{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"efe33a47f58af46902c38738","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/efe33a47f58af46902c38738","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/efe33a47f58af46902c38738","title":"Lead Software Developer - Proposal Effort","description":"Location: Silver Spring, MD\nWork Arrangement: Full-Time | 100% On-Site\nSalary Range: $150,000 – $160,000\nEmployment Status: Proposal Effort\nSecurity Requirement: U.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident | Must successfully complete required background investigation\n\nWho We Are\n\nRCG, Inc. is a growing federal contracting company proudly Certified™ as a Great Place to Work® for four consecutive years. We are committed to building high-performing teams that deliver innovative, reliable, and secure technology solutions to our federal government customers.\n\nThe Opportunity\n\nThis position is contingent upon contract award and is part of a PROPOSAL EFFORT.\n\nRCG is seeking an experienced Lead Software Developer to lead and support end-to-end software development and software acquisition activities at our government customer site in Silver Spring, MD.\n\nThe Lead Software Developer will provide technical leadership across requirements analysis, software acquisition, application development, database technologies, testing, integration, deployment, maintenance, and web development. This position will support the evaluation and implementation of in-house, Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS), and Government Off-the-Shelf (GOTS) solutions.\n\nThe successful candidate will work closely with technical teams, end users, and government stakeholders and will take direction from the Program Manager.\n\nWhat You'll Do\n\nSoftware Acquisition & Requirements Analysis\n\nLead and participate in software acquisition support activities, including evaluation of customer requirements and development of technical recommendations.\nConduct software system reliability assessments, return on investment (ROI) analyses, cost-benefit analyses, product alternative evaluations, and make-versus-buy assessments.\nEvaluate COTS and GOTS solutions and recommend appropriate acquisition and implementation strategies.\nIdentify, gather, analyze, and document requirements for new COTS and GOTS software applications, including platforms such as AODocs and Smartsheet.\nRecommend software configurations, licensing approaches, upgrades, and technical support requirements.\nEvaluate and test emerging technologies, cloud-supported software products, development languages, and standards.\nEvaluate, test, and document COTS/GOTS development and engineering products.\nEnsure proposed COTS/GOTS products satisfy applicable cybersecurity, federal security, acquisition, evaluation, and validation requirements, including NIST guidance.\nSupport demand-management planning and forecasting for future growth.\nRecommend acquisition strategies, customization approaches, implementation plans, and operations and maintenance requirements.\n\nSoftware Development & Technical Leadership\n\nLead and support a software development team responsible for developing, maintaining, enhancing, and supporting mission-critical applications.\nAssist with software development project planning, including scope, schedules, implementation activities, and technical deliverables.\nDesign, develop, install, configure, upgrade, test, deploy, and maintain new and existing systems, software applications, websites, dashboards, and databases supporting customer operations, offices, and programs.\nDevelop clear coding and implementation plans and conduct preliminary testing.\nProvide technical expertise in application architecture, software design and development processes, and product and service delivery.\nAnalyze existing system prototypes and software requirements.\nPerform or oversee preliminary and detailed design, coding, unit testing, integration testing, and associated technical documentation.\nDesign and implement customized workflows, features, web components, and backend functionality for custom GOTS solutions.\nProvide technical leadership throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).\nTroubleshoot and resolve issues affecting existing and newly developed applications and system configurations.\nProvide Tier 1–3 support for internally developed software applications.\nLead complex scientific computing activities involving Windows, web, application, and database environments.\nAnalyze software and application performance and produce application, website, and operational statistics and reports as required.\n\nDevelopment Technologies\n\nLead and support development utilizing technologies that may include:\n\nVisual Studio 2022 and later\nC# / .NET / .NET Core\nAngularJS\nASP.NET\nJava\nJavaScript\nJ2EE\nDrupal\nIIS\nT-SQL\nPL/SQL\nMicrosoft SQL Server\nMySQL\nOracle\nStruts 2\nWebLogic\nWPF\nXAML\nOther development technologies as required\n\nDatabase Engineering\n\nArchitect, install, configure, maintain, and support enterprise databases.\nSupport Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, and other database platforms as required.