Overview

About Level Up 

Level Up, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AVIAN, represents a fusion of innovation, reliability, and top-tier cyber security and IT solutions. As a Virginia-based small business with over 150 years of collective experience, we pride ourselves on providing industry-leading expertise, big data analytics, and all-source research and analysis. Our technical capabilities directly bolster our customers' objectives, from mission centers to forward-deployed operations. 

In 2021, we joined forces with AVIAN, an employee-owned business and one of America’s fastest-growing private companies. With a shared commitment to resourcefulness, responsiveness, and reachability, we continue to uphold our trademark dependability and innovation, delivering exceptional services to our 80 government and commercial clients across 13 states. 

Beyond our technical and consulting prowess, we at Level Up believe in creating a positive impact within our communities. Through our charitable giving and volunteer programs, we support causes close to our hearts and inspire meaningful change. This commitment to service and community enhancement is what we call "The Level Up Way". 

Together, Level Up and AVIAN offer comprehensive solutions, blending technology and community engagement to create an exceptional partnership for our employees, customers, and community. 

Responsibilities

• Work on an innovative team to provide bug fixes, enhancements, and Graphical User Interface (GUI) improvements to applications to meet operational requirements.
• Develop and modify application source code, in response to new requirements and requests for change.
• Develop and deploy software, including in cloud environments.
• Integrate externally developed code into core libraries.
• Install and configure application software.
• Evaluate third party vendors and software partners
• Design and Develop Representational State Transfer (REST) application Program Interfaces (APIs)
• Maintain Design of software libraries, including the definition of module APIs, code organization, and compliance in coding standards.
• Work with the configuration manager to ensure the integration of externally developed software into core software libraries
• Develop a wide range of software to run on the Sponsor’s networks.
• Assisting the Sponsor in developing specific standards, methods, or procedures to determine product quality release or release readiness
• Conduct testing at all levels of the software development life cycle, to include regression testing, and adhere to strict testing procedures

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years of experience (within the last 5 years) in software engineering
• Experience working with at least 3 of the following: C#, Java, JavaScript, Tomcat, SQL, XML, HTML, LDAP certificates, REST services,
• Experience with full lifecycle agile software development projects
• Experience with software issue tracking tools such as JIRA

Desired skills:

• Demonstrated experience developing Android applications
• Demonstrated experience designing, developing and maintain applications within AWS/Sponsor cloud computing services
• Working knowledge of GIS software to include Google Maps and Google Earth
• Demonstrated experience with Continuous Software Development and Software Integration best practices
• Demonstrated experience working with Information Security (INFOSEC) and Information Assurance (IA) policies such as ICD503 to ensure systems security and data integrity

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in the field of computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics, or other related scientific or technical discipline. If the candidate does not have a bachelor’s degree, they must have (5) additional years of experience.

Clearance Required