Frontend Lead

Clearance Level

None

Category

Software Engineering

Location

Arlington, Virginia

(Onsite Workplace)

Key Skills For Success

Code Reviews

Front End Architecture

JavaScript

Web Applications

REQ#: RQ226641

Public Trust: NACI (T1)

Requisition Type: Regular

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.

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.

Work Requirements

Years of Experience

5 + years of related experience

may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Travel Required

Less than 10%

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship Required

Salary and Benefit Information

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.

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.

About Our Work

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