\nSupport front-end and backend applications utilizing enterprise databases.\nTroubleshoot database and application integration issues.\n\nSoftware Testing & Quality Assurance\n\nDevelop comprehensive test plans that map end-user requirements to system functionality.\nEnsure test plans reflect typical utilization conditions, stress-testing requirements, and mitigation strategies for errors and defects.\nConduct or oversee unit, system, functional, interface, regression, performance, integration, interoperability, and Section 508 testing.\nCoordinate and lead testing activities with selected end users.\nInvestigate and resolve anomalous test results.\nPrepare system support documentation and deploy application fixes.\nConduct quality assurance throughout the software development lifecycle.\nSupport source-code control, code review, change management, configuration management, release management, and software testing.\nConduct technical reviews, including design reviews, code walkthroughs, test-plan evaluations, and documentation reviews.\nPrepare and deliver software development reviews and system/user documentation.\nMaintain documentation for hardware and software configuration and deployment.\nFollow established Change Management and Configuration Management policies and procedures.\nComply with applicable federal IT policies, mandates, standards, and guidelines.\nSupport development environments operating under CMMI Level 3 processes and Agile software development methodologies.\n\nWeb Development\n\nLead and support personnel responsible for web design, content development, client/server-side configuration, and webpage support.\nSupport, maintain, and update public-facing websites using Drupal or other approved Content Management Systems.\nCollaborate with web governance committees and other stakeholders as required.\nPerform or oversee webmaster responsibilities, including the design, update, and management of intranet sites supporting customer offices and programs.\n\nWhat We're Looking For\n\nRequired Qualifications\n\nU.S. Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Resident status and ability to successfully complete the required government background investigation.\nDemonstrated senior-level software development experience with technical leadership responsibilities.\nStrong knowledge of software architecture and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).\nExperience working in Agile software development environments.\nStrong development experience with C#/.NET, JavaScript, SQL, and database technologies.\nExperience with software testing, system integration, troubleshooting, deployment, and maintenance.\nExperience leading or providing technical oversight to software development teams.\nExperience gathering and analyzing technical and business requirements.\nExperience developing or supporting enterprise software applications.\nExperience working with relational database technologies.\nAbility to evaluate technical alternatives and provide recommendations to customers and leadership.\nStrong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.\nExcellent written and verbal English communication skills.\nAbility to work effectively with technical teams, end users, management, and government stakeholders.\nAbility to work 100% on-site in Silver Spring, Maryland.\n\nDesired Qualifications\n\nCertified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I).\nMicrosoft certifications.\nCloud technology certifications.\nExperience evaluating, implementing, or supporting COTS and GOTS solutions.\nExperience supporting software development within federal government environments.\nExperience with CMMI Level 3 software development processes.\nExperience with Drupal and enterprise web development.\nExperience with scientific computing or other mission-critical technical environments.\n\nWork Environment\n\nFull-time position.\n100% on-site in Silver Spring, MD.\nWork closely with government stakeholders, software developers, engineers, technical support personnel, and program leadership.\nLead and support multiple software development, acquisition, testing, and maintenance activities in a mission-focused environment.\n\nPlease Note\n\nThis is a PROPOSAL EFFORT. Employment is contingent upon contract award, position availability, and successful completion of all applicable government onboarding and background investigation requirements.\n\nDue to the security requirements associated with this federal program, successful candidates must be a U.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident and must be able to successfully complete the required background investigation.\n\nWhy You'll Love Working Here\n\nCompetitive salary of $150,000 – $160,000.\nWork for a company proudly Certified™ as a Great Place to Work® for four consecutive years.\nLead software development supporting mission-critical federal operations.\nWork across modern software development, database, web, cloud, COTS, and GOTS technologies.\nCollaborate with experienced technical professionals and government stakeholders.\nOpportunities for technical and professional growth.\nComprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, paid holidays, and a 401(k) with company match.