Software Development Team Lead

steampunk•McLean, VA

56d•$130,000 - $160,000

About The Position

As a Software Development Team Lead, you will work with our growing DevSecOps practice as a technical project manager or team lead valuating, identifying, and developing complex software solutions using cloud-native services, APIs, and micros-service solutions. We are looking for candidates with 5-7 years experience with responsibility for leading cross functional and technical teams to drive projects from conceptual design feasibility through requirements, budget, completed design, implementation, testing, and deployment.

Requirements

Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience
Proven experience of leading the deployment of enterprise and custom Software solutions in client environments
Demonstrated ability to influence and consult while providing thought leadership to sponsors/stakeholders in solving governance, program/project management, business process and/or technical problems
Proven experience growing and selling while delivering
8 Years of experience with Ruby; additional programming languages (Java, react, C++, C) a plus
8 Years of experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
8 Years of experience with one or more programming or scripting languages (Python, Bash, JavaScript)
Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
5 Years of experience with one or more clouds (I.e. AWS, Azure, or GCP)
5 Years of experience using CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Pipelines, CircleCI, TravisCI
Experience implementing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes
Experience implementing Automated Testing frameworks including unit testing

Nice To Haves

MS Degree
Certifications: AWS Cloud Practioner
AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate
Azure Developer Associate
SAFe Scrum Master Certification
Certifed Scrum Master

Responsibilities

Serve as the technical delivery leader, accountable for completion of team delivery efforts including quality oversight and client acceptance
Build and maintain client relationships, developing a strategic vision for clients and internal teams
Handle challenging client situations and offers technical and business guidance & direction to client executives
Design, develop, and deploy modular micro-services and cloud-based systems
Troubleshoot software quality, security and reliability issues
Responsible for communicating technical options, and associated tradeoffs and risks with necessary personnel
Follow industry trends, innovative technologies, software development methods and tools in order to improve and evolve the product architecture, user experience, and Agile development and DevSecOps practices
Manage staff and monitor performance and training needs to create skills expansion and career advancement opportunity
Experience in custom module development, API integrations, database management (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL), performance optimization, and security best practices within Drupal.
Foster the use of Agile practices within teams to enable delivery of deployable software within specified times
Actively participate in design sessions, sprint ceremonies and cross functional and integration team meetings\
Provide guidance and oversight of testing practices and code reviews and ensure the security and integrity of the code base and product
Collaborate with team members and integration partners to develop new features as well as to troubleshoot, debug, and resolve issues in all environments
Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize and modernize software systems
Assist in sales and technical strategy activities beyond their current program
Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided