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Software Developer SME (Systems Software) (TS/SCI with Poly Required)

GCI Incorporated
Mc Lean, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 11/4/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/3/2026
GCI embodies excellence, integrity and professionalism. The employees supporting our customers deliver unique, high-value mission solutions while effectively leverage the technological expertise of our valued workforce to meet critical mission requirements in the areas of Data Analytics and Software Development, Engineering, Targeting and Analysis, Operations, Training, and Cyber Operations. We maximize opportunities for success by building and maintaining trusted and reliable partnerships with our customers and industry.

At GCI, we solve the hard problems. As a Software Developer, a typical day will include the following duties/skills:

Work Requirements

  • Use Adobe Creative Cloud Scripting to develop, maintain, troubleshoot, document, and enhance automation scripts supporting Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop production environments.
  • Develop, modify, debug, test, document, and maintain production-quality Adobe scripts.
  • Troubleshoot scripts following Adobe Creative Cloud application updates, operating-system changes, changes to source documents, and changes to production workflows, and assessing the impact of Adobe Creative Cloud version changes on existing automation.
  • Automate complex production workflows involving document creation or modification, graphics and asset manipulation, file processing, and document export.
  • Analyze existing or legacy Adobe scripts, identify defects or performance issues, and modify or refactor scripts while preserving required functionality.
  • Develop scripts that interact with web APIs, local file systems, directories, and common production file formats.
  • Create technical documentation describing script architecture, dependencies, configuration, installation, operation, and known limitations.
  • Develop test cases and conduct functional and regression testing.
  • Manage project priorities and tasks to ensure accuracy and timeliness, clarity of message, and quality control for products.
  • Meet customer's requirements for quality, responsiveness, and accessibility. The candidate shall comply with customer development standards and employ modern web and application design and development best practices.

Required Skills

  • Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining automation scripts for Adobe Creative Cloud applications.
  • Demonstrated experience specifically developing scripts for Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop.
  • Demonstrated advanced proficiency in JavaScript/ExtendScript and demonstrated experience using Adobe application-specific scripting interfaces and object models.
  • Demonstrated experience with Adobe UXP, CEP, or other Adobe extensibility technologies.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop, modify, debug, test, document, and maintain production-quality Adobe scripts.
  • Demonstrated experience automating complex production workflows involving document creation or modification, graphics and asset manipulation, file processing, and document export.
  • Demonstrated experience troubleshooting scripts following Adobe Creative Cloud application updates, operating-system changes, changes to source documents, and changes to production workflows, and assessing the impact of Adobe Creative Cloud version changes on existing automation.
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze existing/legacy Adobe scripts, identify defects or performance issues, and modify or refactor scripts while preserving required functionality.
  • Demonstrated experience implementing appropriate error handling, validation, logging, and recovery mechanisms in automation scripts.
  • Demonstrated experience developing scripts that interact with web APIs, local file systems, directories, and common production file formats.
  • Demonstrated experience with software development lifecycle practices, including requirements analysis, development, testing, deployment, maintenance, and defect resolution.
  • Demonstrated experience using source-code/version-control systems such as Git or an equivalent technology.
  • Demonstrated experience diagnosing and resolving production defects within established service or project timelines.
  • Demonstrated experience developing maintainable, modular, and documented code.
  • Demonstrated experience creating technical documentation describing script architecture, dependencies, configuration, installation, operation, and known limitations.
  • Demonstrated experience developing test cases and conduct functional and regression testing.

Desired Skills

  • Demonstrated experience with Adobe InDesign Server.
  • Demonstrated experience with automated build, deployment, or testing processes.
  • Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale publishing, digital media, graphic production, or prepress environments.
  • Demonstrated experience with sharing of files between InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
  • Demonstrated experience with automated generation of graphics, charts and tables for placement in InDesign or Illustrator.
  • Demonstrated experience with authoring Adobe plugins.
  • Demonstrated experience with automated processing of linked assets.
  • Demonstrated experience with coordinating file naming, directory, and asset-management processes.
  • Demonstrated experience with batch processing across multiple Adobe applications.
  • Demonstrated experience integrating Adobe scripting with external files or structured data sources.

A candidate must be a US Citizen and requires an active/current TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

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