The Role
Designs, develops, deploys, and maintains secure custom applications in AWS environments. Responsibilities include supporting data collection and exploitation workflows, leading agile teams, assisting diverse users, creating training and documentation, translating user needs into technical requirements, managing source code repositories, addressing security vulnerabilities, maintaining accreditation, administering databases, and performing data preparation and application operations.
Summary Generated by Built In
REQUIRED: Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
LOCATION: Full-time onsite in Chantilly, VA
As a Software Developer (Systems Software), you’ll design and maintain custom applications within the AWS environment, ensuring reliability, accreditation, and security at every layer. You’ll work with clean, well‑structured code, manage repositories, and support database services that keep critical data flowing.
Who We Are:
We offer advanced services in data science, data engineering, software engineering, AI solutions, cybersecurity, and IT program management.
Passionate Integrity, Driven by Excellence
Ardent Principles offers a competitive salary range and a comprehensive, industry‑leading benefits package designed to support long‑term stability and employee well‑being. We provide more than a position—we offer a workplace committed to excellence, integrity, and mission‑focused impact. Our mission is to act as a bridge between satisfied clients and fulfilled employees, ensuring that your job and well-being are our top priorities because your satisfaction leads to the success of our clients.
Join us as we continue building the future of secure, high‑impact solutions.
LOCATION: Full-time onsite in Chantilly, VA
As a Software Developer (Systems Software), you’ll design and maintain custom applications within the AWS environment, ensuring reliability, accreditation, and security at every layer. You’ll work with clean, well‑structured code, manage repositories, and support database services that keep critical data flowing.
Who We Are:
We offer advanced services in data science, data engineering, software engineering, AI solutions, cybersecurity, and IT program management.
Passionate Integrity, Driven by Excellence
Ardent Principles offers a competitive salary range and a comprehensive, industry‑leading benefits package designed to support long‑term stability and employee well‑being. We provide more than a position—we offer a workplace committed to excellence, integrity, and mission‑focused impact. Our mission is to act as a bridge between satisfied clients and fulfilled employees, ensuring that your job and well-being are our top priorities because your satisfaction leads to the success of our clients.
Join us as we continue building the future of secure, high‑impact solutions.
Key Responsibilities and Experience needed
In this challenging yet rewarding role, you are an integral part of what brings our Company's mission to life. You must have the following required skills, certifications and demonstrated experience in and/or with:
- Working requirements related to data collection and exploitation workflows.
- Leading agile development teams.
- Working with diverse user bases with varying levels of comfort with data and technology; understanding user needs and tailoring user assistance specifically to the needs of the user.
- Guiding and training users in best practices in how to use enterprise technologies or applications.
- Presenting, documenting, and maintaining instructions for using new technologies and data-driven workflows.
- Decomposing user needs, drafting actionable requirements, and communicating requirements for technical solutions to development teams.
Highly Desired Qualifications
Other skills and demonstrated experiences that are highly desired but not mandatory to perform the work, include:
- Creating and maintaining resources within the Sponsor's Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment.
- Ensuring all security vulnerabilities are addressed as appropriate by severity and maintain security accreditation.
- Maintaining all source code in Sponsor-wide, remote Git repository.
- Writing, testing, debugging, deploying, and performing timely operations and maintenance (O&M) on custom applications.
- Administering database services.
- Performing data collection, cleaning, and formatting.
What We Offer You
- Highly Competitive Salary: Recognizing and rewarding your expertise and contributions.
- Generous Paid Time Off: Providing ample time for rest, relaxation, and personal pursuits.
- Dedicated Training Budget: Supporting continuous learning and professional development.
- 100% Employer-Covered Family Vision, Dental, and Health Insurance: Ensuring comprehensive health coverage for you and your family.
- 100% Employer-Covered Life and Disability Insurance: Offering financial security and peace of mind.
- 401(k) Plan with a 6% Employer Match: Helping you plan and save for a secure retirement, with 100% vesting from day one.
- 11 Paid Government Holidays: Observing national holidays to ensure time off with family and friends.
- Spot Bonuses for Exceptional Performance: Rewarding outstanding contributions and achievements.
SCHEDULE:
This is a full-time position with consultants expected to be available and working onsite in Chantilly, VA during core hours.
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About
At Ardent Principles, we're more than just a technology company - we're a team of innovators, problem-solvers, and collaborators dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Our mission is to empower organizations with transformative IT solutions and program management services, while our values of integrity, excellence, and teamwork guide everything we do. We foster a culture of open communication, where every voice is heard, and every idea is valued. Join us and be part of a company where your contributions truly make a difference.
Skills Required
- Active TS/SCI security clearance with full-scope polygraph
- Work onsite full-time in Chantilly, Virginia during core hours
- Experience with data collection and exploitation workflows
- Experience leading agile development teams
- Experience supporting diverse users and tailoring user assistance to their needs
- Experience guiding and training users on enterprise technologies or applications
- Experience presenting, documenting, and maintaining instructions for technologies and data-driven workflows
- Experience decomposing user needs, drafting actionable requirements, and communicating technical requirements to development teams
- Experience creating and maintaining resources in AWS
- Experience addressing security vulnerabilities and maintaining security accreditation
- Experience maintaining source code in a remote Git repository
- Experience writing, testing, debugging, deploying, and maintaining custom applications
- Experience administering database services
- Experience performing data collection, cleaning, and formatting
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The Company
What We Do
Ardent Principles, Inc. is a people-focused IT and management consulting firm for commercial and government clients, specializing in IT services and program management, and offering advanced services in data science, data engineering, software engineering, AI solutions, cybersecurity, and staff augmentation.








