Full Stack DeveloperProduct Architect

The Opportunity:

Are you tired of working to patch legacy applications and ready to put your knowledge skills and experience to work building a true modern application that is new development cloud native working in a SecDevOps environment including real Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment Test Automation in a consistent Agile Software Development Framework

CACI is currently looking for Product Architect with agile methodology experience to join our BEAGLE (Border Enforcement Applications for Government Leading-Edge Information Technology) Agile Solution Factory (ASF) Team supporting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) client located in Williston Vermont!

Join this passionate team of industry-leading individuals supporting the best practices in Agile Software Development for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As a member of the BEAGLE ASF Team you will support the men and women charged with safeguarding the American people and enhancing the Nations safety security and prosperity. CBP agents and officers are on the front lines every day protecting our national security by combining customs immigration border security and agricultural protection into one coordinated and supportive activity.

ASF programs thrive in a culture of innovation and are constantly seeking individuals who can bring creative ideas to solve complex problems both technical and procedural at the team and portfolio levels. The ability to be adaptable and to work constructively with a technically diverse and geographically separated team is crucial.

Responsibilities:

• As a technical lead for an agile team you are responsible for all aspects of application architecture including user interface APIs microservices databases and infrastructure

• Pursue new methods for fulfilling business requirements including new tools development strategies and testing strategies and evangelize solutions with multiple peers

• Maintain sound understanding of enterprise and program level architecture

• Liaison with business analysts to understand business needs and develop solutions that meet business needs and comply with enterprise and program level architecture and standards

• Work with business analysts and scrum master to create implementation/development plan for new features/applications/solutions by developing epics and stories

• Participate in Agile ceremonies by leading in all technical aspects including leading the platform demos to the Product Owner and all applicable stakeholders

• Collaborate with the SecDevOps team to onboarding new applications to the cloud-based infrastructure

• Evangelize the developed solution to team members and work with team members to breakup stories into tasks and assist in completion of tasks in timely fashion

• Motivating developers testers and creating a space where they can ask questions and voice their concerns.

• Keep up to date with industry trends and developments

• Delegating tasks and ensuring all daily sprint and release goals are achieved

• Performs Architecture design and reviews as required ensuring initiatives are aligned with future state

• Designing solutions in a Multi-Tenant Cloud Architecture that will support Java and COTS client/server applications

• Identifies risks opportunities compliance issues or other architectural concerns

• Active participation in Agile Scrum sprint planning artifact creation sprint testing regression testing demonstrations and retrospectives and solution releases

• Develop product teams technical skills through mentoring coaching and peer reviews.

• Review Cybersecurity Assessments and Static Code Analysis of developed software to define remediations and improve software quality.

• Taking high-level business requirements and mapping them to tasks for developers and testers

• Designing technical solutions using established standards and breaking them down into units of work for your team

• Working with business analysts to ensure coverage of requirements

• Creating a roadmap to production for your product in a phased approach considering legacy system decommissioning

• Overseeing project construction reviewing pull requests ensuring test coverage maintaining high quality code mentoring developers removing blockers and presenting your teams product to various stakeholders.

• Skills in analyzing and optimizing software performance including profiling benchmarking and code optimization techniques.

• Awareness of common software security vulnerabilities and strategies to mitigate them such as input validation secure coding practices and encryption.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to pass CBP background investigation criteria include but are not limited to:

  • 3 year check for felony convictions

  • 1 year check for illegal drug use

  • 1 year check for misconduct such as theft or fraud

• 7 years overall experience in software development including hands-on experience with programming software design patterns and architecture as a software architect tech lead or a senior developer.

• A bachelors degree in computer science software engineering or a related field. Will consider experience in lieu of degree

• Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Java or JavaScript and experience with various development frameworks and libraries such as Angular Spring Hibernate.

• Familiarity with design patterns object-oriented programming (OOP) and other software design methodologies to create modular scalable and maintainable systems.

• Professional experience operating within cross-functional teams and groups.

• Knowledge of different software development processes such as Agile Scrum Waterfall or DevOps and their implications on architectural decisions.

• Expertise in various architectural styles such as client-server microservices event-driven or layered architectures and their trade-offs.

• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS Azure or Google Cloud) and understanding of distributed system concepts including scalability fault tolerance and data consistency.

• Knowledge of RESTful APIs and experience designing implementing and integrating APIs in a secure and efficient manner.

• Familiarity with relational (e.g. Postgres) and NoSQL (e.g. DynamoDB MongoDB) databases data modeling and data storage best practices.

• Hands-on development with our tech stack: Java (Spring) Angular PostgreSQL Amazon AWS

• Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment tools such as Jenkins GitLab CloudBees or Bamboo

• Systems design systems development systems integration application design

• Experience migrating legacy applications to microservices based architecture deployed to the cloud

• Anticipating issues and formulating remedial actions

• Collaborating with Developers Program Managers Testers UI/UX and Production Support Engineers to implement innovative technical solutions via iterative approach reducing time to delivery

• Excellent technical diagnostic and troubleshooting skills

• Candidates local to Williston VT or Ashburn VA must be available to work on client-site at least 1 day per week.

Desired:

• Deep experience in our tech stack: Java 17 Spring/Spring boot Typescript UI state management ORM such as Hibernate PostgreSQL Amazon AWS

• Having served in a technical lead role for one or more product teams.

• Optional but beneficial certifications include AWS Certified Solutions Architect Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect.

• Having contributed to development of enterprise architecture and standards and ability to enforce these standards

• Experience in Continuous integration Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) as well as SecDevOps processes and tools

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams and convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• Ability and desire to stay current with industry trends emerging technologies and best practices in software architecture.

What You Can Expect:

A culture of integrity.

At CACI we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member youll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customers missions and driven by a higher purpose to ensure the safety of our nation.

An environment of trust.

CACI values the unique contributions that every employee brings to our company and our customers - every day. Youll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality.

A focus on continuous growth.

Together we will advance our nations most critical missions build on our lengthy track record of business success and find opportunities to break new ground in your career and in our legacy.

Pay Range:

There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including but not limited to geographic location Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates relevant prior work experience specific skills and competencies education and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare wellness financial retirement family support continuing education and time off benefits.

Since this position can be worked in more than one location the range shown is the national average for the position.

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CACI is anEqualOpportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex pregnancy sexual orientation age national origin disability status as a protected veteran or any otherprotectedcharacteristic.