Senior Developer

Ares Enterprise; North Carolina; On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Senior Developer in North Carolina to lead the design and engineering of enterprise digital solutions for a Department of Defense customer. The role requires strong expertise in cloud-native architectures, DevSecOps, and analytics implementation. Candidates should have significant experience with modern JavaScript frameworks and backend systems, while ensuring compliance in regulated environments. The position offers competitive compensation and the opportunity to work on mission-focused projects.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive software development experience.
• 3+ years leading enterprise-level architecture or development initiatives.
• Hands-on experience with analytics implementation and dashboard tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and engineering of enterprise digital solutions.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps best practices.
• Support modernization of legacy applications using microservices.

Skills

Cloud-native architectures

DevSecOps

Analytics implementation

Modern JavaScript frameworks

Backend development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

React

Angular

Node.js

AWS GovCloud

Microsoft Power BI

Job description

Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Developer to lead the design, engineering, and sustainment of enterprise digital solutions within a United States Department of Defense customer environment. This role will provide technical leadership across design systems, AI-enabled product innovation, analytics, and DevSecOps implementation to ensure secure, scalable, high-performing digital services. The Senior Developer will play a critical role in establishing enterprise standards, modernizing legacy systems, and delivering mission-focused capabilities that are secure, maintainable, and user-centered. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in cloud-native architectures, DevSecOps, analytics implementation, and modern front-end/back-end frameworks within regulated government environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design System Engineering
  • Comprehensive style guide
  • Reusable pattern/component library
  • Design principles
  • Governance model and documentation
• Engineer reusable, accessible UI components that enforce consistency across websites, applications, and digital platforms.
• Translate design artifacts into scalable, production-ready component libraries (e.g., React, Angular, or similar frameworks).
• Ensure Section 508 accessibility compliance and alignment with DoD security requirements.
• Establish versioning, documentation standards, and contribution guidelines.
• Implement automated testing for UI components (unit, regression, accessibility).
• Support designers, developers, content editors, and knowledge managers in adopting the Design System to accelerate development and reduce redundancy.
• Ensure enterprise products maintain usability and quality standards resulting in no more than two (2) validated customer complaints per month.

Product Development & Innovation

The Senior Developer will employ agile methodologies to support the full product lifecycle across enterprise platforms (e.g., internal portals, workflow systems, digital forms, and knowledge platforms).

Agile Engineering & Product Support

• Participate in discovery, requirements refinement, technical design, development, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement.
• Provide architectural guidance for scalable, modular, cloud-native solutions.
• Support modernization of legacy applications using microservices and API-driven architectures.
• Implement modular and reusable code structures to enhance maintainability.
• Contribute to backlog refinement and technical estimation.

AI-Enabled Capabilities

• Design and implement AI-enabled features within Government-approved environments to enhance:
  • Decision support
  • Workflow automation
  • Intelligent search
  • Content summarization
  • Predictiveanalytics
• Integrate AI services using secure APIs and approved cloud-native AI services.
• Ensure human-in-the-loop controls and governance mechanisms for AI implementations.
• Implement logging, auditability, and explainability controls in accordance with DoD policy.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity and compliance teams to ensure AI solutions meet ATO and data protection requirements.

Analytics & Performance

• Implement analytics frameworks to measure:
  • User adoption
  • Application performance
  • System reliability
  • Mission outcomes
• Integrate analytics tools such as:
  • Matomo
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Other Government-approved reporting and dashboard platforms
• Develop dashboards and performance monitoring solutions to support leadership decision-making.
• Establish telemetry standards for application performance monitoring (APM).
• Provide actionable insights through data modeling and visualization.
• Support continuous improvement through metrics-driven optimization.

DevSecOps & Delivery Operations

• Architect and maintain secure DevSecOps pipelines across development, test, staging, and production environments.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines with automated:
  • Build processes
  • Unit and integration testing
  • Security scanning (SAST/DAST)
  • Container scanning
  • Infrastructure-as-Code validation
• Support Authority to Operate (ATO)-aligned deployment processes.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks for operational awareness.
• Ensure secure deployments within Government-assigned cloud environments and approved hosting platforms.
• Enforce secure coding standards and compliance with DoD cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., RMF, NIST).
• Support repeatable, rapid, and secure release cycles with rollback and resilience strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of progressive software development experience.
• 3+ years leading enterprise-level architecture or development initiatives.
• Strong proficiency in:
  • Modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular, Vue, etc.)
  • Backend development (Node.js, Java, .NET, Python, etc.)
  • RESTful APIs and microservices architectures
  • Cloud platforms (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or equivalent)
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps best practices.
• Hands-on experience with analytics implementation and dashboard tools.
• Experience working in secure, regulated, or DoD environments.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.