What are the responsibilities and job description for the USAF - Software Developer position at cFocus Software Incorporated?
cFocus Software seeks a Software Developer to join our program supporting the United States Air Force (USAF). This position is on-site in Linthicum Heights, MD. This position requires an Active TS/SCI clearance.
Qualifications:
Qualifications:
- Active TS/SCI clearance
- B.S. Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- Experience developing, integrating, testing, and maintaining enterprise application software.
- Proficiency in programming and scripting technologies applicable to the assigned application environment.
- Ability to translate requirements and designs into maintainable code and documented interfaces.
- Experience with API development, data exchange, version control, debugging, and automated testing.
- Understanding of DevSecOps, CI/CD, deployment automation, IaC, CaC, and configuration control.
- Knowledge of secure coding, access controls, vulnerability remediation, and application monitoring.
- Ability to troubleshoot application and integration issues and maintain technical documentation.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills for coordinating architects, developers, operations, and cybersecurity teams
- Analyze approved requirements and technical designs; develop application features, services, and integration components aligned with DC3 enterprise architecture.
- Write, review, test, debug, and maintain code and scripts using approved technologies.
- Develop, document, test, and maintain Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and data-sharing interfaces under approved requirements and interagency agreements.
- Integrate applications and data services across cloud and on-premises environments; coordinate interfaces and dependencies with architecture, infrastructure, and data teams.
- Create and maintain Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and versioned artifacts for applications, incorporating Government-specified security controls and guardrails.
- Implement application deployment and configuration automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Configuration as Code (CaC), consistent with approved designs.
- Conduct software integration and testing, document results, resolve defects, and prepare solutions for Government review and authorized deployment.
- Maintain lifecycle traceability among requirements, code changes, configurations, tests, and releases.
- Develop automation supporting assigned Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) requirements and secure configurations; coordinate implementation with cybersecurity personnel.
- Support automated vulnerability scanning through CI/CD pipelines, analyze findings, recommend remediation, and implement approved code fixes, patches, and configuration changes.
- Implement logging, monitoring, observability, alerts, and error handling; troubleshoot application performance, availability, and integration issues.
- Maintain application baselines and change records under the approved Configuration Management Plan. Use centralized repositories and required cybersecurity evaluation before production changes.
- Provide technical evidence, documentation, and monitoring data supporting Risk Management Framework (RMF), Authority to Operate (ATO), and continuous ATO activities.
- Support technical debt assessment and approved remediation through modular sprints; document legacy code and data-schema issues and contribute to engineering alternatives.
- Research and test approved opportunities for agentic AI or other AI capabilities in CI/CD; recommend options and integrate them following Government approval.
- Prepare design and as-built records, deployment instructions, and support documentation; assist incident response by supplying logs and implementing directed corrective actions.