ARETUM

Backend Engineer

• Design, develop, and maintain complex software applications using the .NET framework (C#, ASP.NET, .NET Core, etc.)
• Work cross-functionally in an Agile environment to develop applications using .NET architecture
• Develop clean, scalable, and efficient code following best practices and coding standards
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), including planning, design, testing, and deployment
• Must be flexible, able to work in a highly collaborative environment, juggle multiple tasks at once, and work independently and collaboratively as needed
• Must have superior interpersonal skills and strong communication skills

.NET Developer

Analyst

• Ability to build requirements based off user needs for software applications
• Able to determine requirements *Ability to build out user stories/use cases based on requirements
• Strong background working with technology products and building documentation in support of those products
• Good project coordination skills leaning on an Agile Framework
• Good communicator and able to be a connector and collaborator working with technical and non-technical personnel
• Able to build out process flow charts and process documentation

Requirements Analyst

Software Engineer

• Conducting detailed analyses of defined application specifications, designing complex solutions, and writing code/configuring software to implement those solutions
• Preparing associated technical documentation, block diagrams, and logic flowcharts
• Preparing sample test data, conducting testing, and analyzing test results
• Recommending strategies for debugging program errors and independently performing complex software development tasks

Junior ArchivesSpace Developer

Data Analyst

• Create, maintain, and enhance interactive Power BI dashboards and reports for business, technical, and leadership stakeholders.
• Design and implement data visualization and reporting solutions that improve transparency of process assessments, data integrity, and information governance initiatives.
• Develop standardized project reporting and visualization tools, including Power BI dashboards, to provide real-time visibility into project progress, risks, key metrics, and technical milestones.
• Use Power BI and related analytics tools to analyze project data, identify trends, and generate actionable insights that support project planning, execution, and decision-making.
• Collaborate with business users and stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into effective data solutions.
• Clean, transform, merge, and model data from multiple sources to support analytics, reporting, and dashboard development.
• Utilize tools such as Power Automate to automate repetitive tasks, including status report generation, task reminders, notifications, and overdue task tracking.
• Create and maintain reusable project dashboards that provide real-time insights into project status, progress, and key performance indicators.
• Communicate complex data findings in a clear, actionable manner to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Regularly present findings, reporting outputs, and actionable insights to stakeholders to support strategic planning and operational visibility.
• Support continuous improvement of reporting processes, data quality, dashboard usability, and analytics practices.
• Stay current with Power BI updates, reporting trends, and industry best practices to improve data solutions and visualization approaches.

Data Analytics Consultant, Journeyman – Financial Emphasis

• Create, maintain, and enhance interactive Power BI dashboards and reports for business and technical stakeholders.
• Develop reusable project dashboards that provide real-time visibility into project status, progress, risks, key metrics, and technical milestones.
• Use Power BI and related tools to analyze project data, identify trends, and generate actionable insights to support project planning and execution.
• Design and implement data visualization and reporting solutions that improve transparency around process assessments, data integrity, and information governance initiatives.
• Clean, transform, and model data from multiple sources to support analytics, reporting, and decision-making needs.
• Collaborate with business users and stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into effective data solutions.
• Establish and maintain standardized reporting and visualization tools to support leadership visibility and informed decision-making.
• Utilize tools such as Power Automate to automate repetitive tasks, including status report generation, task reminders, and notifications for overdue items.
• Communicate complex data findings in a clear, actionable manner to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Present findings, trends, and recommendations to stakeholders in support of strategic planning and operational improvements.
• Stay current with Power BI updates, data visualization practices, and industry trends to continuously improve reporting solutions.

