Biometric Engineer Jobs in Silver Spring, MD (NOW HIRING)

• Pay or shift range: $190,000 USD to $210,000 USD Ideal Innovations, Inc. is committed to pay transparency. The salary range listed for this position represents our best estimate of the compensation we expect to offer at the time of extending an offer of employment. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors. We will not request or rely on salary history in our hiring process except as permitted by law.

Highlights:

• Join Ideal Innovations, Inc. (I3), an SDVOSB supporting critical U.S. Government biometric and forensic missions.
• Play a key role in supporting and modernizing FABIS, a mission-critical enterprise facial recognition system used by Government customers.
• Work with advanced technologies supporting facial recognition, biometric matching, large-scale image processing, examiner workflows, and reporting.
• Hybrid position with primarily remote work and occasional onsite support in Bethesda, MD.
• Collaborate directly with Government customers, operational users, engineers, and DevSecOps teams.
• Contribute to the development, integration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and enhancement of a mature enterprise biometric platform.
• Gain hands‑on experience with C#/.NET, Microsoft SQL Server, system integration, DevSecOps, and production support.
• Take ownership of technical challenges from investigation through deployment and resolution.
• Directly impact the reliability, availability, and evolution of FABIS in support of national security missions.
• Competitive compensation, 401(k), continuing education benefits, and professional development opportunities.

Typical Day:

The typical workday will include working on software engineering tasks to make enhancements to the existing system and operational support to diagnose and/or correct any system abnormalities. It is beneficial to visit the operational system at least once a week to be familiar with the operational system, elicit requirements from the users, keep up to date with required training and maintain account access.

Tasks:

• Maintain and enhance the current system
• Provide general software development support as directed by the needs of the customer.
• Update project documentation for each release.
• Provide tasking and time estimates for each Program Increment

Required Qualifications:

• Certifications: DoD 8570 - IAT Level II Certification (e.g. Security+ CE).

If no certification, must be able to obtain certification within 90 days of offer acceptance (exam fee and training materials will be paid for, or provided by I3).

• Software development experience in C#
• Experience with WPF, .NET website development and REST API
• Experience working with relational databases

Desired Qualifications:

• Education: Computer Science or IT-related Bachelor’s Degree
• Familiarity with RabbitMQ Messaging Bus
• Familiarity with biometric systems and biometric SDKs
• Familiarity with code versioning tools, particularly Git
• Proficiency in scripting languages
• Understanding of application-level security
• Knowledge of logging and log analysis systems
• Proficiency in C# programming, with the ability to understand, maintain, and contribute to applications built on these languages and their respective frameworks

Position Type Shift Information:

• Position is primarily remote, with occasional onsite support at an operational facility in the Bethesda, MD area.
• Standard work schedule is during weekday business hours.
• Occasional after-hours work and emergency maintenance support may be required.

Clearance: Current Top Secret with SCI Poly Required

Location: Hybrid, Bethesda, MD

Ideal Innovations, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.

Ideal Innovations, Inc. is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Bachelors or better in Computer Science or related field.

Experience working with relational databases

Experience with WPF, .NET website development and REST API

Software development experience in C#

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