Application Developer SME (Artifact Management & Secure Development Specialist)

Description

Leading with our people, Digital Consultants' mission is to deliver the highest level of professional solutions while being a trusted partner and advisor to our customers. With a culture of practicality, opportunity, and creativity we remain dedicated to being honest, trustworthy, respectful, and ethical in everything we do.  We are a certified SBA 8(a) small, disadvantaged business that supports multiple IT customers within the Federal, civilian, and private sectors.  Digital Consultants also offers our employees growth opportunities, competitive wages, and a full benefits package.  Our founding principles, Fairness and Common Sense make working here more than a job, it’s the Digital family. 

Digital Consultants is seeking an Artifact Management and Secure Software Development Specialist SME Software Engineer for this effort will be responsible for providing guidance and targeted assistance in migrating NCIS Mission Applications to a secure software development toolchain and ensuring compliance with DON-CIO policies regarding secure software development practices and products.

Location: Quantico, VA. Hybrid remote schedule. Must be local and able to meet onsite 1-2 times per week or as required.

Requirements

• Clearance Required: Top Secret/SCI
• High School with 10+ years (or commensurate experience) 
• Expertise in Secure Software Development (SecDevOps focus) across a full-stack domain, including database (relational and NoSQL) and application development (compiled and interpreted languages)
• Expertise in secure coding practices (including code quality, Zero Trust, SBOM, and secure dependency management)
• Expertise with artifact management toolsets (Nexus, Artifactory, NuGet, etc) and SAST/DAST code quality platforms (SonarQube, Aikido, CodeQL, or similar) and Git-oriented supporting capabilities (such as pre-commit hooks and branch management rules)
• Must be comfortable applying software engineering principles to disparate languages, operating systems, and hosting environments holistically, learning new technologies as needed to support emergent mission needs, and providing guidance to Mission Application developers to build a culture of compliance regarding sustained implementation of such objectives. Shares overlap/redundancy with other two SME software developer positions.

Compensation and Benefits: The salary range for this position is $180,000 – 190,000 depending on experience. The company offers the following benefits to permanent, full-time employees:

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Group health plans
• Income protection and supplemental benefits
• 401(k) plan with company matching
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Pet insurance options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

Digital Consultants, an inclusive and welcoming company, is fully committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, Veterans status or any other protected characteristic.

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