Senior Data Analytics Consultant, Power BI

Manager

• Serve as the technical lead for a single Agile scrum team, providing day-to-day technical direction to the team's developers, frontend engineers, and testers
• Provide technical knowledge and analysis of the team's applications and operational environment, including high-level functional systems analysis, design, integration, and implementation advice on moderately complex problems
• Translate functional requirements and design specifications received from the federal Product Owner and Business Analysts into well-formed technical work, ensuring stories are technically sound before they enter sprint commitment
• Make day-to-day architectural decisions within the team's scope, escalating to the Solutions Architect and Cloud Architect for cross-team or program-wide architectural questions
• Drive code quality on the team by establishing and enforcing peer code review discipline, ensuring no merge request is approved without review by a peer developer
• Own the team's Definition of Done, ensuring it covers code review, testing, security scans, accessibility validation, and documentation, and ensuring the team consistently meets it
• Maintain test code coverage standards on the team's codebase (target minimum 90 percent with branch coverage enabled), and SonarQube quality gate compliance for Bugs, Code Smells, and Vulnerabilities
• Support GitLab CI/CD pipelines for the team's services, including build, test, scan, and deployment stages, and ensure the team's deployments are fully automated
• Partner with the team's Scrum Master and Business Analyst on detailed roadmap maintenance for the team's Epic area, providing technical level-of-effort estimates, resource allocation input, and milestone reprioritization recommendations
• Participate fully in SAFe Agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Review, Retrospective and Backlog Refinement), bringing the technical perspective to estimation, dependency identification, and acceptance discussions
• Support Program Increment (PI) Planning preparation by ensuring features are technically ready, dependencies are flagged, and effort estimates are realistic
• Support change management documentation and coordination through the federal change advisory process (typically a ServiceNow-based workflow), working with the federal Project Manager to ensure release approvals are in place in advance of each release
• Attend change advisory meetings as requested to provide technical details supporting release approvals
• Work with the Solutions Architect and federal security team to review security controls applicable to the team's components, identify areas where waivers or exceptions may be required, and support the federal Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM) remediation process
• Lead remediation of security vulnerabilities identified through routine security scanning within required timeframes (30 calendar days for High-Priority, 180 calendar days for Medium-Priority), coordinating fixes across the team
• Support Tier-2 and Tier-3 production issue resolution for components owned by the team, leading triage discussions, coordinating fixes, and verifying resolution
• Coordinate with Triage Engineers, the Solutions Architect, and federal Product Management on production issues that affect the team's components, contributing to root cause analysis and preventive improvements
• Support security architecture documentation for the team's components in support of Authority to Operate (ATO) maintenance, in coordination with the federal Information System Security Officer (ISSO) and the Solutions Architect
• Ensure technical documentation for the team's services (APIs, data models, deployment operations, runbooks) is current and accessible in the program's collaboration tools
• Mentor team developers through pairing, design review, and constructive code review, helping the team grow technically and supporting onboarding of new team members

Software Team Manager

• Gather and report meaningful metrics.
• Maintain Quarterly dashboard development timelines and keep up with additional work requirements.
• Validate and replace currently captured metrics with more meaningful metrics across operational teams on a regular, routine basis, at least bi-annually.
• Ensure that as metrics, work products, and outputs mature and change over time, that definitions are updated on a routine basis from the Measures and Metrics (M&M) lexicon within current dashboard.
• Incorporate additional available metric sources (Malware Next Generation (MNG), Customer engagement data from CISA public releases, and others).
• Consolidate and align data sources to streamline the overall M&M data structure on a repeatable and routine basis to ensure that, as data sources change, the underlying framework remains efficient and trustworthy.
• Consistently and regularly enhance our relational data model and compartmentalize datasets to strengthen governance, improve data capture, and ensure long-term scalability and maintainability.
• Build and maintain predictive analytics and insights around current data holdings to enable decision making.
• Build and maintain Performance Measure Definition Forms for metrics and measures currently captured.
• Define how each measure is calculated, what fields are used, what systems they come from to ensure consistency and accuracy of measurement.
• Integrate and establish repeatable workflows and data sharing with new Performance Management Working Group (PMWG).
• Assist with standardizing and streamlining performance measurements across external organizations, to include performance measure development, tracking, reporting, and management.

