Who Are We?
Groundswell is a premier technology integrator resolutely committed to solving the most complex challenges facing federal agencies today. Our name, Groundswell, represents our commitment to be an unstoppable, seismic change in government. Ours is a small company culture with big company reach and results . Are you ready to be audacious, be bold and drive change at a rapid pace ? Join us, where w e’ll make a greater impact together.

What You'll do:

• With support from Project Management, lead a remote development team of 7

• Must be a proactive self-starter

• Provide technical direction to the development team

• Organize, manage, and direct tasks supporting development and O&M requirements across 3 development environments (development, staging, production)

• Lead Code reviews

• Establish/ensure code quality for the team (automated QA/QC, developer pairing, etc.)

• Lead and support requirements and development planning

• Train and mentor the development team

• Define and enforce development standards

• Ensure contract and project requirements are met

• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve issues related to the system and applications

• Proactive system monitoring to ensure performance standards are met with minimal interruption.

• Perform testing in support of development activities

• Perform installs and/or upgrades to the enterprise systems

• Support testing, business and system requirements, and system administration

• Perform release management supporting an Agile cadence

• Maintain IT system documentation

Required Qualifications:

• Ablility to obtain a Public Trust Clearance

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

• 6-10 years of relevant experience and proven success as a technical team leader

• Proven experience leading development teams in a distributed environment including managing the personnel schedules and accessing individual performance measures

• Strong skills using Agile methodologies and toolsets, Scrum, GitHub, Jira, etc.

• Significant experience with Java, JavaScript, SQL

• Familiar with Nodejs, React, Typescript, OracleDb, JSP, Tomcat

• Experience with Agile Software Development and DevOps practices

• Soft skills: Detail oriented, sound organizational skills, and excellent communication skills verbal and written

• Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (primarily Jira)

• Experience with Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) Practices

• Exposure to C#, .NET, ExtJs, Esri ArcGIS, Python, AWS, CICD, Github

• Experience with automated software testing (unit, integration, system, etc.)

• Familiarity with database administration/management (PostgreSQL, Oracle, etc.)

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Certification:

NOTE : Groundswell does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Groundswell and Groundswell will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

Groundswell is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Read a copy of the Company’s Affirmative Action Statement .

Additional Resources:

• EO 13496 Notification of Employee Rights under NLRA
• EEO is the Law Poster and Supplement
• Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision

Disability Accessibility Accommodation: If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us at hr@gswell.com or 703-639-1777.