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FABIS Lead Engineer


Job Location:

Bethesda, MD - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 10 August 2026 (26 days ago)
Application Deadline: 7 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Highlights:

  • Join Ideal Innovations Inc. (I3) an SDVOSB supporting critical U.S. Government biometric and forensic missions.
  • Play a key role in supporting and modernizing FABIS a mission-critical enterprise facial recognition system used by Government customers.
  • 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 onsite 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 the users keep up to date

with required training and maintain account access.

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#
  • Experience with website development and REST API
  • Experience working with relational databases

Desired Qualifications:

  • Education: Computer Science or IT-related Bachelors Degree
  • 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 onsite support 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.


Required Experience:

Senior IC


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Ideal Innovations, Inc. is a service disabled veteran-owned firm specializing in biometrics, forensics and technical services, including identity management, access control, force protection, intelligence and logistics. We provide technology development, consulting and program managem ... View more

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