Mobile Application Lead SME

Overview:

The Mobile Applications Lead/SME is expected to fill a dynamic role involving both consulting directly with clients to identify and architect solutions to client challenges and also serving as a resource for developers to leverage to implement solutions on mobile platforms. Successful candidates will have a proven capability to drive their work, collaborate with clients to understand their business challenges and develop distinctive and innovative mobile solutions. The Mobile Applications Lead/SME is expected to work with a tight-knit technical team within our Endpoint Engineering Services government customer division. This position will also perform MDM Engineering functions.

Required: The position requires three (3) days a week onsite at either Springfield, VA or Washington, DC.


Responsibilities:

This position will have a high degree of independence while working with the client and successful candidate must be a self-starter that is able to take a project from initiation to completion. A typical week will involve technical collaboration and hands-on work with development tools, implementation of production and lab systems, collaboration with engineers on other teams, and interaction with vendor resources.

(Mobile Development, Apple Business Manager for Enterprises, Mobile Apps, MDM, Mobile Implementation, Mobile Security, Mobile integration, MDM)

Enterprise Mobile Applications:
• Support current and future Endpoint Engineering Services projects.
• Work with the Intune MDM team to complete the build-out for Department-wide enterprise application implementations, instructing app developers regarding DOS standard requirements and responsibilities, and alignment with Department release cycles
• Familiarity and experience with building, packaging, and deploying mobile applications within an enterprise environment
• Experience with Apple Business Manager (ABM) configurations, usage, and licensing in a large enterprise environment
• Experience working within common Mobile Device Management (MDM) platforms such as Microsoft Intune
• Work with the vendor and team resources on troubleshooting issues
• Leverage ABM, Apple Store, and Google Play Store in a government enterprise IT environment
• Provide expert assistance with testing and validation to Information Assurance (IA) Auditors, security engineers, Privacy (P) Office managers, and 508 compliance managers regarding App management
• Assist customers with web-enabled front-end apps.
• Assist customers with back-end systems.

Commercial Mobile Applications:
• Design logic engines for the automated vetting of commercially available mobile apps.
• Securely integrate Department of State (DOS) Mobile Data Management (MDM) systems with third-party commercial app solutions.
• Provide expert commercial application advice and assistance to government POCs and management

Apple Enterprise Developer Program
• Administer user roles, certificates, provisioning profiles, and device registrations to support secure development, testing, and production deployment environments.
• Deploy end-to-end application deployment to the Apple App Store, including build submission and release scheduling
• Proactively manage user accounts, certificates, apps, and provisioning profiles.


Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, MIS, or related discipline, or equivalent related experience
• 10 years of experience with federal IT support, mobility initiatives, MDM and app/dev support work
• Familiarity and experience with building, packaging, and deploying mobile applications within an enterprise environment
• Experience with Apple Business Manager (ABM) configurations, usage, and licensing in a large enterprise environment
• Experience working within common Mobile Device Management (MDM) platforms such as Microsoft Intune
• Experience integrating applications into common MDM platforms
• Can translate user requests into creative and effective technical designs
• Comprehensive understanding of new technology platforms and capabilities
• Produce documentation, as required, through all aspects of a project including requirements, field and table-level descriptions, design, test plans, and support documentation.
• Understanding of code scanning technologies and the ability to advise on their adoption and integration within the development lifecycle.
• Working Knowledge of the following:
 Mobile App development using Agile methodology
 Managing a GitHub source code repository
 Mobile App experience with programming in Swift, Objective-C, Java, or similar language is nice to have but not an absolute requirement
 HTML and Responsive Web design
 Relational Database Management Systems
 Strong communication skills

Specific Skills:
* Ability to communicate effectively with management and a variety of stakeholders.
* Ability to work with a diverse group of Civil Servants, Foreign Service Specialists, contractors, and third-party vendors.
* Ability to take on peripheral tasks including network configuration changes, software updates, and hardware upgrades

Clearance Requirement: Must have an active DoD Secret clearance