Application Developer SME (Artifact Management & Secure Development Specialist)

Digital Consultants; Quantico (VA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Group health plans

Income protection and supplemental  |

401(k) with company matching

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Pet insurance options

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

Job summary

Digital Consultants is recruiting for a Senior Secure Software Engineer to lead secure development across full-stack applications. The role requires Top Secret/SCI clearance and hands-on experience with secure coding, SBOM, and secure dependency management.

You will work in a hybrid Quantico, VA environment, meeting onsite 1-2 times weekly and collaborating across the Federal, civilian, and private sectors. A strong emphasis is placed on governance, code quality, and cross-language guidance.

Qualifications

• Clearance Required: Top Secret/SCI.
• High School with 10+ years (or commensurate experience).
• Expertise in Secure Software Development across a full-stack domain, including database (relational and NoSQL) and application development (compiled and interpreted languages).
• Expertise in secure coding practices (including code quality, Zero Trust, SBOM, and secure dependency management).
• Expertise with artifact management toolsets (Nexus, Artifactory, NuGet, etc) and SAST/DAST code quality platforms (SonarQube, Aikido, CodeQL, or similar) and Git-oriented supporting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to Mission Application developers to build a culture of compliance.
• Collaborate with SMEs across software domains to maintain secure development practices.
• Support secure software engineering processes across multiple languages and hosting environments.

Skills

Secure Software Development

Secure coding practices

Full-stack development

Git workflows

Compliance guidance

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Nexus

Artifactory

NuGet

SAST/DAST tools

SonarQube

CodeQL

Job description

Description

Leading with our people, Digital Consultants' mission is to deliver the highest level of professional solutions while being a trusted partner and advisor to our customers. With a culture of practicality, opportunity, and creativity we remain dedicated to being honest, trustworthy, respectful, and ethical in everything we do. We are a certified SBA 8(a) small, disadvantaged business that supports multiple IT customers within the Federal, civilian, and private sectors. Digital Consultants also offers our employees growth opportunities, competitive wages, and a full benefits package. Our founding principles, Fairness and Common Sense make working here more than a job, it’s the Digital family.

Location: Quantico, VA. Hybrid remote schedule. Must be local and able to meet onsite 1-2 times per week or as required.

Requirements

• Clearance Required: Top Secret/SCI
• High School with 10+ years (or commensurate experience)
• Expertise in Secure Software Development (SecDevOps focus) across a full-stack domain, including database (relational and NoSQL) and application development (compiled and interpreted languages)
• Expertise in secure coding practices (including code quality, Zero Trust, SBOM, and secure dependency management)
• Expertise with artifact management toolsets (Nexus, Artifactory, NuGet, etc) and SAST/DAST code quality platforms (SonarQube, Aikido, CodeQL, or similar) and Git-oriented supporting capabilities (such as pre-commit hooks and branch management rules)
• Must be comfortable applying software engineering principles to disparate languages, operating systems, and hosting environments holistically, learning new technologies as needed to support emergent mission needs, and providing guidance to Mission Application developers to build a culture of compliance regarding sustained implementation of such objectives. Shares overlap/redundancy with other two SME software developer positions.

Compensation and Benefits:

The salary range for this position is $180,000 – 190,000 depending on experience. The company offers the following benefits to permanent, full-time employees:

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Group health plans
• Income protection and supplemental benefits
• 401(k) plan with company matching
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Pet insurance options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

Digital Consultants, an inclusive and welcoming company, is fully committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, Veterans status or any other protected characteristic.