## Overview
**About ACET:**
Adams Communication & Engineering Technology (ACET), Incorporated is a Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) system engineering and information technology firm, headquartered in Maryland and Virginia. Incorporated in 1999, we support mission critical Information Technology (IT) business needs for clients within the intelligence community (IC), Department of Defense (DOD), Veteran Administration (VA) and for select commercial clients. ACET, Inc.’s technical, programmatic, and analytical professionals are experts in commercial technology, customized solutions, and proprietary government systems.
ACET is seeking a** Software Developer (Systems Software) **for our Herndon, VA location.
## Responsibilities
The applications we develop aid analysts in solving complex analytical problems. This is a unique opportunity for a developer to design and develop mission applications and lead small project teams. The candidate would have the opportunity to develop applications with varying degrees of scale, risk and complexity. Developer duties may include serving as the technical lead for the design, testing and implementation of complex applications, complex web application layouts, content and user interfaces and/or database projects.
Duties may include but not limited to:
* The developer consults with clients to develop complex user requirements;
* Translates user requirements from a formal requirements document into an application and/or database design;
* Writes interfaces to companion applications or databases;
* Writes necessary code;
* Ensures interoperability with other applications;
* Provides extensive technical advice and guidance to Application Developers and other members of the team;
* Generates comprehensive test plans to ensure that adequate unit, system, and integration testing is performed;
* Oversees unit/functional testing and transitioning of the complex application and/or database to production; and
* Generates comprehensive test plans to ensure that adequate unit, system, and integration testing is performed.
## Qualifications
**Skills Required:**
* Demonstrated experience with specialized full life-cycle application software development. Specialized experience includes: ""hands on"" involvement in all aspects of the application software development life-cycle (from requirements analysis through design, programming, testing, and deployment).
* Demonstrated experience working with legacy application conversion (redeployment to alternative platforms and languages) and technology assessment.
* Demonstrated experience with at least 2 of the following key technology areas as well as Ruby on Rails): Object-Oriented analysis and design, relational database design and development using either AJAX, DHTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, HTML, XML, Sybase or Oracle, Java or C++ programming, graphical user interface design and development, analytical modeling or visualization.
* Demonstrated experience with Ruby.
* Demonstrated experience with the product life cycle.
* Demonstrated experience with Git.
* Demonstrated experience with the product life cycle including maintenance of production systems.
**Nice to Have Skills:**
* Demonstrated experience exhibiting customer service skills.
* Demonstrated experience working in a team environment exhibiting problem solving skills.
* Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor's Ruby on Rails platform.
* Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor or Sponsor’s partners and their current technology issues.
* Demonstrated experience exhibiting written skills to include technical documentation regarding Linux.
* Demonstrated experience deploying applications to a cloud infrastructure using Amazon Web Services (AWS).
**ACET is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor**
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
**_All candidates must be a U.S. Citizen to apply._**
*Clearance Level Required:* Top Secret SCI with Polygraph
*# of Openings:* 1