Senior Software Developer

Digital Cloak•Washington, DC

3d•$127,000 - $137,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Digital Cloak has a requirement for an experienced software development professional to assist with a 6-month project to design, develop, and configure a database application as well as migrate over historical data in support of a government client. The successful applicant will also provide customer support.

Requirements

B.S. or B.A. in a related field from an accredited college or university.
7-10 years of experience serving as a senior member of a software development team deploying and managing search tools/applications for large scale document repositories and data sets and engineering AI to enhance search results.
7-10 years of experience working with the MS Power Suite of tools to build out, enhance, and manage applications with user interfaces, reports, dashboards, forms, and workflows, etc.
Possess an expert-level knowledge of Azure AI Search, SharePoint Online, and Microsoft Dataverse and any of their related tools.
Has completed the Knowledge Mining with Azure AI Search course offered by Microsoft (or equivalent third-party course)
US Citizenship is required.
Must be able to obtain and maintain favorable suitability/fitness adjudication from federal customer/
Must have a Secret security clearance.
Must be able to pass a standard background check.

Nice To Haves

Python and/or C# coding
Azure AI Search
Microsoft Dataverse
SharePoint Online
Power BI
Power Apps
Power Automate
Microsoft Office Suite
JavaScript
HTML
CSS

Responsibilities

Work with FFRDC PMO and S&T developers to set up a large-scale search tool with Azure AI Search.
Index data from the PMO’s Database application primarily consisting of SharePoint Online document libraries and MS Dataverse tables.
Develop and manage vector fields and vector indices to enable semantic search capabilities for the PMO’s repository of thousands of deliverable documents.
Minimize and monitor latency issues with developed search tool and provide suggestions for best use practices.
Assist FFRDC PMO developers with migrating all historical data from the legacy SharePoint Online lists into MS Dataverse tables, and all historical documents from the PMO’s shared drive into appropriate SharePoint Online document libraries.
Work with FFRDC PMO developers to create intuitive user interfaces using model-driven apps in MS Power Apps for new data entry and document submission forms for the PMO’s application.
Work with FFRDC PMO developers to create various dashboards and reports using MS Power BI that allow for federal and support staff to custom tailor data views to their specific needs.
Work with FFRDC PMO developers to create and manage workflows using MS Power Automate where opportunities for automating PMO business processes exist.
Perform end-user testing for web-based applications and provide detailed feedback to developers to improve the product’s overall efficacy.
Gather requirements for projects from users who may not possess a technical background and translating those requirements into actionable specifications for developers to reference when creating new applications/features.
Assist with maintaining application data quality by spot checking for gaps and inconsistencies; assist in resolving any identified gaps and inconsistencies.
Provide real-time troubleshooting to the PMO federal staff and support team as needed to quickly resolve application issues and/or fill-in user knowledge gaps.
Create end-user and developer guides for new application features and search tools developed such that any individual without prior experience could understand how to use them.
Provide training sessions for the PMO staff as necessary on how to use new apps/tools effectively, and for PMO developers on how to assist with maintaining and updating apps/tools.