Our client, a prestigious Federal contractor, is seeking a motivated, customer-oriented Principal Software Engineer to join their team in a hybrid role (home-based and Sterling, VA) to begin an exciting and challenging career.

The position is Hybrid, and the candidate will need to be in the DMV area and available to come onsite 1-2 days per month as needed. Our client is looking to onboard as a 6-month contract to hire.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be a member of the team supporting the Land Border Integration (LBI) program for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) program. The position will be supporting various border security efforts of CBP and includes biometric technologies such as facial recognition, RFID enabled documents, license plate reading technologies, data analytics, IoT, and other border security technologies. Come and join the team so you too can contribute to making our borders even safer than they are today.

Responsibilities:

Active member of the agile software development team participating in all Program Increment and Sprint ceremonies.
Design and develop .Net applications, including middleware applications, user interface applications (Javascript framework), and web services applications
Develop and integrate with PostgreSQL server databases
Develop software design documentation which may include design diagrams, data flow diagrams, software module descriptions, etc.
Use Integrated Development Environment (IDE) tools to include Microsoft Visual Studio and GIT
Manage software testing activities to include data setup, defect troubleshooting and resolution
Provide Tier 3 / 4 engineering support, as needed, for solutions deployed to production

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Required Skills

Must be US Citizen due to government requirements with the ability to obtain and maintain a CBP Public Trust
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a directly related field is required (4 years experience in lieu of degree)
9+ years of experience in software .Net development/engineering
Middleware applications such as AWS S3, Kafka, EKS, Argo, Docker, Redis, SignalR
User Interface Applications such as Vue.js, Bootstrap-Vue, Vuetify, HTML and JavaScript, SCSS / CSS, HTTP/HTTPS stack
Exception handling integration with hardware devices and vend SKS
Web Services development
Excellent troubleshooting and solution skills
Ability to work in team environments across a diverse set of projects with multiple stakeholders

Desired

PowerShell, Python or Bash
Docker and Linux experience
AWS experience
Agile development

Location

Sterling, VA

Openings

Anticipated Start Date

Monday, May 5, 2025

Job Type

Contract/Temp to Hire

Anticipated Duration

6 months CTH

Date Posted

Friday, February 28, 2025

Elite Technical Services, Inc.

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