Project Lead / Development Lead

General Dynamics Information Technology

3d•$106,250 - $143,750•Remote

About The Position

GDIT is your place. You make it your own by bringing your ideas and unique perspective to our culture. By owning your opportunity at GDIT, you are helping us ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Project Lead / Development Lead joining our team to support our customer activities in Washington, DC. This position can be worked Remote. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a project/task manager supporting our customer, you will perform system development management duties. In this role, a typical day will include: Strong technical, administrative, and operational management, including contract management Serve as SME for the Development team on various projects Participating in the development of technical project plans, proposals, reports, schedules and administrative reporting Manage a geographically distributed team with remote access Partner with other organizational teams to coordinate project activities Attending customer meetings and serving as a technical client liaison Mentor developers on the team to work efficiently and streamline the development process Planning and prioritizing new projects and upgrades Providing recommendations to client on task workload Managing risk tracking and mitigation processes Coordinating development of deliverables and products Ensuring quality assurance of project deliverables Maintaining current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned Participate in overall contract Agile/Scrum processes and ensure CI/CD practices are followed for releases. Facilitate customer collaboration and resolve issues to minimize schedule impact. Performing high level technical services on assigned task(s) HOW A PROJECT/TASK SUPERVISOR WILL MAKE AN IMPACT Manages and is responsible for the successful completion of all tasks in assigned project. Effectively manages the software development team, a senior team of highly skilled developers, by using a detailed technical understanding of the software development process and environment. Responsible for overseeing the software development process while using a Spring framework for the system and development is in JAVA and Hibernate. Properly utilizes Agile Workflow, Jira, and Confluence for assignment and tracking of tasks and capturing requirements. Fully participates in all aspects of the development projects. Is able to analyze and model complex multi-dimensional problems from business and technical perspective to design and implement appropriate solutions. Can articulate, document structure and behavior of proposed products and create plans and initiatives and deliver them to client. Collaborates with other teams on continuous process improvement strategies, organizational redesign, change management projects, and performance measures for moderately complex business process engagements.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in Software Development Lifecycle (Agile)
5+ years of documented management or leadership experience (Product Management, Project Management, Team Leadership, or similar)
Strong organizational skills along with demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
Technical Skills: Spring Framework, Java, Hibernate, Oracle, SQL, React, Cloud Services (AWS), Jira, Confluence
US Citizenship Required

Nice To Haves

PMP and/or CSM Certification preferred
Jira or AWS DevOps to manage software development lifecycle activities.
Familiarity with refugee and immigrant populations and/or social programs, a plus
Knowledge of procurement/acquisition processes desired
Familiarity with serving as a consultant or contractor in the Federal Government desired

Responsibilities

Strong technical, administrative, and operational management, including contract management
Serve as SME for the Development team on various projects
Participating in the development of technical project plans, proposals, reports, schedules and administrative reporting
Manage a geographically distributed team with remote access
Partner with other organizational teams to coordinate project activities
Attending customer meetings and serving as a technical client liaison
Mentor developers on the team to work efficiently and streamline the development process
Planning and prioritizing new projects and upgrades
Providing recommendations to client on task workload
Managing risk tracking and mitigation processes
Coordinating development of deliverables and products
Ensuring quality assurance of project deliverables
Maintaining current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned
Participate in overall contract Agile/Scrum processes and ensure CI/CD practices are followed for releases.
Facilitate customer collaboration and resolve issues to minimize schedule impact.
Performing high level technical services on assigned task(s)
Manages and is responsible for the successful completion of all tasks in assigned project.
Effectively manages the software development team, a senior team of highly skilled developers, by using a detailed technical understanding of the software development process and environment.
Responsible for overseeing the software development process while using a Spring framework for the system and development is in JAVA and Hibernate.
Properly utilizes Agile Workflow, Jira, and Confluence for assignment and tracking of tasks and capturing requirements.
Fully participates in all aspects of the development projects.
Is able to analyze and model complex multi-dimensional problems from business and technical perspective to design and implement appropriate solutions.
Can articulate, document structure and behavior of proposed products and create plans and initiatives and deliver them to client.
Collaborates with other teams on continuous process improvement strategies, organizational redesign, change management projects, and performance measures for moderately complex business process engagements.

Benefits

Full-flex work week
401K with company match
Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
Collaborative teams of highly motivated critical thinkers and innovators
Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
Comprehensive health and wellness packages
Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays
The likely salary range for this position is $106,250 - $143,750.
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year.
Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire.
The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.
To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.