Python Developer

Veteran-Owned Firm Seeking a Sr. Python Developer for a role in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area
My name is Stephen Hrutka. I manage a veteran-owned firm in Washington, DC, specializing in Supply Chain Management, Strategic Sourcing, and Technical/ Cleared Recruiting.
HRUCKUS helps other Veteran-owned businesses recruit positions across DARPA, Strategic Capabilities Office, and Federal Agencies.
One of our longest-engaged Veteran-owned clients has a funded opening for a Sr. Python Developer.
The ideal candidate is a DMV resident with a minimum of 5 years of related experience, a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a technical discipline related to the specific skill or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience. Experience with a federal agency as a contractor or federal employee is preferred.
If this role is not a fit for you but you may know someone, I am glad to offer a referral bonus.
Thanks,
Stephen M Hrutka
Principal Consultant
HRUCKUS LLC
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Position Description: Our client is seeking a Senior Python Developer. As a Python Developer, you will be part of an organization accountable for providing integrated and deployed support across Enterprise Networks. Your role is critical, as the mission and the customer rely on your expertise. The aim is to offer the customer a range of flexible but coordinated services, like Application Development, System Security, System Engineering, End User Support, and others across various departments.
What does our clients Team Member look like?
You should be an ambitious and convergent thinker passionate about solving complex problems.
You bring continuous exceptional value as an action-oriented team player.
You have a strong aptitude for directing and managing top-level, high-visibility efforts involving strategic business planning, continuous improvement issues, and/or program integration.
You should be able to demonstrate strong experience with preparing strategic plans and conducting strategic assessments for the Federal Government and/or large enterprise-wide organizations and/or experience with policymaking and planning involving strategic planning and analysis in complex organizations.
You are zealous and committed to providing superior service. You are poised under pressure and have an optimistic attitude!
If this sounds like you, then we would love to meet you!
Essential Duties:
Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Python code
Integration of data storage solutions includes databases, key-value stores, blob stores, document stores, graphs, etc.
Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
Identify bottlenecks and bugs and devise solutions to these problems
Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
Supporting the customer
Trusted to understand the technical and functional design requirements related to Python using Django as a web framework
Designing, developing, and testing mission applications
Designing and developing new web applications
Maintaining and troubleshooting existing web applications
Creating back-end components
Connect applications with additional web servers
Maintaining APIs
Required Experience and Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a technical discipline related to the specific skill or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience
Minimum of 5 years of related experience
Experience with Django and other shared middleware libraries used for testing, caching, messaging, and session management
Good understanding of Python syntax and its nuances
Solid understanding of object-oriented programming
Good understanding of CSS
Excellent understanding of front-end technologies like JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
Ability to write clean and organized code
Proficiency with code versioning tools, including Git, GitHub, SVN, and Mercurial
Familiarity with MVC, Mocking, RESTful, and ORM
Good understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3
Knowledge of server-side templating languages, including Slim and Liquid
Familiarity with testing tools
Exhibited CSS, HTML, jQuery, Ajax, and JSON proficiency
Experience with database management (MySQL, Postgres)
Experience with design, development, and testing of integrated mission applications, RESTful web services, and external libraries in multiple languages to interface with APIs
Knowledge of agile methodologies
Experience with JavaScript, Angular, ReactJS, ViewJS
Familiarity with AWS
Experience and familiarity with Angular, ReactJS, and ViewJS
Familiarity with MVC, Mocking, ORM, and RESTful? API concepts? API
A knack for writing clean, readable code
Ability to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes
Able to implement automated testing platforms and unit tests
Good understanding of information gathering and the questioning method, i.e., able to ask how, what, when, where, why, and who to discern problems
Familiarity with continuous integration
Preferred Qualifications:
Previous management consulting experience
Experience with a federal agency as a contractor or federal employee
Physical and Cognitive Requirements: The physical demands described below represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
Physical:
Frequently required to sit and work at a desk/computer for extended periods of up to 8 hours a day
While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear
Must be able to have repetitive wrist/hand/finger movement to work on computer and/or related office equipment
Vision abilities required by this job include close vision
Cognitive:
Ability to learn new tasks
Ability to maintain focus and complete tasks independently
Ability to remember processes
Ability to complete tasks in situations that have a speed or productivity quota
Other Information:
The target annual salary is $110,000 - $125,000
Salary is commensurate with experience
Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 K match, Generous PTO, additional Company Paid Benefits
About our client: Our client is a proud Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business based in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area. They provide management consulting services to federal agencies and organizations supporting the public sector. Our client offers exceptional client services in Strategic Communications and Integrated Marketing (SCIM), Information Technology (IT), and Enterprise Optimization (EO).