Senior Developer/SME

PlanIT Group is seeking a Senior Developer/SME for our Federal customer in the Washington, DC area. The ideal Developer has experience with DevSecOps, Secure Coding practices, and the Solutions Development Framework (Docker, Jenkins, GitLab). Expertise with Cloud Architecture (Azure, AWS) and Design and Development. Knowledge of business process re-engineering principles and processes.

Job Title : Senior Developer/SME
Location: Remote
Start Date: 08/25/25
Submit resumes: 08/08/25
Duration: One year plus annual extensions


List of tasks to be performed:
• Act as a Technical Application Lead to the Development Team
• Demonstrate leadership ability to back decisions with research and the "why," and articulate several options, the pros and cons for each, and a recommendation
• Develop solutions architecture and evaluate architectural alternatives
• Define optimal design patterns and solutions for high availability and disaster recovery for applications
• Drive scope definition, requirements analysis, functional and technical design, application build, product configuration, unit testing, and production deployment
• Ensure delivered solutions meet/perform to technical and functional/non-functional requirements
• Provide technical expertise and ownership in the diagnosis and resolution of an issue, including the determination and provision of workaround solution or escalation to service owners
• Ensure delivered solutions are realized in time frame committed; work in conjunction with project sponsors to size and manage scope and risk
• Provide thought leadership in industry and to fellow team members across business and technical project dimensions solving complex business requirements

Knowledge with the following qualifications:
• DevSecOps, Secure Coding practices, and the Solutions Development Framework (Docker, Jenkins, GitLab)
• Expertise with Cloud Architecture (Azure, AWS) and Design and Development
• Knowledge of business process re-engineering principles and processes
• Strong understanding of network architecture and application development methodologies
• Experience developing multithreading apps, performance tuning, and debugging
• Service configuration
• Security
• Application integration
• Performance tuning
• Java
• PLSQL
• AWS/Azure Cloud Development with Redis

Working knowledge (4+ years' experience) of one of more of the following qualifications:
• Knowledge/experience with Agile Methodologies
• Knowledge/experience of SDLC practices
• Change Management and Configuration Management (VersionOne, ServiceNow, etc)
• Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)

Required Experience Level:
• 7+ years' of experience in designing large and complex IT operations in large organizations.
• The position requires strong leadership and team building skills and must be able to collaborate effectively with a group of high performing individuals as well as the Executive Leadership Team.
• Experience with Azure, GCP or AWS enterprise implementations
• Knowledge of business process re-engineering principles and processes
• Strong understanding of network architecture and application development methodologies
• Strong understanding of SOA, object-oriented analysis and design, and/or client/server systems

Specialized Skillset Requirements
A degree from an accredited College/University in the applicable field of services is preferred.
NOTE: If resource does not have a relevant college degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required.


Additional Provisions:
• Must be able to obtain a Position of Public Trust Clearance
• Pass both a client mandated clearance process to include drug screening, criminal history check and credit check.
• All candidates must be a US Citizen or US Permanent Resident only.
• Candidate must have lived in the United States for the past 5 years.
• Cannot have more than 6 months travel outside the United States within the last five years. Military Service excluded. (Exception does not include military family members.)