Application Developer

Job Title: Technical Architect (SME) 

Location: Washington, DC

Yakshna Solutions, Inc., (YSI) is a CMMI Level 3 assessed, ISO 9001, 20000:1, 27001 certified, woman-owned small business enterprises, headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, USA. YSI provides professional IT solutions and services to business corporations and government organizations. YSI is committed to serving its business communities as a leading IT vendor providing innovative, quality, and cost-effective IT business solutions and services. 

YSI offers a competitive benefits package that includes the following: 401(k), health, dental, and vision insurance, Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, paid time off, training, and professional development assistance. 

YSI is seeking a highly qualified Technical Architect.  The selected candidate will be able to communicate effectively (written/verbal), possess strong interpersonal skills, be self-motivated, and be innovative in a fast-paced environment. 

Functional Responsibilities:  

The Technical Architect provides the overall technical guidelines and technical processes used with development and support teams.  

The Technical Architect Director will work with the Government and technical team to ensure PBES continues to meet the operational requirements of the business Air Force budgeting cycle.  

Ensure all technical and operational artifacts associated with Cybersecurity, technical architecture (Views), system baseline, software versions, and system hardware are updated and maintained as needed.  

They will identify any unique requirements as well as develop maintain the roadmap for meeting Government functional and technical priorities to include Agile, DevSecOps, CI/CD, USAF Cloud One AWS NIPR and SIPR migration and operations, product upgrades, process automation, and expanding automated testing to meet PBES stakeholders needs. 

Responsible for assisting with the design and deployment of the system architecture, verifying compatibility with the existing environment and standards, including security requirements, systems migration best practices, and addressing scale and compatibility needs of the system.  Skilled in various technologies and system architecture components and will provide guidance on the best technologies for the project.  

Required Skills and Qualifications: 

• BA/BS Degree: In one of the following fields of study: Business, Accounting, Engineering, or related discipline.  
• 10 years of professional information technology experience 
• Experience in providing DevSecOps implementation using technologies such as Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, SonarQube, and Checkmarx 
• Experience with container and container management utilizing technologies like Docker, Kubernetes etc. 
• Experience working with Cloud Service Providers such as AWS and Azure and utilizing cloud based DevSecOps services – USAF Cloud One experience is a plus 
• Experience with IaC automation utilizing languages and frameworks such as Ansible or Terraform 
• Experience securing applications via CI/CD pipelines leveraging static code analysis, unit and integration testing, dependency analysis, etc. 
• Experience working in Agile team environments. 
• Working knowledge of automated software build process. 
• Basic SQL Skills 
• Experienced in developing, testing, and maintaining web-based applications. 
• Experience working in the DoD Financial Domain 
• Working knowledge using any of the following tools: SonarQube, Checkmarx, Jenkins, Maven, Gradle, MSBuild, Artifactory, Junit/NUnit, Bitbucket 
• DoD 8140/8570 - CISSP ISSAP/ISSEP Required. 
• Secret Clearance Required