\n\nEqual Opportunity Employer\n\nRCG, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. 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We are committed to building high-performing teams that deliver innovative, reliable, and secure technology solutions to our federal government customers.\n\nThe Opportunity\n\nThis position is contingent upon contract award and is part of a PROPOSAL EFFORT.\n\nRCG is seeking an experienced Lead Software Developer to lead and support end-to-end software development and software acquisition activities at our government customer site in Silver Spring, MD.\n\nThe Lead Software Developer will provide technical leadership across requirements analysis, software acquisition, application development, database technologies, testing, integration, deployment, maintenance, and web development. This position will support the evaluation and implementation of in-house, Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS), and Government Off-the-Shelf (GOTS) solutions.\n\nThe successful candidate will work closely with technical teams, end users, and government stakeholders and will take direction from the Program Manager.\n\nWhat You'll Do\n\nSoftware Acquisition & Requirements Analysis\n\nLead and participate in software acquisition support activities, including evaluation of customer requirements and development of technical recommendations.\nConduct software system reliability assessments, return on investment (ROI) analyses, cost-benefit analyses, product alternative evaluations, and make-versus-buy assessments.\nEvaluate COTS and GOTS solutions and recommend appropriate acquisition and implementation strategies.\nIdentify, gather, analyze, and document requirements for new COTS and GOTS software applications, including platforms such as AODocs and Smartsheet.\nRecommend software configurations, licensing approaches, upgrades, and technical support requirements.\nEvaluate and test emerging technologies, cloud-supported software products, development languages, and standards.\nEvaluate, test, and document COTS/GOTS development and engineering products.\nEnsure proposed COTS/GOTS products satisfy applicable cybersecurity, federal security, acquisition, evaluation, and validation requirements, including NIST guidance.\nSupport demand-management planning and forecasting for future growth.\nRecommend acquisition strategies, customization approaches, implementation plans, and operations and maintenance requirements.\n\nSoftware Development & Technical Leadership\n\nLead and support a software development team responsible for developing, maintaining, enhancing, and supporting mission-critical applications.\nAssist with software development project planning, including scope, schedules, implementation activities, and technical deliverables.\nDesign, develop, install, configure, upgrade, test, deploy, and maintain new and existing systems, software applications, websites, dashboards, and databases supporting customer operations, offices, and programs.\nDevelop clear coding and implementation plans and conduct preliminary testing.\nProvide technical expertise in application architecture, software design and development processes, and product and service delivery.\nAnalyze existing system prototypes and software requirements.\nPerform or oversee preliminary and detailed design, coding, unit testing, integration testing, and associated technical documentation.\nDesign and implement customized workflows, features, web components, and backend functionality for custom GOTS solutions.\nProvide technical leadership throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).\nTroubleshoot and resolve issues affecting existing and newly developed applications and system configurations.\nProvide Tier 1–3 support for internally developed software applications.\nLead complex scientific computing activities involving Windows, web, application, and database environments.\nAnalyze software and application performance and produce application, website, and operational statistics and reports as required.\n\nDevelopment Technologies\n\nLead and support development utilizing technologies that may include:\n\nVisual Studio 2022 and later\nC# / .NET / .NET Core\nAngularJS\nASP.NET\nJava\nJavaScript\nJ2EE\nDrupal\nIIS\nT-SQL\nPL/SQL\nMicrosoft SQL Server\nMySQL\nOracle\nStruts 2\nWebLogic\nWPF\nXAML\nOther development technologies as required\n\nDatabase Engineering\n\nArchitect, install, configure, maintain, and support enterprise databases.\nSupport Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, and other database platforms as required.\nSupport front-end and backend applications utilizing enterprise databases.\nTroubleshoot database and application integration issues.\n\nSoftware Testing & Quality Assurance\n\nDevelop comprehensive test plans that map end-user requirements to system functionality.\nEnsure test plans reflect typical utilization conditions, stress-testing requirements, and mitigation strategies for errors and defects.\nConduct or oversee unit, system, functional, interface, regression, performance, integration, interoperability, and Section 508 testing.