Technical Lead
Acuity, Inc.2 years ago
Washington, DC, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$160k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership, direction, mentorship, and engineering guidance to software and DevSecOps teams.
- Design, develop, integrate, and modernize enterprise applications and shared services.
- Develop software and scripts using Java, Python, and related technologies.
- Lead cloud-based solution and infrastructure efforts using AWS, Azure, or comparable platforms.
- Maintain and enhance Jenkins and Git-based CI/CD pipelines and guide migration to Git-native environments.
- Implement DevSecOps practices including automated testing, code quality analysis, vulnerability scanning, and secure software delivery.
- Troubleshoot complex technical issues, perform root cause analysis, and recommend sustainable solutions.
- Review technical designs, code quality, and engineering approaches for alignment with architecture and security standards.
- Support Agile planning, technical estimation, solution design, and milestone delivery.
- Coordinate with Government stakeholders, technical teams, and contractors to deliver required solutions.
- Create technical documentation, standard operating procedures, and knowledge-transfer materials.
- Improve system performance, automation, operational efficiency, and software reliability.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- At least five years of hands-on software development experience.
- Expertise with modern programming and scripting languages such as Java and Python.
- Experience with cloud computing platforms including AWS and/or Azure.
- Hands-on experience with DevOps orchestration and CI/CD technologies including Jenkins and Git-based CI systems.
- Experience with software development, integration, automation, and troubleshooting in enterprise IT environments.
- Ability to mentor technical team members and guide complex engineering work.
- Experience delivering solutions using Agile or similar software development methodologies.
- Strong communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Preferred experience supporting U.S. Federal Government or Department of State IT programs.
- Preferred experience with GitLab CI/CD migration, pipeline modernization, Groovy, YAML, Bash, or PowerShell.
- Preferred familiarity with SonarQube, Nexus Repository Manager, Nexus IQ, and ACCELQ.
- Preferred experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or Red Hat OpenShift.
- Preferred experience with software architecture, microservices, APIs, enterprise application integration, automated testing, code scanning, quality gates, and continuous delivery.
- Preferred knowledge of secure software development practices and NIST, FISMA, and FedRAMP frameworks.
- Active Secret or Top Secret security clearance required.
Tech Stack
About Acuity, Inc.
Acuity, Inc. is a federal IT consulting firm that designs and implements technology solutions for U.S. government agencies, with practices in IT modernization, cloud, data engineering and analytics, cybersecurity, and hyperautomation. It delivers program management and systems integration services, including AI/ML and secure cloud deployments compliant with NIST and FedRAMP. The company focuses on the U.S. public sector and operates in highly regulated environments supporting defense, intelligence, and civilian missions.