Frontend Lead in Arlington, Virginia at General Dynamics Information Technology

USA VA Arlington - 4200 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington VA (VAC493)
Full time
RQ226641
Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
NACI (T1)

Job Family:
Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Code Reviews, Front End Architecture, JavaScript, Web Applications
Certifications:
None
Experience:
5 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

Position Summary
The Frontend Lead owns the architecture and construction of the web application used by operators in a cyber command center supporting national cyber defense across Critical Infrastructure, State, Local, Tribal and Territorial, and Federal Civilian Executive Branch partners.
Successful candidate designs the front-end architecture that supports that, builds a substantial share of it, and sets the standards the other interface engineers work to.

Key Responsibilities

Application Architecture

• Own the front-end architecture, including module structure, composition, routing, build tooling, and dependency management
• Design the application so functional areas can be developed, tested, and released independently without destabilizing the whole
• Design and own the shared application state model, including context that persists as a user moves between functional areas
• Establish and maintain the shared component library and the conventions governing its use

Real-Time Data Handling

• Implement consumption of continuously updating data over WebSocket, server-sent event, or comparable streaming interfaces
• Handle connection lifecycle, authentication on the stream, reconnection, and recovery of state missed during an interruption
• Implement update strategies that keep the interface responsive under sustained high-frequency change
• Implement stale, degraded, and disconnected states so the currency of displayed data is always evident

Access-Driven Rendering

• Implement rendering driven by user role and permission, so available content and actions are determined by entitlement
• Implement client-side handling of content-level restrictions supplied by the service layer
• Ensure entitlement logic is testable and that failures fail closed

Performance & Display Targets

• Profile and optimize rendering, update, and interaction performance against realistic data volumes
• Ensure the application performs on the managed workstation configuration and restricted browser baseline deployed in the operating environment
• Support use across multiple simultaneous views and multiple displays, and rendering on large-format shared displays

Quality, Accessibility & Standards

• Ensure the application meets Section 508 and WCAG requirements as a condition of delivery
• Own the automated test approach across component, integration, and end-to-end levels
• Enforce code quality standards through review, static analysis, and shared conventions
• Obtain and maintain the training and certifications required for the position. Certification currency is tracked and reported to the customer monthly.

Technical Leadership & Delivery

• Provide technical direction and code review to the engineers building the interface
• Break work into deliverable increments and estimate credibly against a fixed delivery date
• Work with the design function so designs are implementable and applied consistently
• Work with the service layer engineers on interface contracts and data delivery patterns, and with platform engineers on build and deployment
• Identify and escalate technical risk affecting the delivery schedule

Required Qualifications

• Senior hands-on experience architecting and building production single-page web applications in a modern component-based framework.
• Experience with modular or independently deployable front-end architectures.
• Experience owning shared application state, including context that persists across functional areas.
• Experience building interfaces driven by continuously updating data over WebSocket, server-sent events, or an equivalent, including reconnection and state recovery.
• Experience implementing role or permission-driven rendering.
• Demonstrated ability to sustain rendering and interaction performance under high-frequency updates and large data volumes.
• Strong proficiency in a statically typed JavaScript environment, modern build tooling, and automated testing practice.
• Working knowledge of Section 508 and WCAG requirements and how to satisfy them in a shared component library.
• Experience providing technical direction and code review to other engineers.
• Technical training, certification, or a degree in a related field, and 5 years of relevant experience. Additional years of directly relevant experience may substitute for the degree requirement in accordance with company labor category policy.
• Public Trust eligibility.
• United States citizenship is required.
• Work on site at a government facility in the DMV area.

Preferred Qualifications

• Production experience with React and TypeScript specifically. The application is currently expected to be built in React.
• Experience building operational or monitoring interfaces intended for sustained use.
• Experience with micro-frontend composition or equivalent independent-deployment patterns.
• Specific experience with content delivery and static hosting services such as CloudFront and S3, or Azure Front Door and Blob Storage.
• Experience with large-format or shared-display rendering targets.
• Experience delivering software in a government or otherwise regulated environment.
• Experience establishing a design system or component library from scratch.
• IAAP Web Accessibility Specialist, or demonstrable equivalent accessibility practice.

The likely salary range for this position is $148,750 - $201,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:
Onsite

Work Location:
USA VA Arlington

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

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