Lead and mentor engineering and QA teams to design, build, test, and deploy scalable, secure enterprise web applications and workflow solutions. Drive Agile delivery, CI/CD and DevSecOps improvements, production stability, incident remediation, API and backend integrations, and cross-team coordination with Infrastructure, Security, Operations, and PMO. Ensure development quality standards, code reviews, release management, and federal compliance for a high-volume, mission-critical platform.
Type of Requisition:
RegularClearance Level Must Currently Possess:
NoneClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
NonePublic Trust/Other Required:
BI Full 6C (T4)Job Family:
Software EngineeringJob Qualifications:
Skills:
Agile Environments, Agile Software Development, Java (Programming Language), Scrum, Technical LeadershipCertifications:
NoneExperience:
10 + years of related experienceUS Citizenship Required:
NoJob Description:
GDIT is seeking a Software Development Manager to support a large-scale federal case management and workflow platform supporting mission-critical operations and high-volume transaction processing. The Lead Developer will provide technical leadership for application development activities while working closely with Operations, Infrastructure, Security, QA, PMO, and Agile teams to ensure stable, secure, and scalable delivery. This role requires balancing modernization efforts, operational support, production stability, and Agile delivery in a fast-paced enterprise environment.
This is a remote position. However, strong preference for someone local to the Falls Church area for weekly team meetings.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and mentor developers, QA engineers, automation engineers, and technical resources across the platform.
- Coordinate development activities across internal teams and vendor resources.
- Promote accountability, collaboration, technical quality, and operational awareness across the team.
- Support resource planning, prioritization, and sprint delivery activities.
- Work closely with the Scrum Master to support Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of enterprise web applications and workflow solutions.
- Support scalable, maintainable, and secure application architecture and coding standards.
- Collaborate with Infrastructure and Operations teams to troubleshoot production issues and support system stability.
- Support CI/CD improvements, automation initiatives, and application modernization efforts.
- Coordinate release activities and ensure deployments align with operational and security requirements.
- Support root cause analysis and remediation activities for production incidents.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership across application development and system integrations.
- Support API integrations, backend services, document processing workflows, and platform enhancements.
- Work with QA and automation teams to improve regression testing and deployment reliability.
- Support monitoring, logging, and application performance improvement initiatives.
- Ensure development activities align with federal security and compliance requirements.
- Promote continuous improvement across development processes, Agile delivery, documentation, and operational readiness.
- Track technical risks, dependencies, and delivery progress while communicating status to leadership.
- Support development standards, code reviews, testing practices, and release management activities.
- Ensure deliverables meet customer expectations, operational requirements, and quality standards.
Required Skills:
- Bachelors Degree and 10+ years of experience in application and/or system development.
- 5+ years’ experience managing technical teams including developers, architects, and test/QA engineers in an Agile environment.
- Expertise in programming languages such as Java, JavaScript frameworks, SQL, Rest APIs and CI/CD technologies.
- Demonstrated experience enforcing development quality standards, including code reviews, definition of done (DoD), and readiness gates prior to QA handoff.
- Strong experience leading Agile software development efforts in large enterprise or federal environments.
- Experience supporting mission-critical applications with high availability requirements.
- Strong understanding of SDLC processes, CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps practices, and enterprise application architecture.
- Experience working across Development, Infrastructure, Security, Operations, and PMO teams.
- Demonstrated ability to challenge incomplete or ambiguous requirements and drive clarity before development begins.
- Demonstrated experience enforcing development quality standards, including code reviews, definition of done (DoD), and readiness gates prior to QA handoff.
Desired Skills:
- Strong understanding of low code application platforms, tools, software architecture, design patterns, and best practices.
- Experience with Micropact (Entellitrak), Appian, Salesforce, Pega, ServiceNow, Oracle, Outsystems, Mendix, OpenText, Microsoft, etc.
- Experience working with CMS/Medicare systems, including hands-on experience integrating with CMS data sources, implementing Medicare-related business rules, and ensuring compliance with applicable CMS regulations and guidelines.
- Proven experience in U.S. federal government contracting environments, including familiarity with the full contract lifecycle (pre-award through closeout), and successful delivery of software solutions under government standards and oversight.
- Strong communication, leadership, troubleshooting, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to balance operational support, modernization initiatives, and Agile delivery priorities.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills with experience presenting technical updates, risks, and solution strategies to leadership, customers, and cross-functional teams.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40Travel Required:
Less than 10%Telecommuting Options:
HybridWork Location:
Any Location / RemoteAdditional Work Locations:
Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.About Our Work:
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events atgdit.com/tc.
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