Lead ColdFusion Developer & Technical Lead (Legacy CF/SQL)

Integral Consulting Services, Inc.

Fort Meade (MD)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 170,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) matching

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Professional Training Reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Integral Federal in Fort Meade, MD, seeks a Lead ColdFusion Developer / Technical Lead to sustain and enhance a mission‑critical application. You will provide hands‑on technical leadership for a mature ColdFusion/SQL Server system, review peers, guide releases, and troubleshoot production issues while maintaining documentation and best practices.

The role requires 10+ years of software development with 7+ years in CFML, active Secret clearance, and strong SQL Server skills.

Qualifications

Active Secret clearance
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
10+ years of software‑development experience.
7+ years of hands‑on Adobe ColdFusion/CFML development experience.
Demonstrated experience serving as a technical lead or senior developer for a complex production application.
Expert‑level ability to understand, troubleshoot, and enhance mature or legacy ColdFusion applications.
Strong Microsoft SQL Server development, performance‑analysis, and troubleshooting experience.
Experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and web‑application development.
Experience with Git‑based source control, peer/code review, branching, and controlled release processes.
Strong root‑cause analysis and production‑support skills.
Ability to independently take ownership of complex technical problems and drive them through resolution.
Ability to provide technical direction to other developers without requiring extensive supervision.
Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with technical and functional customer stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Serve as technical lead for ColdFusion/CFML application development, sustainment, and troubleshooting.
Design, develop, maintain, and enhance complex ColdFusion and Microsoft SQL Server applications.
Analyze existing code, business rules, interfaces, database dependencies, and application architecture before implementing changes.
Lead technical decomposition and estimation of RFCs, user stories, defects, and urgent changes.
Provide technical direction and code review for other developers while remaining actively involved in coding.
Establish and reinforce maintainable coding patterns and sound development practices within the legacy application.
Develop and optimize SQL queries, stored procedures, scripts, tables, views, and database interactions.
Lead investigation and root‑cause analysis of complex application, database, integration, and production issues.
Collaborate with business analysts and Government stakeholders to clarify requirements and identify technical impacts, dependencies, and risks.
Support developer testing, peer review, Fortify/static‑code scanning, security remediation, and defect resolution.
Coordinate technical readiness for expedited weekly releases and planned monthly production releases.
Work closely with system administration, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, testing, and database personnel.
Maintain technical documentation for application architecture, module behavior, interfaces, deployment considerations, and recurring support procedures.
Mentor developers and help distribute critical application knowledge across the team.