Description of Task to be Performed:
AnaVation is seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Developer to lead the design, development, testing, and management of application development projects supporting critical IT infrastructure within a forensic and investigative ecosystem. This includes solutions for large-scale data processing, computationally intensive statistical modeling, advanced analytics, and modern data integration services leveraging GraphQL.
The ideal candidate will bring experience developing secure, scalable, and maintainable software applications in support of complex enterprise environments. This role requires the ability to architect and implement high-quality solutions, collaborate across teams, and support the full lifecycle of application development efforts that enable mission success.
This work is onsite in Chantilly.
Key Responsibilities
· Design, develop, test, and manage application development projects in support of IT infrastructure
· Integrate third-party components and introduce new custom capabilities
· Modify existing code and recommend process improvements
· Automate operations and maintenance tasks
· Develop and implement technical efforts for large-scale data processing and advanced analytics
· Participate in all aspects of the software development life cycle
· Contribute to planning, requirements, development, testing, and quality assurance
· Participate in technical project milestone reviews and code architecture sessions
· Provide resource estimation and development best practices knowledge transfer
· Participate in Program Increments (PIs) and Agile Release Train (ART) activities
· Support the multi-enclave environment (Unclassified, Secret, and Top Secret)
· Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in software engineering
- Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)
- Experience with SAFe Agile framework
- Strong understanding of forensic and investigative system requirements
- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing complex software solutions in secure government environments
- One or more programming languages: Java, .NET(C#), Python
- Complex system architecture design
- Message brokers such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, and Redis
- Elasticsearch, Splunk, and other data platforms
- Containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Cloud platforms (AWS GovCloud, SC2S, C2S)
- Object-oriented design and development
- Relational Databases and SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL)
- REST API development and integration
- Git and other source control management systems
- Unit testing and test-driven development
- DevSecOps practices and tools
- Frontend frameworks (Angular, React, Svelte)
- Data streaming and integration technologies such as Apache Nifi
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
- GraphQL
- Microservices architecture
- Performance optimization and scalability design
- Security engineering principles
Advanced proficiency with:
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
- Cloud certification
- Celery
- Cribl
- Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
- 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
- 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
- 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
- 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
- Competitive Pay
- Generous paid leave and holiday package
- Tuition and training reimbursement
- Life and AD&D Insurance
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in software engineering
- Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)
- Experience with SAFe Agile framework
- Strong understanding of forensic and investigative system requirements
- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing complex software solutions in secure government environments
- Advanced proficiency with multiple programming languages
What We Do
AnaVation is a trusted partner that delivers high-value, cost-effective solutions to solve our customers’ most complex technical and analytical problems. AnaVation believes that the future of securing, collecting, processing, and analyzing cyber data will require the development of advanced ANAlytical technologies derived via the innoVATION of current and future technologies. AnaVation believes in the “Idea of the Possible” — that it is possible for our experts, partnering with our customers in the right environment, to create innovative technical solutions that expand our customers’ capabilities. We want to do two things for our customers. We want to resolve existing challenges and we want to prepare them for the future. Our technical expertise and innovative engineering culture enable us to do those things.
