Application Development Manager

Department of Energy Headquarters; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 144,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Energy Headquarters in Washington, DC is seeking an Application Development Manager to lead full-lifecycle software initiatives using Agile methods. You will guide the design, development, and delivery of mission-critical applications across cloud and on-premise platforms, ensuring scalability and alignment with enterprise standards.

The role is an Excepted Service appointment open under Public Path, with a posted salary range of $143,913 to $187,093 per year and telework

Qualifications

• No specific education requirements or substitutions are required for this position.

Responsibilities

• Direct and execute full-lifecycle application development using Agile methodologies.
• Configure and maintain mission-critical software across diverse platforms, including cloud environments.
• Investigate and resolve complex technical failures across application code, infrastructure, databases, and interfaces.
• Serve as technical authority and oversight lead for contractor-supported development initiatives.

Job description

• Hiring Agency: Department of Energy Headquarters
• Department: Department of Energy
• Location: Washington, District of Columbia
• Hiring Path: Public
• Number of Openings: 1
• Security Clearance: Sensitive Compartmented Information

This position is part of the Department of Energy's Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Counterintelligence in Cyberspace are measures to identify, penetrate, or neutralize foreign operations that use cyber means as the primary tradecraft methodology, as well as foreign intelligence service collection efforts that use traditional methods to gauge cyber capabilities and intentions.

Key Responsibilities

.This is an Excepted Service position. This appointment will not confer Competitive Service career-conditional or career tenure status. This means that if you are selected, you would have to compete with other applicants in open competition to meet requirements for another Federal position, unless you meet the requirements for reinstatement.

Applicants who voluntarily convert from the competitive service, Senior Executive Service, or other pay systems to a non-time limited appointment under this excepted service authority are not afforded "fallback rights" to the pay system previously assigned prior to conversion. As a Application Development Manager , you will: Direct and execute full-lifecycle application development using Agile methodologies to accelerate iterative software delivery.

Configure and maintain mission-critical software solutions across diverse application development platforms (including cloud environments) ensuring applications are scalable, interoperable, and aligned with enterprise architectural standards across the organization. Investigate and resolve complex, high-visibility technical failures across application code, underlying infrastructure, database layers, and third-party interfaces.

Serve as a technical authority and oversight lead for contractor-supported development initiatives. Evaluate software delivery workflows to identify operational bottlenecks and modernize outdated legacy processes.

Requirements & Education

There are no specific education requirements or substitution of education for experience for this position.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Department of Energy Headquarters, Department of Energy.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $143913 – $187093/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-29.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.

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