Data Analytics Consultant – SME

Security Engineer

• Support CISA's implementation of Zero Trust architecture in alignment with the CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model (ZTMM), DoD Zero Trust Strategy, and NIST SP 800-207.
• Define, develop, and maintain Zero Trust policies and standards to ensure consistent adoption across the FCEB community and partner organizations.
• Drive execution and maintenance of CISA's Zero Trust Roadmap, tracking implementation milestones, resolving blockers, and advancing mission-critical deliverables in support of CISA's cybersecurity mission.
• Conduct assessments of agency systems to identify capability gaps across ZT pillars.
• Identity, device, network, application, and data.
• Develop actionable remediation recommendations for FCEB agencies.
• Develop dashboards, metrics, and reports that communicate ZT maturity levels and system risk posture to senior stakeholders and decision-makers.
• Collaborate with government and commercial stakeholders to design and implement a cohesive Zero Trust framework aligned to organizational and mission objectives.
• Lead and facilitate interagency working groups to synchronize ZT efforts, share best practices, and drive coordinated implementation across government and industry partners.

Cybersecurity Program Manager

Frontend Engineer

• Aretum is seeking skilled UI Engineers to support a federal civilian client. This role will focus on developing user interface components, integrating APIs, building unit tests, and supporting front-end application development using React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Vitest, Azure DevOps, and Git.
• The ideal candidate has a strong background in developing React components based on UX designs, wireframes, user stories, and acceptance criteria. This position requires strong attention to detail, sound troubleshooting skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with UX designers, engineers, testers, business analysts, and project stakeholders in an Agile delivery environment.
• Responsibilities
• - Develop React components using TypeScript based on UX designs, wireframes, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• - Build, enhance, and maintain user interface components for enterprise applications.
• - Integrate APIs into UI components, including GraphQL-based APIs.
• - Develop unit tests for new and existing components using Vitest.
• - Debug issues reported by testers and users and implement bug fixes.
• - Collaborate with UX designers, business analysts, engineers, and testers to refine acceptance criteria and ensure UI functionality aligns with project requirements.
• - Support functional validation, regression testing, and sprint release activities.
• - Use Azure DevOps and Git to manage tasks, code, status updates, and version control.
• - Support application development and deployment across local, test, staging, and cloud environments.
• - Work with technical teams supporting applications built with technologies such as React, TypeScript, GraphQL, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework Core, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Helm, Azure, Azure Pipelines, Azure DevOps, and Git.
• - Maintain clear technical documentation and communicate status, risks, blockers, and quality concerns to the project team.

UI Engineer

SDET

• Execute functional testing of web application features, validating stories against acceptance criteria and documenting defects with clear reproduction steps, severity classification, and expected versus actual behavior
• Build, maintain, and expand automated regression test suites using Playwright, Cypress, and Selenium with Cucumber/Gherkin BDD patterns, integrated into GitLab CI pipelines for continuous feedback
• Create and maintain automated API test collections using Postman and Rest Assured to validate microservice endpoints, inter-service contracts, and integration points with external systems
• Perform digital accessibility evaluations on coded solutions using automated tools (aXe, pa11y, WAVE, ANDI) and manual techniques (JAWS and NVDA screen reader testing) per WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508 standards, following the DHS Trusted Tester conformance test process
• Document accessibility findings with specific WCAG success criteria references and actionable remediation guidance that enables developers to resolve issues efficiently
• Execute load and performance tests using NeoLoad, JMeter, or equivalent tools to validate response times, throughput, and error rates against defined thresholds before production releases
• Maintain test plans and test cases in Confluence linked to Jira stories, with test evidence documented for sprint reviews
• Collaborate with developers to define clear acceptance criteria and test criteria during backlog refinement, ensuring stories are testable before development begins
• Participate fully in Agile ceremonies within a SAFe framework: Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Review, Retrospective, and Backlog Refinement
• Maintain CI-integrated test suites at a 95% pass rate or above and resolve flaky tests promptly to keep automation a reliable quality gate
• Support production triage when assigned, diagnosing issues and verifying fixes through the standard CI/CD pipeline
• Contribute to test strategy improvements, automation framework enhancements, and knowledge sharing across the QA team

