Lead Software Engineer - Quality Architect

Resp & Qualifications

• Guides a team of software engineers in the design, development, and implementation of multiple applications. Supports and guides the detailed technical design, development and testing of new applications and enhancements of existing applications. Serves as a subject matter expert for specified systems and their subsequent applications. Provides guidance on test environment and test data approach for enterprise programs. Develop and/or analyze interface design documentation. Comply with hardware and software systems standards and procedures. Deliver large systems for tens of thousands of users. Develops and ensures compliance to the dev/sec/ops tooling, practices, frameworks, and policies based on the application stack. Understanding of architectural practices and design.
• Identifies gaps in requirements and solves problems for the supporting staff. Identifies sequencing of services and technologies that are integrated in later phases of the project. Leads the evaluation of risk and opportunity impacts to existing or proposed projects/programs and implements risk mitigation actions. Develops ways to improve performance and increase system availability. Provides recommendations to infuse new technology. Compile, assess, and report data results from software testing and analysis. Leverage and evolve multi-speed program/application playbooks.25%
• Supports the Project Manager (PMO Organization), architects and other enablement groups as the technical team lead on the project to minimize roadblocks and maximize throughput and velocity. Estimates the technical costs of projects for clients and project managers. Confers with clients to identify requirements and determine desired outcomes to formulate the design of the system or offer alternatives.Demonstrated experience with front-end and back-end programing and integration frameworks and tools. Assist in the estimation of development of application features.
• Guides software design and development teams. Identifies, analyzes, defines, and coordinates user, customer, and stakeholder needs and translates them into technical requirements. Manages technical resources (hardware, software, tools/licenses, and services). Plans and guides transformation initiatives to new software architectures. Extend open-source libraries and systems as necessary to meet the needs of the team. Play a crucial role in product scoping and roadmap / architecture discussions. Continually evaluate emerging technologies to identify opportunities, trends, and best practices. Ensure code quality, deployment standards and practices. Mentoring junior developers. Enable Communities of practice to enable learning, growth and skill set mgmt./upliftment.

• Works closely with Architects, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Value Stream Managers to provide insight into delivering business value and meeting objectives
• Decomposes functional and technical requirements into project activities and tasks and provides conceptual design, prototype, and test cycles appropriate to a chosen technical solution
• Identifies technical risks and develops mitigation strategies; introduces and recommends industry best practices and standards for the project
• Evaluates and assists in the selection and procurement of hardware and software technologies and serves as a mentor for junior developers
• Works with stakeholders as well as technical and analytical counterparts to define constraints and develop requirements and concept of operations documentation
• Knowledge of cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure)
• Knowledge of database technologies (e.g., cloud, SQL, Oracle, Mongo DB, PostgreSQL, etc.)
• Fundamental knowledge of software engineers’ best practices, agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines
• Knowledge of test-first practices including Test-Driven Development (TDD) for unit tests and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) for automated acceptance tests
• Strong experience with Deployment/Continuous Integration/ Continuous Testing/ Continuous Delivery processes and tools and have expertise in CI/CD tools and framework
• Experience with deploying a global application and configuration management
• Reviewing the work of other developers and providing feedback
• Ability to communicate technical requirements to all levels of expertise
• Proficient in establishing and maintaining good working relationships
• Knowledge and understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Proficient with integrating complex and/or existing systems
• Knowledge of programming languages (e.g., JavaScript, C, Python, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• The incumbent is required to immediately disclose any debarment, exclusion, or other event that makes them ineligible to perform work directly or indirectly on Federal health care programs.
• Must be able to effectively work in a fast-paced environment with frequently changing priorities, deadlines, and workloads that can be variable for long periods of time.
• Must be able to meet established deadlines and handle multiple customer service demands from internal and external customers, within set expectations for service excellence.
• Must be able to effectively communicate and provide positive customer service to every internal and external customer, including customers who may be demanding or otherwise challenging.