Acclaim Technical Services, founded in 2000, is a leading language, operations, and technology services company supporting a wide range of U.S. Federal agencies. We are an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, which is uncommon within our business sector. We see this as a significant strength, and it shows: ATS is consistently ranked as a top workplace among DC area firms and continues to grow. We are actively hiring a Principal Software Engineer to join our Mission Technology Division working in Reston, VA RESPONSIBILITIES Will provide Agile DevOps support to mission critical systems. As a Principal Software Engineer you will have the opportunity to build strong systems, software, and cloud environments and provide operations and maintenance for critical systems. The candidate will provide technical expertise and support in the design, development, implementation and testing of customer tools and applications.  Based in a DevOps framework, participate in and/or direct major deliverables of projects through all aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding and unit testing. Participate in software programming initiatives to support innovation and enhancement, using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Python, SpringBoot, Hibernate, and Angular. Developing and directing software system validation and testing methods using Junit and Katalon. Develop and integrate custom developed software solutions to leverage automated deployment technologies. Develop, prototype and deploy solutions within Commercial Cloud Solutions leveraging Infrastructure platform services. Coordinate closely with team members, Product Owners and Scrum Masters to ensure User Story alignment and implementation to customer use cases. Analyze (though proof of concept, performance, and end-to-end testing) and effectively coordinate Infrastructure needs driven by developed software to meet customer mission needs. Support the Agile software development lifecycle following Program SAFe practices. Use industry leading DevOps tools like GitHub, Jenkins, Unix bash scripting. Document and Perform systems software development, including deployment of build artifacts across different environments leverage GitFlow constructs. Communicate key project data to team members and build team cohesion and effectiveness. Leverage Atlassian tool suite like JIRA and Confluence to track activities. Apply and identify best practices and standard operating procedures. Create innovative solutions to meet the technical needs of customers. Basic Qualifications: Proficient with common Agile practices, service-orientated environments, and development practices. In-depth use and experience with Java, Angular, Spring and C2S. In-depth experience in the software development lifecycle, with experience delivering within DevOps toolsets/practices. Direct experience utilizing software testing performance tools, such as Junit. In-depth experience with scripting languages, such as Python, Bash. In-depth experience working in an Agile development environment and tempo. In-depth experience with development in Commercial Cloud Platforms (ex, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure). Experience with development leveraging cloud data services (ex: S3, RDS, EFS). Excellent communication skills (written and verbal). Well versed with using version control systems. Well versed with using issue/problem tracking systems. Candidates must possess a current TS/SCI security clearance w/Polygraph.   Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action ATS is committed to a program of equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion/creed, hairstyles and hair textures, handicap/disability, genetic information/history, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by federal, state or local law. It is the policy of ATS not merely to refrain from employment discrimination as required by the various federal, state, and local enactments, but to take positive affirmative action to realize for women, people of color, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans full equal employment opportunity. We support the employment and advancement in employment of individuals with disabilities and of protected veterans, and we treat qualified individuals without discrimination on the basis of their physical or mental disability or veteran status. Powered by JazzHR