Director of Software Engineering

We have an elite cybersecurity company seeking a Director of Software Engineering to provide management and oversight of its Software Development competency.

This is a fully remote role with preference given to candidates living in the Maryland, Washington, D.C., and San Antonio, TX areas.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Evaluation, upgrade, and management of Software Engineering recruiting and hiring processes.
• Evaluation and establishment of a Software Engineering culture plan, and management of this plan.
• Evaluation and establishment of a Software Engineering Employee development process, and management of this process.
• Assisting, aligning, and complying with CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification) policies and procedures.
• Evaluation, estimation, development, and collaboration of research and development projects.

REQUIREMENTS:

• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
• Current U.S. Government Security Clearance of TS with SCI Eligibility
• US Citizenship
• At least 15 years of experience in Government Software Engineering preferred

DESIRED (not required) TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Software Languages: Java, Python, JavaScript
• Databases: Relational Databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc) and NoSQL stores (Accumulo, DynamoDB, OpenSearch, ect)
• Software Build: Java build tools (Ant, Gradle, Maven, etc.), CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc)
• Java Frameworks: Spring and Spring Boot or Quarkus
• Data Processing: Kafka, NiFi, ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ, SQS, etc
• OS for Development: Comfortable with Windows, Linux, and Max
• Source Control: Experience with Git
• Containers: Kubernetes and Docker
• Software Testing: Junit, PyUnit, etc.
• Software Security/Quality (automation) Testing: Sonar/SonarQube, Fortify, Code Review, Code Coverage
• Data Formats: JSON, YAML, XML, AVRO, Protobuf, Parquet, etc
• Cloud PaaS/IaaS Providers: AWS, Azure, or Google