Application Developer SME (Containerized Applications Specialist)

Digital Consultants, LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Health plans

401(k) with matching

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Account

EAP

Equal Opportunity Employer

Job summary

Digital Consultants, LLC seeks a Containerized Applications Specialist SME Software Engineer to assist Mission Application developers in converting existing apps to a container-centric paradigm and ensuring readiness in secure, scalable environments at Quantico.

Hybrid schedule; on-site 1-2 times weekly. Requires Top Secret/SCI clearance and extensive experience in secure software development, container tooling, CI/CD integration, and cloud/service-mesh discovery to support mission needs.

Qualifications

• Top Secret/SCI clearance required.
• Extensive experience in secure software development across full-stack and databases.
• Experience with containerization tooling and integrating with source control and CI/CD tools.
• Knowledge of service mesh and discovery tools and credential management solutions.
• Ability to apply software engineering principles across languages and platforms.

Responsibilities

• Assist Mission Application developers in converting apps to containerization-oriented paradigms.
• Ensure applications are structured for readiness in compliant environments and support deployment across environments.
• Provide guidance to developers to adopt implementation-agnostic development practices.

Skills

Secure software development

Containerization/IAC

CI/CD integration

Service mesh & discovery

Credential management

Adaptive learning across tech stacks

Education

High School + experience

Tools

Dockerfiles

GitHub/GitLab/Azure DevOps

HashiCorp Vault

Azure Key Vault

Consul / Zookeeper / AWS Cloud Map

Job 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.

Digital Consultants is seeking a Containerized Applications Specialist SME Software Engineer for this effort will be responsible for assisting Mission Application developers with converting existing applications to use a containerization-oriented application paradigm, structuring such applications for readiness in SCCA-compliant environments and ensuring compatibility with tools and technologies at a high level in order to support deployment against various environments and toolsets.

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 across a full-stack domain, including database (relational and NoSQL) and application development (compiled and interpreted languages) with a focus on developing apps for containerization
• Expertise in managing/maintaining container configuration IAC components such as DockerFiles and integrating such capabilities with source control and CI/CD solutions (GitHub/GitLab/Azure DevOps etc)
• Expertise in integrating applications with Service Mesh and Discovery tools such as HashiCorp Consul, Apache Zookeeper, AWS Cloud Map, or similar
• Expertise with secure credential management for applications (such as BitWarden, HashiCorp Vault, Azure Key Vault, and similar)
• Candidates 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 implementation-agnostic development across the enterprise

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Expertise with developing and maintaining microservices.

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.