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Le’fant is a rapidly growing CVE Certified, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business specializing in management consulting for the federal government. Our compensation and benefits plans are designed to attract and retain the industry's best talent to provide the highest quality services to the Federal Government. We offer 40lK matching, customized health plans, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, an incentives program to recognize exceptional behavior and competitive base salaries. We hire the best to provide the best service.
We are seeking a Product Architect with agile methodology experience to join our team working on new application development in a cloud-native SecDevOps environment, with an emphasis on CI/CD, automated testing, and consistent Agile delivery practices.
What you’ll get to do
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 legacy .NET, 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 remediation's 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 team’s 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.
Requirements
Must be a U.S. citizen
All work must be performed within the United States
Must have the ability to pass CBP background investigation, criteria include but are not limited to:
1 year check for misconduct such as theft or fraud
1 year check for illegal drug use
3 year check for felony convictions or fraud.
A bachelor\'s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field. Will consider experience in lieu of degree
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
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
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.
EEO Statement It has been and will continue to be a fundamental philosophy and policy of Le’fant not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, sexual gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, parental status, marital status, citizenship, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military status, veteran status or any other protected category with respect to recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment.
Pay Transparency There are many factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. Annual salary is just one component of Le\'fant's total compensation package. Le'fant provides a variety of benefits to employees, including but not limited to, health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a 401k plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Le’Fant maintains compliance with all federal, state, and regional labor laws and regulations for the workforce lifecycle, for all candidates and employees, regardless of employment status. This commitment applies across temporary, part-time, full-time, and salaried positions, complying with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply. Since this position can be worked in more than one location, the range shown is the national average for the position.
A reasonable estimate of the current range is $85,500 to $147,000
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Le’fant is a rapidly growing CVE Certified, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business specializing in management consulting for the federal government. Our compensation and benefits plans are designed to attract and retain the industry's best talent to provide the highest quality services to the Federal Government. We offer 40lK matching, customized health plans, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, an incentives program to recognize exceptional behavior and competitive base salaries. We hire the best to provide the best service.
We are seeking a Product Architect with agile methodology experience to join our team working on new application development in a cloud-native SecDevOps environment, with an emphasis on CI/CD, automated testing, and consistent Agile delivery practices.
What you’ll get to do
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 legacy .NET, 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 remediation's 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 team’s 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.
Requirements
Must be a U.S. citizen
All work must be performed within the United States
Must have the ability to pass CBP background investigation, criteria include but are not limited to:
1 year check for misconduct such as theft or fraud
1 year check for illegal drug use
3 year check for felony convictions or fraud.
A bachelor\'s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field. Will consider experience in lieu of degree
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
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
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.
EEO Statement It has been and will continue to be a fundamental philosophy and policy of Le’fant not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, sexual gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, parental status, marital status, citizenship, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military status, veteran status or any other protected category with respect to recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment.
Pay Transparency There are many factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. Annual salary is just one component of Le\'fant's total compensation package. Le'fant provides a variety of benefits to employees, including but not limited to, health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a 401k plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Le’Fant maintains compliance with all federal, state, and regional labor laws and regulations for the workforce lifecycle, for all candidates and employees, regardless of employment status. This commitment applies across temporary, part-time, full-time, and salaried positions, complying with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply. Since this position can be worked in more than one location, the range shown is the national average for the position.
A reasonable estimate of the current range is $85,500 to $147,000
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