Grey Matters Defense Solutions

Senior Developer | Team Lead

Centennial, CO
Full Time
Strategic Partnerships
Manager/Supervisor
Job Title: Senior Developer | Team Lead      
Clearance Required:  TS/SCI
Location:  Centennial, CO


Grey Matters Defense Solutions stands at the forefront of developing advanced software solutions tailored to support the mission of the U.S. warfighter. With a commitment to excellence, we foster a culture grounded in a growth mindset, empowering our team to drive progress through bold actions, integrity, collaboration, and innovation. Our employees are dedicated to these core values, and together, we create impactful, mission-critical solutions that redefine the cutting-edge of defense technology. Join us at Grey Matters Defense Solutions, where your work has purpose, and your contributions fuel the future of national security.

Must have a TS/SCI for all positions

Grey Matters Defense Solutions is seeking a talented and dedicated Senior Developer / Team Lead

About the job:
  • This position involves several senior level skills and a high comfortability with being self-sufficient and leading others. It will involve software development in several languages along with being your own DevOps support for the system being built and deployed.   Additionally, it will require comfortability in researching and interfacing with other entities, all while leading the effort and helping others in architecting and implementing parts of the system. It also will require familiarity with several COTS tools and development environments. A true jack of all trades position.
     
Key Responsibilities:
  • Organize and lead an Agile software team
  • Perform not only as a Software Developer, but also as a DevOps and System Engineer
  • Build, maintain and deploy microservices into various containerized environments
  • Migrate from Docker deployed system to a Cloud hosted Kubernetes cluster environment

About you:
  • Eight (8) years professional experience as a software developer
  • Previous Team Lead experience (3+ years)
  • Atlassian Tools: Jira, Confluence
  • Languages:  Java, Python, Node.js
  • OSs:  Linux and Windows
  • Containerization:
    • Docker: A solid understanding of building and running
    • Docker-compose: A solid understanding
    • Kubernetes: Deployment to and running within a hosted cluster
  • Databases:
    • Familiarization with CRUD operations to both SQL and Non-SQL DBs
    • Software design solutions that interface with the various DB types
  • RESTful API: Development and usage

Preferred Skills:
  • Grafana: Familiarity with the visualization tool
  • Databases:
    • GeoServer
    • InfluxDB
    • MongoDB
    • SQLite
  • Message/Event Streaming Platforms:
    • ActiveMQ
    • Apache Kafka
  • Frameworks:
    • Spring Boot Framework for Java
    • NestJS for Node.js
    • Flask and FastAPI for Python
  • Containerization:
    • Helm Charts:  Usage and creating of charts for system deployment
    • Other tools: Harbor, ArgoCD, Jenkins, Rancher

Join our team of exceptional developers, architects, and data scientists!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Salary Range:  $140,000.00 - $185,000

Grey Matters Defense Solutions offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability. 

Additional Benefits:
  • SEP IRA 25% of base salary
  • PTO Six weeks
  • IBA 12.5%
  • Employee assistance program
  • Employee discount
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health savings account
  • Referral program


Grey Matters Defense Solutions’ most valuable assets are the more than 60 employees, consisting of data scientists, custom software developers, and analysts/subject matter experts, with senior-level personnel formerly from DIA, NRO, NSA and the US Armed Forces. Our employees have a depth of analytical knowledge which provides them with deep understanding of managing and delivering products within government systems. Grey Matters Defense Solutions provides transformational leadership building award-winning teams and products.

Join our team of exceptional developers, architects and data scientists!
Visit us at www.greymattersdefense.com
https://www.linkedin.com/company/grey-matters-defense-solutions/
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