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Ascension LLC is seeking a Senior Software Developer to support a federal data analytics and application support services engagement for the Department of War Office of Inspector General’s Analytics Team within Mission Support. This role is ideal for a hands-on software engineer, application developer, or senior programmer who can design, build, enhance, test, document, and sustain mission-focused applications, analytics tools, dashboards, data-driven workflows, and integration components that help government stakeholders turn complex data into actionable insights.

The ideal candidate will bring strong programming experience, disciplined software development practices, and the ability to work across technical teams, data analysts, data scientists, BI developers, data engineers, project managers, and federal stakeholders. This position requires someone who can operate in a structured government environment, translate user needs into secure and maintainable solutions, and support iterative delivery cycles where documentation, quality control, knowledge transfer, and sustainment are just as important as the code itself.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Senior Software Developer will support the design, development, enhancement, and sustainment of software applications, data-enabled tools, dashboards, automation scripts, and systems integrations that support the customer’s oversight, audit, evaluation, investigation, and mission support activities. The role will contribute to iterative development cycles, technical documentation, peer reviews, testing, configuration management, and deployment support.

This position requires a self-driven, detail-oriented developer who can work with minimal supervision, manage competing priorities, anticipate technical risks, and collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. The successful candidate should be comfortable supporting existing systems while also building new functionality, improving maintainability, strengthening data quality, and helping users understand how to operate and sustain the tools delivered.

The role is expected to support tools and processes such as Agile development, Azure DevOps or similar work tracking systems, Git-based version control, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Power Platform, SQL databases, APIs, scripting, testing frameworks, documentation repositories, and secure federal IT practices.

Position’s Day-to-Day Activities

The Senior Software Developer will be expected to:

• Design application features, workflow components, data-driven tools, and reusable software modules based on approved requirements.
• Develop secure, scalable, and maintainable software solutions that support analytics, reporting, dashboarding, data integration, and business process automation needs.
• Translate business, mission, and data requirements into technical designs, user stories, development tasks, acceptance criteria, and implementation plans.
• Build and maintain integrations between applications, databases, data pipelines, dashboards, SharePoint, Power Platform, and other approved customer systems.
• Write clean, documented, and testable code using approved programming languages, frameworks, and development standards.
• Support iterative development cycles by breaking work into manageable increments, participating in sprint planning, and delivering usable functionality within agreed timelines.
• Configure and update workflows, forms, access controls, system components, and application features in accordance with approved architecture and security guidance.
• Perform unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, peer code reviews, and defect resolution to ensure solutions meet functional, technical, and quality standards.
• Troubleshoot application defects, performance issues, data errors, integration failures, and user-reported problems.
• Optimize application performance, database queries, data processing routines, and workflow execution to improve reliability and user experience.
• Collaborate with data scientists, BI analysts, data engineers, project managers, and government stakeholders to ensure technical solutions align with mission objectives.
• Document application architecture, code logic, configuration settings, deployment steps, data sources, data lineage, maintenance procedures, and user guidance.
• Maintain documentation in a centralized repository such as SharePoint, Azure DevOps, or another approved government system.
• Support knowledge transfer sessions, demonstrations, training materials, and user adoption activities for deployed applications and tools.
• Implement version control, release notes, change logs, and configuration management practices for software and system updates.
• Apply federal security, privacy, accessibility, and data governance expectations, including protection of sensitive information and adherence to customer policies.
• Coordinate with technical leads and government stakeholders on approvals, deployment readiness, sustainment needs, and transition activities.
• Contribute to monthly status reporting, solution maintenance plans, transition packages, and performance improvement recommendations.