Test Engineer

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services using ASP.NET Core, C#, and Entity Framework Core.
• Build microservices that support business logic, data updates, and enterprise application functionality.
• Integrate and maintain PostgreSQL databases, including data models, queries, views, and database structures.
• Develop and maintain GraphQL schemas and APIs for application functionality and data integration.
• Create unit tests for APIs, microservices, GraphQL APIs, and application code.
• Debug issues reported by testers and users, diagnose deployed environment issues, and implement fixes.
• Support application development and deployment across local, test, staging, and cloud environments.
• Work with containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm charts.
• Support Azure cloud integrations, including AKS, Storage Accounts, Key Vaults, Azure Pipelines, Azure DevOps, and Git.
• Collaborate with project managers, developers, testers, and client stakeholders to support Agile delivery priorities.
• Maintain clear technical documentation and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

ASP.NET Services Engineer

Scrum Master

• Perform the traditional activities associated with Agile SAFe methodologies at the team level, embedded fully within a single Agile development team
• Coordinate, oversee, and manage the standard Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Review, Retrospective, and Backlog Refinement) and document the outputs of each ceremony clearly and consistently
• Identify, surface, and drive resolution of team-level impediments, escalating to the senior Scrum Master, the federal Release Train Engineer, or program leadership when impediments cannot be resolved within the team
• Support the team's participation in Program Increment (PI) Planning, including preparing the team's backlog for PI planning, facilitating team-level PI planning sessions, and documenting PI objectives, dependencies, and commitments
• Partner with the federal Product Owner and the engineering team to maintain the 24-month roadmap for the team's Epic area, surfacing technical items and level-of-effort estimates alongside Product-Owner-driven priorities
• Facilitate Sprint Planning to ensure stories are well understood, properly sized, and aligned to sprint goals; facilitate Retrospectives that produce concrete, tracked improvement actions
• Embed an Agile culture on the team using techniques drawn from a wide range of Agile and Lean methodologies and frameworks, remaining methodology-aware rather than prescriptive
• Coach team members, the federal Product Owner, and adjacent stakeholders on team roles, behaviors, structure and culture, Agile ceremonies and practices, and knowledge transfer
• Equip engineers and leads on the team with the skills and techniques to coach one another, supporting a self-organizing, continuously improving team
• Maintain team-level Agile metrics (velocity, commitment reliability, flow, defect rates) and keep project and team status accurate and current so that any stakeholder can find out where the team stands without disrupting delivery
• Contribute to weekly status reporting, including accomplishments, planned work, associated ticket numbers, and risks and issues with proposed solutions
• Coordinate with the senior program-level Scrum Master and other team-level Scrum Masters across the Agile Release Train to identify and resolve cross-team dependencies, align practices, and maintain consistency of ceremony quality, tooling, and reporting
• Collaborate closely with Tech lead, UX, Accessibility and QA leads to ensure UX, Accessibility and QA priorities are aligned with sprint goals
• Maintain Jira and Confluence hygiene for the team, board configuration, sprint setup, workflow states, Definition of Ready, Definition of Done, so that the team's work is transparent and reportable
• Support onboarding of new team members and contribute to consistent application of SAFe practices and reporting standards across the team
• Operate within the scope of standard Scrum Master services; this role does not include Business Analyst services

Agile Process SME, Scrum Master

• Participate in the design of software tools, subsystems, and reusable components, contributing to domain analysis and design discussions led by senior engineers
• Assist Applications Engineers and senior Application Programmers in interpreting software requirements and design specifications into working, tested code
• Integrate and test software components, ensuring that units, modules, and services work together correctly across the microservices architecture
• Design, develop, test, and maintain Java backend microservices and REST APIs, following established coding standards, architectural patterns, and the program's Definition of Done
• Work with PostgreSQL databases, including schema design, writing and optimizing SQL queries, and implementing data access layers
• Integrate backend services with Elasticsearch / OpenSearch for search indexing and with AWS S3 for file storage, AWS SNS and SQS for event-based messaging, and AWS RDS for relational persistence
• Build and maintain containerized Java services that run on AWS Elastic Container Service, ensuring services are observable, resilient, and ready for deployment to isolated VPC networking environments
• Contribute to Python backend services where the team's work requires it, applying the same standards of testability, readability, and maintainability
• Author and maintain unit tests and integration tests for backend code, supporting the program's test automation strategy and code coverage expectations
• Support and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines for backend services, including build, test, scan, and deployment stages
• Contribute to infrastructure-as-code in Terraform under the guidance of senior engineers, and support peer review of infrastructure changes
• Participate actively in peer code review, both submitting code for review and reviewing teammates' code against agreed standards
• Participate fully in SAFe Agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Review, Retrospective, and Backlog Refinement) providing accurate estimates and status updates on assigned work
• Break down assigned user stories into appropriately sized technical tasks and track work transparently in the program's Agile tooling
• Support Tier-2 and Tier-3 production issue resolution for backend components developed by the team, participating in troubleshooting activities and implementing prioritized fixes
• Remediate backend code and dependency security vulnerabilities identified through routine security scanning within required timeframes: 30 calendar days for High-Priority vulnerabilities and 180 calendar days for Medium-Priority vulnerabilities
• Document code, APIs, and data models clearly, and maintain technical documentation in the program's collaboration tools

