Application Engineer IV - UI with Security Clearance

Black Eagle Defense; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 190,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Eagle Defense seeks an Application Engineer IV to accelerate the Secure the Enterprise initiative by modernizing the evaluation process with automated, streamlined workflows and continuous monitoring across the project lifecycle.

The role focuses on building front-end capabilities, visualizing data, and delivering robust UI components, while guiding UI technical direction and integrating REST endpoints.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree with 4+ years experience or equivalent.
• Strong TypeScript and JavaScript skills.
• Experience with Angular framework.
• REST API integration experience.
• CSS and UI design fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Integrate front-end apps with REST endpoints to fetch data.
• Design UI components to visualize data in web apps.
• Create SPA dashboards and user-facing features.
• Develop responsive front-end solutions for mission requirements.
• Create mockups, wireframes, and prototypes for new projects.
• Support modernization of existing web-based applications.
• Troubleshoot and resolve UI defects and performance issues.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into UI solutions.
• Support full application lifecycle from development to sustainment.

Skills

TypeScript

JavaScript

UI Leadership

Angular

JSON data

REST API

CSS

Education

Ph.D. + 4+ yrs

M.S. + 6+ yrs

B.S. + 8+ yrs

A.A. + 10+ yrs

12 yrs exp, no degree

Job description

Job Description

SALARY RANGE $190,000 - $247,000/year.

DUTIES As a successful candidate for the Application Engineer IV role, you will support the Secure the Enterprise initiative by developing capabilities that transition the current manual system security evaluation and authorization process to a modern framework emphasizing automation, streamlined processes and approvals, continuous monitoring and assessment, and network data gathering throughout the entire project lifecycle.

Required Skills

• Integrate front-end applications with ReST endpoints to request and receive data
• Design and implement user interface components to visualize data within web applications
• Create and maintain single-page application (SPA) dashboards and user-facing capabilities
• Develop responsive and intuitive front-end solutions to support mission requirements
• Create mockups, wireframes, and prototypes for new development efforts
• Support the modernization and enhancement of existing web-based applications
• Troubleshoot and resolve application defects, performance issues, and user interface concerns
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into functional web-based solutions
• Support the full application lifecycle, including development, testing, deployment, and sustainment activities

QUALIFICATIONS

Ph.D. plus Four (4) years of experience, a Master's degree plus Six (6) years of experience, a Bachelor's degree plus Eight (8) years of experience, or an Associate's degree plus Ten (10) years of professional experience are acceptable. Twelve (12) years of relevant experience are acceptable if the candidate does not possess a degree.

Additional Requirements

• TypeScript
• JavaScript
• UI Technical Leadership
• Angular Framework
• JSON Data Analysis and Manipulation
• ReST API Integration
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Desired Skills

• JIRA
• Confluence
• Agile Framework / SAFe
• AWS
• Balsamiq
• MongoDB