Frontend Architect

Frontend Architect

Job Category: Information Technology

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Public Trust

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Local

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CACI is currently looking for a UI Architect with agile methodology experience to join our BEAGLE (Border Enforcement Applications for Government Leading-Edge Information Technology) Agile Solution Factory (ASF) Team supporting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) client located in Northern Virginia! Join this passionate team of industry-leading individuals supporting the best practices in Agile Software Development for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

As a member of the BEAGLE ASF Team, you will support the men and women charged with safeguarding the American people and enhancing the Nation’s safety, security, and prosperity. CBP agents and officers are on the front lines, every day, protecting our national security by combining customs, immigration, border security, and agricultural protection into one coordinated and supportive activity.

ASF programs thrive in a culture of innovation and are constantly seeking individuals who can bring creative ideas to solve complex problems, both technical and procedural at the team and portfolio levels. The ability to be adaptable and to work constructively with a technically diverse and geographically separated team is crucial. You should have worked with or have a strong interest in agile software development practices and delivering deployable software in short sprints. 

What You’ll Get to Do:

Serve as an Agile Scrum team member providing UI development and architecture for the delivery of releasable software in short sprint cycles. Responsible for activities associated with software projects by working in close collaboration with architects, business analysts, software developers/engineers, stakeholders, and end users within Agile processes.

Responsibilities include:

• Charting the path forward for multiple teams in how they develop user interfaces.

• Designing, developing, and maintaining reusable UI components that will be used across 20+ applications.

• Leading other UI developers in developing and maintaining common UI components and helping developers in product teams integrate components into their apps

• Finding gaps in common solutions, reconciling requirements, and proposing solutions that can fit multiple products

• Working closely with UX to determine technical feasibility of designs

• Acting as a member of a product team supporting teammates and collaborating with a do what it takes attitude to ensure product and team success

• Providing improvements to the product(s) being supported

• Actively participate in release and sprint planning, artifact creation, sprint testing, regression testing, demonstrations and retrospectives and solution releases

• Supporting release planning with conceptual design and development / refinement of software engineering guidelines

• Analyzing complex project-related problems and creating innovative solutions involving, scheduling, technology, methodology, tools and solution components

• Ensuring product quality and timeliness of work, providing advice and guidance, resolving problems to meet objectives, and providing periodic performance reports

• Providing mentoring to junior members of the team

Required Qualifications:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to pass CBP background investigation, criteria include but are not limited to:

  • 3 year check for felony convictions

  • 1 year check for illegal drug use

  • 1 year check for misconduct such as theft or fraud

• College degree (B.S.) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Management Systems or a related discipline. Equivalent professional experience will be considered in lieu of degree

• Professional Experience: at least seven (7) years related technical experience, with software design, development, and implementation targeting web browsers and mobile devices.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• Demonstrable expertise in our UI development tech stack: Angular, Typescript, CSS, styling & theming using Angular Material, nginx.

• In-depth knowledge of the Angular Framework (TypeScript, Angular Material, state management), as well as experience implementing UI screens from prototypes, wireframes, and/or mock-ups.

• Experience in the following programming languages/libraries: Angular, Angular Material, Typescript, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML.

• Ability to create and enforce development standards for user interfaces across multiple applications and development teams.

• Ability to design and implement a robust and scalable UI architecture, leveraging existing enterprise tools and standards as well as identifying new tools to streamline development and improve user experience.

• Solid understanding Angular components, services, and routing; understanding of state management (NGXS and/or NGRX); implementing micro-front ends; and UI performance considerations such as, but not limited to, reducing file sizes, bundling assets, and asynchronous data loading.

• Ability to evolve current architecture based on industry trends and help teams catch up to the latest in UI development by setting milestones and providing technical help.

• Demonstrable experience creating reusable libraries and components with version control, documentation, and evangelizing the needs of a standards-based development approach.

• Developing interactive and responsive interfaces, implementing complex solutions, encouraging quality code through conducting reviews/leading tests.

• Experience implementing new features by transforming mockups into fully functional user interfaces integrated with API enabled microservice built on Spring Boot based backend.

• Ability to bridge the gap between user interface design and technical implementation.

• Passionate for user experience and user-centric development.

• Continuously research new and best design and coding practices.

• Strong communication skills that include leading design-related conversations, ability to build and nurture good relationships and foster an environment for collaboration

• Object oriented design and development (OODD) expertise, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).

• Experience with source code control systems and concurrent development workflows (Git preferred)

• Understanding of all elements of the software development life cycle, including planning, development, requirements management, CM, quality assurance, and release management.

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Mobile/responsive application implementation experience a plus

• Understanding of system architecture concepts and experience with system design (defining service building blocks, data flow, caching strategies for UI assets, building systems with scalability, reliability, and maintainability in mind).

• DevOps experience/CI/CD pipeline.

• Experience deploying applications to Amazon AWS cloud or similar cloud vendor.

What we can offer you:

At CACI, our philosophy of employee development and advancement rests on a cultural foundation of providing unlimited and equal opportunity for growth, recognition, and rewards. We provide the environment, support and responsive, available management to nurture and stretch your abilities. We also offer a career mobility program to make it easy to build a dynamic career at CACI and offer flexible work schedule arrangements to support work/life balance.

• CACI’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) plan allows employees to take vacation as needed, without a set number of minimum or maximum days, and is available day one of employment. 

• CACI has been named one of Fortune magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies for 2024!

• CACI also has more than 20 Communities of Practice to share and gain skills and knowledge regarding various technologies and topics including SAP, Salesforce, Agile Development, and many more. The associated Learning Academies provide training and certifications to gain additional skills and build your brand.

• We offer competitive benefits and learning and development opportunities.

• We are mission-oriented and ever vigilant in aligning our solutions with the nation’s highest priorities.

• With over 24,000 employees worldwide, CACI has been named a Best Place to Work by the Washington Post.

• For over 60 years, the principles of CACI’s unique, character-based culture have been the driving force behind our success.

This position is contingent on funding and may not be filled immediately. However, this position is representative of positions within CACI that are consistently available. Individuals who apply may also be considered for other positions at CACI.

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What You Can Expect:

A culture of integrity.

At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you’ll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer’s missions and driven by a higher purpose – to ensure the safety of our nation.

An environment of trust.

CACI takes pride in fostering a diverse and accessible culture where every individual feels supported to chart their own path. You’ll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality.

A focus on continuous growth.

Together, we will advance our nation's most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new ground — in your career and in our legacy.

Your potential is limitless. So is ours.

Learn more about CACI here.

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Pay Range: There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits. Learn more here.

Since this position can be worked in more than one location, the range shown is the national average for the position.

The proposed salary range for this position is:

$82,100-$172,400

CACI is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.