\nCoordinate and lead testing activities with selected end users.\nInvestigate and resolve anomalous test results.\nPrepare system support documentation and deploy application fixes.\nConduct quality assurance throughout the software development lifecycle.\nSupport source-code control, code review, change management, configuration management, release management, and software testing.\nConduct technical reviews, including design reviews, code walkthroughs, test-plan evaluations, and documentation reviews.\nPrepare and deliver software development reviews and system/user documentation.\nMaintain documentation for hardware and software configuration and deployment.\nFollow established Change Management and Configuration Management policies and procedures.\nComply with applicable federal IT policies, mandates, standards, and guidelines.\nSupport development environments operating under CMMI Level 3 processes and Agile software development methodologies.\n\nWeb Development\n\nLead and support personnel responsible for web design, content development, client/server-side configuration, and webpage support.\nSupport, maintain, and update public-facing websites using Drupal or other approved Content Management Systems.\nCollaborate with web governance committees and other stakeholders as required.\nPerform or oversee webmaster responsibilities, including the design, update, and management of intranet sites supporting customer offices and programs.\n\nWhat We're Looking For\n\nRequired Qualifications\n\nU.S. Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Resident status and ability to successfully complete the required government background investigation.\nDemonstrated senior-level software development experience with technical leadership responsibilities.\nStrong knowledge of software architecture and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).\nExperience working in Agile software development environments.\nStrong development experience with C#/.NET, JavaScript, SQL, and database technologies.\nExperience with software testing, system integration, troubleshooting, deployment, and maintenance.\nExperience leading or providing technical oversight to software development teams.\nExperience gathering and analyzing technical and business requirements.\nExperience developing or supporting enterprise software applications.\nExperience working with relational database technologies.\nAbility to evaluate technical alternatives and provide recommendations to customers and leadership.\nStrong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.\nExcellent written and verbal English communication skills.\nAbility to work effectively with technical teams, end users, management, and government stakeholders.\nAbility to work 100% on-site in Silver Spring, Maryland.\n\nDesired Qualifications\n\nCertified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I).\nMicrosoft certifications.\nCloud technology certifications.\nExperience evaluating, implementing, or supporting COTS and GOTS solutions.\nExperience supporting software development within federal government environments.\nExperience with CMMI Level 3 software development processes.\nExperience with Drupal and enterprise web development.\nExperience with scientific computing or other mission-critical technical environments.\n\nWork Environment\n\nFull-time position.\n100% on-site in Silver Spring, MD.\nWork closely with government stakeholders, software developers, engineers, technical support personnel, and program leadership.\nLead and support multiple software development, acquisition, testing, and maintenance activities in a mission-focused environment.\n\nPlease Note\n\nThis is a PROPOSAL EFFORT. Employment is contingent upon contract award, position availability, and successful completion of all applicable government onboarding and background investigation requirements.\n\nDue to the security requirements associated with this federal program, successful candidates must be a U.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident and must be able to successfully complete the required background investigation.\n\nWhy You'll Love Working Here\n\nCompetitive salary of $150,000 – $160,000.\nWork for a company proudly Certified™ as a Great Place to Work® for four consecutive years.\nLead software development supporting mission-critical federal operations.\nWork across modern software development, database, web, cloud, COTS, and GOTS technologies.\nCollaborate with experienced technical professionals and government stakeholders.\nOpportunities for technical and professional growth.\nComprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, paid holidays, and a 401(k) with company match.\n\nEqual Opportunity Employer\n\nRCG, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.","datePosted":"2026-08-19T19:26:58.030Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T19:26:58.030Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Rcg","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Silver Spring","addressRegion":"MD","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"efe33a47f58af46902c38738"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/efe33a47f58af46902c38738"}}