Functional/Technical Lead

Job Title: Functional/Technical Lead

Location: Remote

Eligibility/Clearance: US Citizenship or Green Card (Permanent Resident) required with the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance. This position supports a government contract.

HOW A FUNCTIONAL/TECHNICAL LEAD WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:



- Apply standard software development methodologies as defined in the Software Development Framework (SDF) to successfully complete projects (Agile methodologies and VersionOne as the standard Agile support tool).



- Demonstrating knowledge of the assigned systems and an understanding of business processes that support the systems and operations.



- Coding and testing software changes in accordance with standard practices (USPS currently uses SDF, which includes, Enterprise Build System (EBS) (EBS is comprised of Jenkins, SonarQube, JUnit, Selenium, AppScan, etc. for DevSecOps), and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suite for functional manual, automated functional and performance testing). 



- Provide user support and problem resolution for assigned work.



- Create and maintaining required system and technical documentation.



- Provide on-call and after hours support as required to support the production systems.



- Address all SDLC such as: designing, building, testing, and implementing operating systems changes or patches.



- Communicate project status, deliverables, priorities, problems, risks, issues, and contingencies as directed by Endpoint Technology personnel.



- Proactively working with customers/end users of application(s) to ensure needs are being met/managed in a positive manner.



- Develop as directed by project leaders/managers.



- Provide monthly status reports, including key performance metrics, as defined in the SDF.



- Provide turnover documentation, including but not limited to transition planning, documented best practices, and workflow improvements, as required by project leaders/managers.



- Provide integrated architectural and program support services for the USPS Endpoint Technology. 



- Provide a comprehensive range of support services to the USPS that include network systems and desktop computing support, application design, telecom system development and implementation, risk reduction, and maintenance.



- Provide technical advisory and functional industry advisory services and deliverables.



- Support in the definition of enterprise architecture



- Solution architecture for new and existing applications



- Features, phases, and solution requirements definition



- Best-fit architecture assessments



- Definition of project scope and other project initiation activities



- Recommendations for enterprise IT governance, including cloud, machine learning, and networking



- Process design



- Data analysis and reporting



- Descriptive and prescriptive analytics



- Schedule, quality, and risk management



- Weekly and monthly status reporting to provide executive-level presentations on all initiatives.



- Project benefit/outcome services and deliverables



- Technical advisory services and deliverables



- Functional industry advisory services and deliverables

 

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Required Experience:

- A minimum of five (5) years of related experience.

Required Education:



- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or related field is preferred.

- If no college degree, then four additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a college degree is required (9+ years of experience).

Required Technical Skills:



- Proven experience developing software systems utilizing Unified Process (UP), Rapid Application Development (RAD) and Agile methodologies.



- Demonstrated experience in designing, architecting, developing, and delivering Java Two Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications.



- Demonstrated experience in the development of 3 and 4-tier web applications.



- Demonstrated experience in conducting user story writing workshops and hosting Agile ceremonies and Agile support tools.



- Demonstrated experience in web application technologies such as HTML, XML/XSL JDBC, JNDI, LDAP, JavaScript, Java EJBs/applets/servlets, and CSS.



- Demonstrated experience in usability assessment, unit, and functional testing automation.



- Experience in understanding Section 508 regulations and compliance of these regulations in support of the design and development of web-based applications.



- Knowledge of SAEAF (Service Aware Enterprise Architecture Framework) and SOA (Service Oriented Architecture).



- Experience with VersionOne.





Security Clearance Level:



- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting.



- This position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows: U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions). Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years.



Arena Technical Resources, LLC, (ATR) is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) who will provide equal employment opportunity to employees and applicants for employment without regard to  race, ethnicity, religion, color, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family structure, genetic information, or mental or physical disability.