Full Stack Developer with Security Clearance

Full Stack Developer Work Type: Full Time
Location: Washington, DC (3-4 Days onsite)
Clearance: Top Secret (SCI Eligible) Role Description: As a Full Stack Developer you will contribute to technical development activities to help achieve the product vision and enable enterprise capabilities. You will work collaboratively within a product team of contributing code across both backend and frontend components. You will be actively involved in coding, participating in code reviews, implementing features, and supporting technical solutions alongside your teammates.

You will participate in team demos and presentations, supporting the showcase of platform capabilities to stakeholders and potential new tenants. Success in this role requires strong collaboration skills, ability to work effectively within an agile development team, and commitment to writing quality code that helps maintain, debug, and advance the features of the production system.

Duties: Employ software development techniques and methodologies for solving tough analytical challenges in support of one of national security threats. Use software development skills to automate manual analytical processes. Opportunity to expand beyond specializations to include front end user interfaces, back end microservices, web services, cloud architectures, as well as databases and other persistent data stores. Deploy developed IT solutions, user applications, databases, and other IT capabilities.

Design and develop specialized user solutions, applications and databases using a hybrid Agile approach within a DevOps environment. Provide Tier 3 technical support for deployed applications and databases. Knowledge of code versioning tools such as Git. Experience with cloud message APIs and usage of push notifications. Maintain code integrity and organization. Collaborate with the rest of engineering team to design and launch new features. Includes coordination and documentation of deployment procedures, release plans, etc..

Keen interest in learning and using the latest software tools, methods, and technologies to solve real world problem sets vital to national security. Support off-hours deployment such as evening or weekends.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of relevant work experience Active TS/SCI
Apache NiFi experience
AWS Cloud experience
Docker and Containerization experience
Experience with Agile development methodology
Experience with REST API frameworks like FastAPI
Familiarity with major frontend frameworks (React)
Git and GitHub/GitLab familiarity
MongoDB familiarity
PostgreSQL
Python
Working knowledge with Collaboration tools, such as, Jira and Confluence
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with Agile
Experience with Amazon RDS
Experience in Architecture Design Pattern
Experience with Kubernetes, specifically Amazon EKS
Experience with the OpenAI API-compatible API design
Keycloak
LLM-assisted development
Working knowledge with software platforms and services, such as Docker Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range: $135,000-$170,000 (Compensation is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, work experience, skills, education, certifications, seniority, and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.)
Benefits: Gridiron offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), disability & ADD insurance, life and pet insurance to eligible employees. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 30 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Gridiron’s benefits programs.
Gridiron IT Solutions is an

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or disability status. Gridiron IT is a Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area that supports our clients' missions throughout the United States. Gridiron IT specializes in providing comprehensive IT services tailored to meet the needs of federal agencies.

Our capabilities include IT Infrastructure & Cloud Services, Cyber Security, Software Integration & Development, Data Solution & AI, and Enterprise Applications. These capabilities are backed by Gridiron IT's experienced workforce and our commitment to ensuring we meet and exceed our clients' expectations.