Lead Developer

Choisys Technology; Fort Meade (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Choisys Technology seeks a Lead Developer to direct the DevSecOps lifecycle and Agile sprint execution for a highly visible government system. This is a hands-on leadership role that involves maintaining, troubleshooting, and modernizing legacy codebases while refactoring applications to facilitate data integration with new enterprise platforms.

This position is contingent upon contract award. You will lead an Agile/Scrum team using ColdFusion, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and Microsoft SQL Server;

Qualifications

• Active Secret security clearance (with IT-I eligibility) and ability to pass enterprise-level background screening.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical discipline; equivalent professional experience considered.
• DoD 8570.01-M / 8140.01 compliant IAT Level II baseline certification required by the agency.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Experience in a government IT engineering mission area.

Responsibilities

• Direct an Agile/Scrum development team using ColdFusion, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and SQL Server.
• Design, code, and unit test critical IT programs with optimized SQL statements.
• Implement Test-Driven Development (TDD) methodologies with traceability from user stories to automated tests.
• Drive the 10-phase DevSecOps lifecycle for high-quality product releases.
• Manage source code integrity and release packages, including rollback plans and Fortify scans.
• Ensure integration with agency SSO/PKI authentication and remediate security findings prior to submission.
• Provide Tier III Help Desk support and create incident resolution scripts.
• Refactor applications to enable data integration and module decommissioning.
• Contribute to project management tasks and update end-user training materials and SAG.

Skills

Agile/Scrum

Leadership

TDD

DevSecOps

SQL

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

Fortify

SSO/PKI

SQL Server

Job description

Description

Job Description: Our MPJV, CVTEK, is seeking a Lead Developer to direct the DevSecOps lifecycle and Agile sprint execution for a highly visible government business system. This is a hands-on leadership role that involves maintaining, troubleshooting, and modernizing legacy codebases while refactoring applications to facilitate data integration with new enterprise platforms. This position is contingent upon contract award.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead an Agile/Scrum development team utilizing required technology stacks including ColdFusion, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and Microsoft SQL Server.
• Perform conceptual design, detailed design, code, and unit testing of critical IT programs, writing optimized SQL statements to ensure relational database efficiency.
• Implement Test-Driven Development (TDD) methodologies, maintaining traceability from user stories to automated unit, integration, functional, and security testing phases.
• Drive the 10-phase DevSecOps lifecycle (Plan, Develop, Build, Test, Release, Deliver, Deploy, Operate, Monitor, Feedback) to push high-quality product releases.
• Manage source code integrity and prepare formal CCB release packages, including rollback plans and Fortify security scans.
• Ensure application integration with agency SSO/PKI authentication mechanisms, remediating critical and high-security findings prior to code submission.
• Provide Tier III Help Desk support, diagnosing and resolving escalated software application failures within strict response SLAs, and creating incident resolution scripts.
• Refactor applications to facilitate data integration and module decommissioning.
• Contribute to overarching project management and sustainment tasks, including providing Agile development metrics for Monthly Status Reports, generating technical content for end-user training, and updating the System Administration Guide (SAG).

Requirements

Job Requirements

• Location: Primary performance at the Contractor Site, with requirements to support classified/unclassified work at Government locations (Ft. Meade, MD).
• Security Clearance: Must possess an active Secret security clearance (with IT-I eligibility) and the ability to successfully pass enterprise-level background suitability screening. U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Experience: Demonstrated professional experience in a relevant IT engineering mission area.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline (equivalent professional experience may be considered)
• Certifications: DoD 8570.01-M / 8140.01 compliant IAT Level II baseline certification (e.g., CompTIA Security+ CE, CCNA Security, or equivalent) as required by the agency.