Lead Sr. Software Engineer

Highlights:

• Join Ideal Innovations, Inc. (I3), an SDVOSB supporting critical U.S. Government biometric and forensic missions.
• Support and modernize FABIS, a mission-critical enterprise facial recognition platform used to process and analyze biometric data in support of national security, intelligence, and law enforcement operations.
• The Sr. Lead Software Engineer manages, directs, coordinates, and provides technical direction for software sustainment, enhancement, testing, integration, and deployment activities while ensuring engineering best practices are followed.
• Work with advanced technologies supporting facial recognition, biometric matching, large-scale image processing, examiner workflows, and reporting.
• Hybrid position with primarily remote work and occasional on-site support in Bethesda, MD.
• Collaborate directly with Government customers, operational users, engineers, and DevSecOps teams.
• Contribute to the development, integration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and enhancement of a mature enterprise biometric platform.
• Gain hands-on experience with C#/.NET, Microsoft SQL Server, system integration, DevSecOps, and production support.
• Take ownership of technical challenges from investigation through deployment and resolution.
• Directly impact the reliability, availability, and evolution of FABIS in support of national security missions.
• Competitive compensation, 401(k), continuing education benefits, and professional development opportunities.

Typical Day:

The typical workday will include working on software engineering tasks to make enhancements to the existing system and operational support to diagnose and/or correct any system abnormalities. It is beneficial to visit the operational system at least once a week to be familiar with the operational system, elicit requirements from users, maintain account access, and collaborate with Government customers, operational users, and cross-functional engineering teams to identify improvements and deliver mission-focused solutions.

Tasks:

• Maintain and enhance the current system
• Provide general software development support as directed by the needs of the customer.
• Update project documentation for each release.
• Provide tasking and time estimates for each Program Increment

Required Qualifications:

• Certifications: DoD 8570 - IAT Level II Certification (e.g. Security+ CE ).

If no certification, must be able to obtain certification within 90 days of offer acceptance (exam fee and training materials will be paid for, or provided by I3).

• Software development experience in C#
• Technical lead experience supporting software development, system sustainment, integration, and deployment.
• Experience with WPF, .NET website development and REST API
• Experience working with relational databases
• Strong communication skills

Desired Qualifications:

• Education: Computer Science or IT-related Bachelor’s Degree
• Experience supporting enterprise biometric, image processing, identity management, or similar mission-critical systems preferred.
• Familiarity with RabbitMQ Messaging Bus
• Familiarity with biometric systems and biometric SDKs
• Familiarity with code versioning tools, particularly Git
• Proficiency in scripting languages
• Understanding of application-level security
• Knowledge of logging and log analysis systems
• Proficiency in C# programming, with the ability to understand, maintain, and contribute to applications built on these languages and their respective frameworks

Position Type Shift Information:

• Position is primarily remote, with occasional on-site support (preferably weekly) at an operational facility in the Bethesda, MD area.
• Standard work schedule is during weekday business hours.
• Occasional after-hours work and emergency maintenance support may be required.

US Citizenship: US citizenship required

Clearance: Current Top Secret with SCI Poly Required

Location: Hybrid, Bethesda, MD

Ideal Innovations, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.

Ideal Innovations, Inc. is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor .