Senior Architect Development Team Lead

GovCIO

Washington (District of Columbia)

Hybrid

USD 180,000 - 210,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

GovCIO is seeking a Senior Architect Development Team Lead to support solution architecture and development for a government customer in the Washington DC area. The role offers a hybrid schedule with mostly remote work and occasional onsite activities.

You will lead the architecture team across O&M and enhancement initiatives, coordinating with infrastructure, networking, and security teams. Experience with Natural/ADABAS, ServiceNow, and IBM MQ is required.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
15+ years of experience on large-scale application design and development.
Expert proficiency with Natural using ADABAS.
5+ years’ project management experience.
Experience defining requirements with customers.
Proven ability to design cross-system solutions.
Experience with cloud and on‑prem environments.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Manage a team of technical architects and developers.
Assess existing background investigation systems and processes.
Engage with customers and stakeholders to elicit requirements.
Design scalable, efficient solution architectures.
Ensure compliance with federal regulations and standards.
Collaborate with development teams for implementation.
Oversee IT workflow using ServiceNow and JIRA.
Develop and maintain file transfer and batch processing (Connect Direct, IBM MQ).
Provide guidance on federal contracting and grants management.

Skills

Natural/ADABAS

NaturalONE IDE

Project management

Requirements gathering

Customer interaction

Cloud & On-Prem

O365

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/related field

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

ServiceNow

IBM MQ

Connect Direct

MS Teams

Job description

Responsibilities

GovCIO is currently hiring for a Senior Architect Development Team Lead to support solution architecture and development team needs for a government customer. This position will be located in the Washington DC metropolitan area (DMV) and will be a hybrid position, primarily remote with an intermittent need for onsite activity.

In this role you will support the Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency (DCSA), Background Information Systems (BIS), Case Processing and other background investigation systems. The successful candidate will support requirements elicitation, analysis, development, testing, and application level operational support for mission critical applications providing background investigation processing. The position serves as a team lead of the architecture team working both operational and maintenance (O&M) and enhancement initiatives associated with application-level development and operations support. The position requires interaction and coordination touchpoints related to infrastructure, networking, security, and other support entities. ServiceNow is the primary workflow management tool used within the environment.

Specific responsibilities will include:

Manage a team of technical architects and developers
Conduct comprehensive assessments of existing background investigation support systems and processes at DCSA and other federal agencies
Interaction with all levels of customers and stakeholders to understand user requirements and program needs
Design and propose scalable and efficient solution architectures
Ensure compliance with federal regulations and standards
Develop solution architectures that address identified requirements and align with federal regulations
Collaborate with development teams to ensure the successful implementation of proposed solutions
Conduct regular reviews and assessments to measure the effectiveness of implemented solutionsProvide expertise in federal contract and grants management throughout the project lifecycle
Use Atlassian tools including JIRA for requirements tracking
Design solutions that efficiently and effectively meet customer’s requirements
Interaction and support with other development team personnel
Develop software using Natural with ADABAS
Develop and maintain software processes to transfer files using Connect Direct software
Develop and maintain JCL for batch processing
Develop and maintain queues and flows using IBM MQ
Anticipates customers and project needs and proactively identifies potential solutions

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

Bachelor’s with 15+ years (or commensurate experience) on large scale application design and development
Expert proficiency programming in Natural using ADABAS
Experienced in developing using Software AG’s NaturalONE Eclipse-based development environment
5+ years’ project management experience
5+ years’ experience working with customers on defining requirements
Expert proficiency working with customers to define requirements
Strong ability to design solutions across multiple systems or sub-systems
Demonstrated experience interacting with software application program development and management personnel.
Demonstrated experience interacting with infrastructure support and management personnel in both cloud and on-premises environments.
Proficient in O365 components to include Word, Excel, etc.
Strong written and verbal communication skills