Java Backend Developer

• Lead the design of software tools, subsystems, and reusable components within the team's scope, contributing to domain analysis and coordinating implementation with teammates
• Independently interpret software requirements and design specifications, translating them into working, tested, and maintainable code
• Mentor junior-mid level developers and support their growth through pairing, design review, and constructive code review
• Review existing backend programs and propose refinements to reduce operating time, simplify code, and improve current techniques
• Contribute to software development effort and schedule estimation during sprint planning and backlog refinement
• Design, develop, test, and maintain Java backend microservices and REST APIs across the program's cloud-native architecture, adhering to established coding standards, architectural patterns, and the team's Definition of Done
• Own the design and tuning of PostgreSQL database schemas, queries, and data access layers for the services you develop, including migration strategy
• Design and implement Elasticsearch / OpenSearch index structures, query patterns, and reindexing strategies for search-driven features
• Integrate backend services with AWS S3 for file storage, AWS SNS and SQS for event-based messaging, and AWS RDS for relational persistence
• Build and maintain containerized Java services that run on AWS Elastic Container Service, including appropriate logging, metrics, health checks, and operational readiness for deployment to isolated VPC networking environments
• Contribute to Python backend services where the team's work requires it, applying the same standards of testability, readability, and maintainability
• Design, implement, and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines for backend services, including build, test, static analysis, container image scan, and deployment stages
• Author and maintain unit and integration test suites, and drive the team toward meaningful code coverage and test reliability rather than vanity metrics
• Contribute to infrastructure-as-code in Terraform, review infrastructure changes, and help ensure infrastructure evolves safely alongside application code
• Conduct thorough peer code review, providing specific, actionable feedback against agreed coding standards and architectural patterns
• Supervise software configuration management practices within the team's repositories, including branching strategy, versioning, and release tagging
• Participate fully in SAFe Agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Review, Retrospective, and Backlog Refinement) and contribute to Program Increment (PI) planning
• Break down complex user stories into appropriately sized technical tasks, identify cross-team dependencies early, and track work transparently in the program's Agile tooling
• Support Tier-2 and Tier-3 production issue resolution for backend components developed by the team, leading troubleshooting activities and implementing prioritized fixes
• Coordinate with Triage Engineers, the Solutions Architect, and Product Management on issues that affect the team's services, and contribute to root cause analysis and preventive improvements
• Lead remediation of backend code and dependency security vulnerabilities identified through routine security scanning within required timeframes: 30 calendar days for High-Priority vulnerabilities and 180 calendar days for Medium-Priority vulnerabilities
• Author developer-friendly documentation for APIs, data models, deployment operations, and operational runbooks in the program's collaboration tools

Senior Java Backend Developer

• Work cross-functionally in an Agile environment
• Build FastAPIs for the display of content
• Create microservices
• Work on front-end and back-end code
• Mentor peers and junior developers in Python design
• Build ETL processes
• Work in a highly collaborative environment
• Juggle multiple tasks at once
• Work independently and collaboratively as needed
• Utilize interpersonal skills and strong communication skills
• Work directly with the Project Manager to support emerging client needs