologies as needed for emerging mission needs.
Provide guidance to Mission Application developers and support an enterprise culture of implementation-agnostic development.
Develop and maintain microservices (preferred skill).