Software Technical Lead

SAIC is seeking a Software Technical Lead to join our team in support of the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). 

Job Description:

• Lead and manage the Development team, setting objectives, reviewing performances, and facilitating growth and training.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Development, QA, Operations) to ensure seamless integration and delivery of software.

• Maintain a release management calendar for core services, ensuring alignment across key partners and vendors.

• Anticipate challenges and mitigate risks related to deployment and operational issues.

• Provide hands-on technical leadership to the Development team, including guidance in system troubleshooting and support.

• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and customer-centricity within the Development team.

• The successful candidate will be an experienced developer who is able to serve our customer in understanding the software and how to enhance it.  

• Candidate is expected to have a complete understanding of software engineering principles, theories, and concepts. 

• Candidate is required to understand standard java servlet web application architecture.

• Candidate must be able to provide technical solutions to a wide range of complex problems in the application where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.

• Requires the ability to quickly understand legacy code, tools and technologies.

• Candidate should have experience in the application release lifecycle.

Required Education: 

• Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of leadership experience managing and scaling Development teams.

• Excellent project management skills, including agile methodologies and sprint planning.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven track record of building strong, collaborative team environments.

• Experience writing code using secure coding practices

• Fluent in legacy Java, JSP, native JavaScript, and scripted code for development of web applications

• Experience with source control in code repositories, such as GIT

• Demonstrated experience with complex SQL queries

• Working with application servers such as WebLogic, Wildfly, Tomcat, etc.

• Strong understanding of Object Oriented Design

• Strong analytic and problem solving abilities and a strong work ethic with the ability to thrive in a team/collaborative environment

• Experience with architecting and building applications

• Working knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle 

Required Clearance:

• Active Secret Security Clearance.