Highlights: - Support and modernize FABIS, a mission-critical enterprise facial recognition platform used to process and analyze biometric data in support of national security, intelligence, and law enforcement operations.
- The Sr. Lead Software Engineer manages, directs, coordinates, and provides technical direction for software sustainment, enhancement, testing, integration, and deployment activities while ensuring engineering best practices are followed.
- Work with advanced technologies supporting facial recognition, biometric matching, large-scale image processing, examiner workflows, and reporting.
- Hybrid position with primarily remote work and occasional on-site support in Bethesda, MD.
- Collaborate directly with Government customers, operational users, engineers, and DevSecOps teams.
- Contribute to the development, integration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and enhancement of a mature enterprise biometric platform.
- Gain hands-on experience with C#/.NET, Microsoft SQL Server, system integration, DevSecOps, and production support.
- Take ownership of technical challenges from investigation through deployment and resolution.
- Directly impact the reliability, availability, and evolution of FABIS in support of national security missions.
- Competitive compensation, 401(k), continuing education benefits, and professional development opportunities.
Typical Day: The typical workday will include working on software engineering tasks to make enhancements to the existing system and operational support to diagnose and/or correct any system abnormalities. It is beneficial to visit the operational system at least once a week to be familiar with the operational system, elicit requirements from users, maintain account access, and collaborate with Government customers, operational users, and cross-functional engineering teams to identify improvements and deliver mission-focused solutions.
Tasks: - Maintain and enhance the current system
- Provide general software development support as directed by the needs of the customer.
- Update project documentation for each release.
- Provide tasking and time estimates for each Program Increment
Required Qualifications: - Certifications: DoD 8570 - IAT Level II Certification (e.g. Security+ CE).
If no certification, must be able to obtain certification within 90 days of offer acceptance (exam fee and training materials will be paid for, or provided by I3).
- Software development experience in C#
- Technical lead experience supporting software development, system sustainment, integration, and deployment.
- Experience with WPF, .NET website development and REST API
- Experience working with relational databases
- Strong communication skills
Desired Qualifications: - Education: Computer Science or IT-related Bachelor's Degree
- Experience supporting enterprise biometric, image processing, identity management, or similar mission-critical systems preferred.
- Familiarity with RabbitMQ Messaging Bus
- Familiarity with biometric systems and biometric SDKs
- Familiarity with code versioning tools, particularly Git
- Proficiency in scripting languages
- Understanding of application-level security
- Knowledge of logging and log analysis systems
- Proficiency in C# programming, with the ability to understand, maintain, and contribute to applications built on these languages and their respective frameworks
Position Type Shift Information: - Position is primarily remote, with occasional on-site support (preferably weekly) at an operational facility in the Bethesda, MD area.
- Standard work schedule is during weekday business hours.
- Occasional after-hours work and emergency maintenance support may be required.
US Citizenship: US citizenship required
Clearance: Current Top Secret with SCI Poly RequiredLocation: Hybrid, Bethesda, MD
