Systems Lead (Application Development)
About The Position
SkyePoint Decisions is a leading Cybersecurity Architecture and Engineering, Critical Infrastructure and Operations, and Applications Development and Maintenance IT service provider headquartered in Dulles, Virginia with operations across the U.S. We provide innovative enterprise-wide solutions as well as targeted services addressing the complex challenges faced by our federal government clients. Our focus is on enabling our clients to deliver their mission most efficiently and effectively – anytime, anywhere, securely. We combine technical expertise, mission awareness, and an empowered workforce to produce meaningful results. This is a contingent position based upon customer approval. SkyePoint Decisions is seeking a Systems Lead (Application Development) to support a government customer on a mission-critical, server-rendered web application. You will lead a small development team, collaborate with stakeholders, and deliver enhancements across the application stack—UI, server-side logic, and database—while maintaining high standards for reliability, security, and maintainability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
- 7+ years of full lifecycle software development experience, including support of production systems.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
- Experience leading or mentoring a software development team (technical leadership, code review, delivery coordination).
- Strong experience building server-rendered web applications using modern web frameworks and patterns (MVC-style).
- Hands-on experience with enterprise UI component frameworks, especially data grid-centric applications and complex form workflows.
- Strong database experience with SQL Server / Azure SQL, including query optimization, indexing, and stored routines as applicable.
- Experience with a modern DevOps toolchain: Git-based source control, branching strategies, pull requests, and CI/CD concepts.
- Experience implementing automated testing (unit tests, integration tests, mocking).
- Strong troubleshooting skills across UI, server, and database layers in development and production environments.
- Web fundamentals: HTML/CSS, accessibility, responsive layouts; working familiarity with client-side scripting as needed for UI customization.
- Familiarity with secure development practices and common application security patterns.
- U.S. Citizenship required.
Nice To Haves
- Active or prior government clearance.
- Experience with cloud-hosted deployments and operations (monitoring/observability, deployment automation, incident response).
- Experience modernizing or stabilizing legacy components while delivering new features.
Responsibilities
- Lead a software development team through planning, delivery, and operational support of a production application.
- Partner with user groups and stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical designs and implementation plans.
- Design and implement enhancements using server-rendered web application patterns (MVC, routing, middleware/request pipeline concepts, configuration, and dependency injection).
- Build and maintain rich, data-driven UI experiences using an enterprise UI component framework, including heavy grid usage and advanced data interaction patterns.
- Implement server-side data operations to support UI behaviors such as paging, sorting, filtering, inline/batch editing, export/reporting, and localization.
- Develop and optimize database objects and queries in SQL Server / Azure SQL, including performance tuning and indexing strategies.
- Establish and improve automated testing practices (unit and integration tests) and integrate quality checks into the delivery workflow.
- Produce clear technical documentation, runbooks, and operating procedures; support scheduled deployments and troubleshoot issues across environments.
- Diagnose and resolve defects across UI, application logic, and database layers using logs, traces, and diagnostic tools.
- Recommend improvements in engineering practices (secure coding, code quality, performance profiling, maintainability).
Benefits
- certification incentive program
- PTO
- floating federal holiday options
- several insurance options including HMO and High-Deductible plans with Health Savings Accounts [HSAs]
- Flex Spending Accounts [FSAs]
- Full Dental Plans
- Vision
- ST/LT Disability
- Life Insurance
- 401k matched
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
