Senior Software Developer IV

Softility, Inc.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Softility, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Developer IV in Herndon, VA to lead software architecture decisions for enterprise customers.

The role involves designing scalable network management platforms, providing SME guidance across technology stacks, and serving as the primary technical contact for new evaluations. You will guide development methodology, review code, and mentor teams while ensuring data modeling, transformation, and secure infrastructure align with customer needs and SLA

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing software architecture for large-scale networks.
• Ability to guide multi-team development and client-facing technical discussions.
• Proficiency in data modeling, transformation, and secure data handling.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop network management software for scalable deployments.
• Serve as SME for designated technology stacks and primary client technical contact.
• Guide sprint planning, development reviews, and code quality across teams.
• Develop disaster recovery plans and ensure SLA adherence.
• Ensure cybersecurity compliance and secure handling of sensitive data.

Skills

Software Architecture

Team Leadership

Mentoring

ITIL

Six Sigma

Data Modeling

REST APIs

Tools

MicroFocus OpsBridge

OpsRamp

Nexthink

vROps

IBM Tivoli Netcool

CA Wily

BMC Remedy

Oracle

SQL Server

Active Directory

Job description

[Senior Software Developer IV - Herndon, VA. Responsible for software architecture design for customers and serve as a Subject Matter Expert for designated technology stack. Act as primary client contact for technical aspects of new technology evaluation. Design and architect network health forecast models, telemetry options, performance monitoring, failure prediction, workflow and configuration management systems. Guide the teams development methodology and review, and approve the final submitted code. Propose and provide technical guidance in software design process, including data modeling, data repository design, and data transformation. Provide technical guidance in technology feasibility studies of new Network Management Software with consideration for its ability to scale up for future needs. Design, develop and implement technology platforms to quickly build application prototypes for management review. Develop sprint schedule based on technical plan and guide discussion in development sprints. Guide team on best practices of software development involving acquisition of test data, access to appropriate support systems and necessary infrastructure facilities to meet customer demands. Provide guidance for all major technical issues spanning various technology stacks, acting as a customer partner. Provide expert guidance on various industry best practices of process management, including ITIL, Six Sigma, and their practical implementation in a variety of industries. Design and development of specialized, enterprise-level software scripts, which are used for level 3 or 4 administration of a complex communication network involving millions of users. Software is used for: remote management of customer premises devices, tracing and alarming on issues affecting the connected device through standard and custom network protocols, event-based automated response to restore the health of affected device and reducing time to restore. Design, develop, and deliver software for other complex IT systems, including management and data management for critical and large datasets, using various software development methodologies, including Waterfall, Agile, Xtreme, etc. Work across multiple teams, managing respective software deliverables concurrently. Design, develop, configure and implement various enterprise network management software and other network and systems management software across the network, server, application, security and services layers. Design and develop security protocols through thorough assessment of access requirements. Ensure cyber security compliance of handling sensitive data. Design, develop, customize and support advanced web-based programs and applications for complex information management systems. Synthesize functional requirements into technical requirements. Plan, design, execute, and test customer disaster recovery process and procedures. Responsible for seamless failover of supported applications to backup environments while meeting agreed service level agreements (SLA). Understand and develop cross-functional integrations to enable complex software applications to share and use data while maintaining data integrity. Supervise code updates from junior developers and control commit functions for repository. Define data warehousing needs and develop data modeling and large data management technologies to support full-life-cycle system development. Enable automation of repeatable actions using models to determine system behavior in altered conditions while improving performance. Work with the following: MicroFocus OpsBridge, OpsRamp, Nexthink, vROps; IBM Tivoli Netcool Suite (OMNIbus, WebGUI, Impact, TBSM, ITNM, SSM, ITMs, ITCAM, TNPM, TADDM); CA Introscope, CA Wily Transaction Generator; BMC Remedy ARS/ITSM Solutions; Edge EnPortal, AppBoard; Linux, Windows NT, Solaris, AIX; Java Scripts, HTML, Apache, LDAP, Active Directory, TCP/IP; Multi-cloud Environments; Oracle, Sybase, MSSQL Server, MySQL, and IBM DB2. Other similar duties as assigned. M-F; 40 hrs/week. $175,427/year.]{#docs-internal-guid-c3ab5c0b-7fff-2f84-f6e3-178ac7636755}