Software Engineer Principal Leader – Hanover, MD
Access Control, Role Based Access Control, Identity Management, and/or XACML are highly desirable for this job.
Knowledge of Defense IT systems and architectures, net-centric and Global Information Grid (GIG), is desired. Required to perform research and provide and maintain implementation documentation. Strong writing and interpersonal skills are
required; must work with other contractors to implement prototype solutions. Experience with technology development, technology demonstration, system/subsystem development helpful.
Essential Job Functions
- Reviews and conducts technical research, testing, evaluation and documentation of complex hosting/configuration tools and methodologies to ensure that tools are current and functional.
- Creates complex application architectures and populates an application host/configuration matrices with appropriate strategies, timelines and cost information to increase cost efficiency and effectiveness.
- Coordinates with application developers, managers and customer application experts to ensure that required features and modifications are included in the appropriates releases to support cross-product features and to communicate architectural designs and standards.
- Develops and designs complex multi-tier web applications; determines project requirements and functional specifications to ensure that client specifications are met.
- Defines and approves application standards and specifications; provides oversight for definition of product content to ensure that appropriate parties are kept informed of client and company requirements and policies.
- Designs application modules that work together to produce desired product. Ensures that completed modules provide functionality described by application experts and to ensure that performance guidelines are met.
- Plans technical support infrastructure through the creation of service level agreements; leads the transition from application development to support to ensure that appropriate support is available to clients in a timely and efficient manner.
- Provides analysis and design reviews to other department members to avoid duplication of effort in solving the same application problems with different products.
- Works with product development teams and senior designers on complex projects to develop architectural requirements to ensure client satisfaction with product. Works with third party vendors to develop software and/or integrate their software into company products.
- Evaluates new technologies and software products to determine feasibility and desirability of incorporating their capabilities into company products. Acts a liaison between third party vendors and company to procure, develop and/or integrate their applications into company products and to ensure that applications are in accordance with company product standards and guidelines.
- May provide leadership and work guidance to less experienced personnel.
- DoD 8570 Requirement: IAM Level II (Will have one or more of the following: CAP, GSLC, CISM, CISSP (or Associate)
- Must possess at least SECRET Clearance
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Bachelor's degree in business, software engineering, computer sciences or related field preferred
- Twelve or more years of application architecture and/or product development experience
- Experience working with software systems, applications and network markets
- Experience working with technical products, vendors, and families of technologies and company hardware and software products
- Experience working with broad business area and knowledge of competitor products and services
- Experience working with application design principles and product configurations
- Experience working with appropriate programming languages, operating systems, hardware and software to understand product line software and hardware
- Experience working with mainframes, scheduling software, and other related technologies
- Experience working with software development life cycle and client requirements
Other Qualifications
- Strong personal computer and business solutions software skills
- Strong skills in application administration, design and architecture
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills for design, coordination and testing of applications
- Leadership skills to guide and mentor the work of less experienced personnel
- Good communication skills to communicate with customers, support personnel, application development personnel and management
- Good interpersonal skills for communicating with business unit personnel, customers and vendors
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Ability to create and maintain formal and informal networks
- Ability to work with relational databases
- Experience in web services, SharePoint, HTML, JAVA, Javascript, Powerpoint, Visio, Arts and Graphics, desired