Senior Architect Development Team Lead

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.

Responsibilities

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 solutions

Provide 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 Clearance Required:

Must have an active Top Secret Clearance and able to attain an SCI.

Preferred Skills and Experience

Active Security Clearance of Top-Secret level or higher

PMP certification

Agile experience

Strong working knowledge using IBM’s Connect:Direct for file transfers

Experience with using IBM MQ

Familiarity with Confluence and Jira

Working knowledge of ServiceNow

Experience with meeting hosting via MS Teams

Posted Salary Range

USD $180,000.00 - USD $210,000.00 /Yr.

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 solutions

Provide 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

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 Clearance Required:

Must have an active Top Secret Clearance and able to attain an SCI.

Preferred Skills and Experience

Active Security Clearance of Top-Secret level or higher

PMP certification

Agile experience

Strong working knowledge using IBM’s Connect:Direct for file transfers

Experience with using IBM MQ

Familiarity with Confluence and Jira

Working knowledge of ServiceNow

Experience with meeting hosting via MS Teams