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Leads technical direction for enterprise application development teams while remaining hands-on with Java, Informatica, Spring, AWS, OpenShift, and Kubernetes. Responsibilities include architecture, design, development, testing, implementation, production support, technical troubleshooting, code reviews, security and performance improvements, team collaboration, and developer mentoring.

Leads the strategy, engineering, validation, and migration of identity data from a legacy IBM IAM platform to a modern IAM solution. Oversees data profiling, cleansing, mapping, transformation, testing, cutover, rollback, and post-migration support while preserving access relationships. Ensures secure handling of identity data and compliance with federal requirements including NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP, and Zero Trust. Coordinates IAM, database, cloud, cybersecurity, infrastructure, application, testing, and business teams across concurrent technical workstreams.

Administer and optimize enterprise databases supporting Department of State consular applications. Responsibilities include Oracle, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL administration; performance tuning; backup and recovery; replication; security remediation; stored procedure development; database monitoring; RAC and Data Guard troubleshooting; upgrades; documentation; and technical leadership. The role requires an active Secret clearance, eligibility for Top Secret, extensive Oracle DBA experience, and occasional onsite work in the DMV area.

Leads financial operations for a manufacturing plant, owning P&L, cost accounting, inventory integrity, forecasting, internal controls, month-end close, capital analysis, and working capital. Partners with operations, engineering, quality, supply chain, and sales to improve margins, cash, production costing, and decision-making. Manages plant finance staff and supports ERP/MRP costing, audits, NPI costing, and complex product manufacturing.

Build and configure a government Databricks workspace, develop ingestion pipelines from enterprise systems, and prepare data for reporting. Implement Unity Catalog governance, metadata, auditing, and lineage; configure MLflow workflows; assess security controls for sensitive data; and create architecture documentation, data dictionaries, and operating procedures. The role also requires integrating legacy systems, optimizing Delta Lake pipelines, and supporting long-term platform sustainment.

Develop, test, and maintain complex distributed processing applications using Java and Python. Collaborate with product owners, data specialists, analysts, DBAs, and Agile teams while meeting program and backend-frontend standards. Required skills include distributed workloads, Spark or Hadoop, SQL, Snowflake, AWS, and shell scripting. The role requires independent work, strong communication, U.S. citizenship or Green Card status, and the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

Leads multiple concurrent application development and operations initiatives from planning through delivery. Serves as the primary customer interface, translates requirements into user stories and backlog priorities, oversees SDLC execution, manages schedules, risks, dependencies, deliverables, and contract obligations, and briefs executives. The role also supports business development by identifying follow-on opportunities, positioning enhanced solutions, and strengthening customer adoption.

Conduct workforce analytics and applied organizational research on attrition, mobility, engagement, performance, and planning. Analyze and validate HR data using SQL, R, or Python; apply statistical testing and regression; translate business questions into actionable insights; and communicate findings through visualizations, reports, and presentations. Partner with HR stakeholders while maintaining the accuracy, documentation, confidentiality, and integrity of sensitive workforce data.

Develop and maintain full-stack web applications, database solutions, ETL pipelines, reporting frameworks, and system integrations. Responsibilities include writing C# and T-SQL code, developing Angular applications and SSRS reports, testing and optimizing software, documenting data lineage, troubleshooting issues, and translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions within an Agile environment.

Designs, develops, and maintains secure IAM integrations with ID.me, ServiceNow, and ELK Stack. Builds REST APIs, middleware, data transformation workflows, monitoring pipelines, dashboards, and alerts. Troubleshoots cross-system integration issues, supports production incidents, documents architectures and runbooks, and collaborates with security and engineering teams in an Agile federal environment. The role requires identity federation, API security, ServiceNow, observability, SIEM integration, scripting, and federal security compliance expertise.