Lead Sr. Software Engineer

Ideal Innovations, Inc.•Bethesda, MD

6h•$190,000 - $210,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Join Ideal Innovations, Inc. (I3), an SDVOSB supporting critical U.S. Government biometric and forensic missions. Support and modernize FABIS, a mission-critical enterprise facial recognition platform used to process and analyze biometric data in support of national security, intelligence, and law enforcement operations. The Sr. Lead Software Engineer manages, directs, coordinates, and provides technical direction for software sustainment, enhancement, testing, integration, and deployment activities while ensuring engineering best practices are followed. Work with advanced technologies supporting facial recognition, biometric matching, large-scale image processing, examiner workflows, and reporting. This is a hybrid position with primarily remote work and occasional on-site 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.

Requirements

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#
Technical lead experience supporting software development, system sustainment, integration, and deployment.
Experience with WPF, .NET website development and REST API
Experience working with relational databases
Strong communication skills
US citizenship required
Current Top Secret with SCI Poly Required

Nice To Haves

Computer Science or IT-related Bachelor’s Degree
Experience supporting enterprise biometric, image processing, identity management, or similar mission-critical systems preferred.
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

Responsibilities

Manages, directs, coordinates, and provides technical direction for software sustainment, enhancement, testing, integration, and deployment activities while ensuring engineering best practices are followed.
Contribute to the development, integration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and enhancement of a mature enterprise biometric platform.
Take ownership of technical challenges from investigation through deployment and resolution.
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.
Visit the operational system at least once a week to be familiar with the operational system, elicit requirements from users, maintain account access, and collaborate with Government customers, operational users, and cross-functional engineering teams to identify improvements and deliver mission-focused solutions.