Frontend Developer – DevSecOps

Location: Onsite, Huntsville, AL

Employment Type: Full-Time, 40 hours per week

Employment Eliglibity: This position requires U.S. Citizenship to meet federal contract requirements. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Clearance Requirement: Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Background Investigation

Experience: Minimum 3 years

Education: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field preferred

Certifications: AWS Certification and/or CompTIA Security+ preferred

Position Summary: The Frontend Developer – DevSecOps is responsible for developing and maintaining secure, responsive, accessible, and user-friendly interfaces for a mission-critical application modernization effort. This role works closely with UI/UX designers, backend developers, architects, cybersecurity, DevSecOps engineers, testers, and product teams to translate requirements and designs into functional and visually consistent web applications.

The Frontend Developer works within an Agile DevSecOps environment, incorporating secure coding, automated testing, security scanning, code-quality controls, and CI/CD practices throughout the software development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain responsive web applications using Angular, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Translate UI/UX designs, wireframes, prototypes, and user stories into reusable and maintainable frontend components.
• Develop user-interface components including navigation, forms, tables, dashboards, buttons, and other interactive elements.
• Integrate frontend applications with REST APIs, microservices, and .NET/backend services.
• Collaborate with UI/UX, backend development, architecture, cybersecurity, testing, and DevSecOps teams throughout the development lifecycle.
• Develop responsive, browser- and device-agnostic applications supporting desktop, mobile, and tablet environments.
• Ensure frontend applications comply with Section 508/WCAG accessibility requirements.
• Apply secure coding and OWASP best practices to frontend application development.
• Develop and maintain automated unit, integration, and frontend tests to support established quality and coverage requirements.
• Integrate frontend builds and automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, Jenkins, or equivalent technologies.
• Support automated SAST, DAST, dependency, vulnerability, accessibility, and code-quality scanning within the CI/CD pipeline.
• Identify and remediate security vulnerabilities, code-quality findings, accessibility issues, and failed quality gates before deployment.
• Use Git-based source control and maintain traceability between source-code changes, commits, builds, and applicable user stories.
• Support containerized application development and deployments using Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, or equivalent technologies.
• Troubleshoot application, integration, build, pipeline, and deployment issues using approved diagnostics and debugging tools.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure compliance with established development, security, testing, and configuration-management standards.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, standups, reviews, demonstrations, and retrospectives.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years of frontend/web application development experience.
• Strong experience with Angular, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience developing responsive and accessible enterprise web applications.
• Experience integrating frontend applications with REST APIs and backend services.
• Hands-on experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience working within an Agile DevSecOps software development environment.
• Understanding of secure coding, OWASP principles, automated testing, vulnerability scanning, and software quality controls.
• Experience troubleshooting frontend, integration, build, and deployment issues.
• Understanding of responsive design, browser compatibility, accessibility, and web application security.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Background Investigation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with AWS cloud services and cloud-native application development.
• AWS certification and/or CompTIA Security+.
• Experience with GitLab, Jenkins, SonarQube, SAST/DAST, dependency scanning, and automated security testing.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and/or OpenShift.
• Experience with Section 508/WCAG compliance and automated accessibility testing.
• Experience integrating Angular applications with .NET/C# microservices.
• Familiarity with NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP, ATO, and federal DevSecOps requirements.
• Experience supporting federal government, law enforcement, case management, or other mission-critical systems.

Application Process: Qualified candidates are invited to submit their resume and a cover letter detailing their relevant experience and qualifications. Please include any certifications and references that support your application.

Equal Opportunity Employer: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.