Lead Application Developer - SME
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 25, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 24, 2026.
Multiple Openings
Location: Suitland, MD | Hybrid
Proposal Opportunity: This position is being recruited in support of an active federal proposal. Employment is contingent upon contract award, final customer requirements, and position availability. Candidates selected during the proposal phase may be asked to provide an updated resume and other information required for proposal submission.
About the Role
Essnova Solutions is seeking experienced Lead Application Developers - SME to support a large-scale federal application modernization initiative supporting the U.S. Census Bureau.
This role is designed for highly experienced software development professionals with deep expertise building, integrating, and modernizing enterprise Java applications.
The ideal candidate has extensive hands-on development experience and can provide technical leadership within complex enterprise development environments.
What You’ll Do
- Design, develop, enhance, and maintain enterprise applications.
- Support modernization of complex and legacy application environments.
- Develop scalable services and application components using modern Java technologies.
- Design and integrate REST-based services and APIs.
- Support event-driven application integration using Kafka.
- Develop and maintain database integrations and application data access components.
- Participate in CI/CD and automated software delivery processes.
- Collaborate with architects, engineers, testers, security teams, and other development professionals.
- Support troubleshooting, optimization, integration, and technical documentation activities.
- Contribute to application-development standards and modernization practices.
Requirements
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of relevant application/software development experience.
- Senior/SME-level enterprise application development experience.
- Demonstrated experience with:
- Java 8
- J2EE
- Spring Boot
- Hibernate
- Kafka
- REST APIs
- PL/SQL
- Git/GitLab
- CI/CD pipelines
Preferred Qualifications
- Cloud certification or demonstrated cloud experience
- SAFe/Scrum or other Agile certification
- CSEP
Work Location
This position supports the U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters in Suitland, Maryland under a hybrid work model. Candidates must be located in the DC/MD/VA area or be willing to commute to Suitland.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Essnova Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Essnova Solutions is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application and employment process.