When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.
Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.
Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.
Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.
Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.
What are we looking for?
At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.
Working@AIS
At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Lead Software Engineer.
Core Knowledge & Skills: Operates independently or as a team lead, selects appropriate persistence technologies (e.g., EF, Dapper), defines source control strategies, and designs subsystem infrastructure.
Work & Complexity: Tackles complex problems with thorough analysis, manages cross-functional delivery, and improves system reliability and scalability.
Quality & Independence: Consistently meets deadlines even under challenging conditions, enforces standards through detailed reviews, and establishes productivity benchmarks for the team.
Teamwork & Communication: Provides functional leadership by setting objectives, organizing resources, resolving conflicts, and engaging confidently with both internal and external stakeholders.
Consulting & Engagement: Troubleshoots advanced client issues, supports requirements gathering, and contributes to vendor presentations or proposal activities.
Project Summary
We are seeking a Sr. .NET Full Stack Developer to support the design, development, and modernization of enterprise web applications for a mission-critical government program. This role supports both new development and sustainment activities, requiring strong expertise in .NET, SQL Server, and modern web technologies. Candidates must hold an active Top Secret clearance and be comfortable working in a secure environment.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and maintain web applications using the .NET framework, ASP.NET, and C#.
Design and implement front-end and back-end components, ensuring performance, scalability, and security.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements and deliver new mission capabilities.
Create clean, maintainable, and efficient code aligned with industry best practices.
Conduct application testing, including unit, integration, and system-level validation.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across the application stack.
Support database development and optimization using Microsoft SQL Server.
Participate in code reviews and contribute to continuous process improvement.
Required For This Opportunity
Active Top Secret clearance.
Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 8 years of .NET full stack development experience. Will consider 4 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.
Strong experience with ASP.NET, .NET (C#), SQL Server, and MVC architectural patterns.
Proficiency with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and front-end development fundamentals.
Experience with REST API development and integration.
Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and performance-tuning skills.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in secure, fast-paced environments.
Nice to Have Skills
Experience with front-end frameworks such as React or Vue.js.
Familiarity with Azure cloud services.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, or DevOps automation practices.
Applied Information Sciences does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs.
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What We Do
AIS (Applied Information Sciences) provides software and systems engineering services to government agencies and businesses across the United States. We specialize in cloud services, DevOps, custom application development, and IT services. Our areas of expertise include custom application development, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Office 365, SharePoint, Dynamics 365, User Experience (UX), business intelligence/advanced analytics and IoT, and Managed Services. Our customers include a broad range of organizations, from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies, and include state and local governments as well as defense and national security agencies.
Our analysis-driven approach to solving business problems—combined with our commitment to deadlines and budgets—results in successful projects and long-term relationships with our clients. We're a top-tier cloud partner for Microsoft, Amazon and Equinix with proven capabilities and a track record of success. AIS is a Microsoft gold partner with six competencies and a Microsoft National Solution Provider (NSP). From over 750,000 Microsoft partners, there are less than 50 partners that have been selected for inclusion in the NSP organization. Microsoft chooses partners for this program that have proven capabilities to scale to the needs of large enterprises across the United States. Founded in 1982, AIS is a growing and privately held company headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with offices in Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Indiana, and India.
Check out our opportunities at careers.ais.com.
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