Software Development Lead

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, IT, Information Systems, or related technical discipline; equivalent experience may substitute.
• 8+ years of software engineering/application development experience
• 3+ years leading software development teams or major engineering activities.
• Experience leading the design, development, integration, testing, deployment, operation, and maintenance of enterprise software systems.
• Demonstrated experience leading Agile development teams, including backlog refinement, sprint/release planning, reviews, retrospectives, and continuous improvement.
• Experience implementing secure SDLC and SecDevOps/DevSecOps practices that integrate security throughout development and operations.
• Experience developing within Federal or controlled enterprise environments governed by established development, architecture, access-control, testing, documentation, configuration/change-management, and release standards.
• Strong knowledge of Agile development, secure SDLC, SecDevOps/DevSecOps, and NIST SP 800-218 SSDF.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines, source-code management, code reviews, build automation, configuration management, release management, and automated deployment.
• Experience implementing automated unit, integration, and end-to-end testing with code changes and incorporating testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience using automation to accelerate testing, improve software quality, and support repeatable releases.
• Experience with application security practices/tools such as SAST, DAST, Software Composition Analysis (SCA), dependency/secrets/container scanning, and vulnerability management.
• Knowledge of secure coding, OWASP Top 10, software supply-chain security, and vulnerability remediation.
• Experience analyzing and remediating findings from penetration testing, security assessments, application security testing, and code reviews.
• Experience with APIs, databases, enterprise services, distributed applications, and cloud/cloud-native applications.
• Proficiency with modern programming languages, frameworks, and customer-approved development technologies.
• Knowledge of application identity, authentication, authorization, access control, data protection, logging, and monitoring.
• Experience developing and maintaining required engineering artifacts such as Project Roadmaps, Technical Change Management Plans, Architectural Decision Records (ADRs), Runbooks, README documentation, commit documentation/messages, and Release Notes.
• Ability to establish and enforce documentation, version control, configuration/change management, testing, and release-management standards.
• Experience using organization-approved technologies, frameworks, testing libraries, platforms, and development tools.
• Ability to incorporate changes to development/security standards and requirements within required SLAs and delivery schedules.
• Ability to obtain a DoED 6c Public Trust. At least an active Secret clearance is highly preferred.
• U.S. Citizenship required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous FSA, Department of Education, or other Federal software development/modernization experience.
• Experience implementing development processes consistent with FSA Software Development Standards and FSA Launch Pad requirements, including SDLC, documentation, access control, testing, and approved technologies.
• Experience implementing NIST SP 800-218 SSDF and applicable Federal secure-software guidance.
• Experience with AWS/Azure, containers, Kubernetes/OpenShift, microservices, Infrastructure as Code, cloud-native architectures, and automated security/compliance testing.
• Experience with software supply-chain security, observability/monitoring, and legacy application modernization.
• Relevant Agile, cloud, DevSecOps, or secure software development certifications such as CSM, SAFe, PMI-ACP, AWS/Azure, CSSLP, or comparable credentials.

Compensation

• Salary Range: TBD
• The SkyePoint Decisions salary range for this position is a general guideline only. It represents an estimated range for this position and is just one piece of our total compensation package.
• Salary at SkyePoint is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, work schedule, the candidate’s combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability, market data and business considerations.
• In addition to a competitive salary, SkyePoint offers benefits including a certification incentive program, PTO, floating federal holiday options, several insurance options including HMO and High Deductible plans with Health Savings Accounts [HSAs], Flex Spending Accounts [FSAs], Full Dental Plans, Vision, ST/LT Disability, Life Insurance, and 401k matched.

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