Careers
Applica offers first-class career opportunities, competitive benefits and a friendly, supportive, diverse and dynamic atmosphere. Applica and Applica’s clients inspire the best from each team member, working to his or her full potential. We give our employees the opportunity to take on challenging responsibilities, develop their skills and talents, and be a part of our success as a firm. We want our employees to be happy. We are a small, but talented and growing team of diverse individuals from many backgrounds and perspectives, and we give our team members the opportunity to work with some of the biggest, most successful organizations in the country and the world.
We are always looking for fresh talent and perspectives. So if you are looking for new, dynamic career opportunities, either send us your resume or view and apply to one of our open positions listed below.
Applica is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information.
To apply for an open position, please email your resume and/or cover letter to careers@applica-inc.com
Jobs
Senior Security Analyst (Washington DC)
Security Analyst, Senior
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Coordinating with Federal counterparts within the OCIO, as well as project managers / investment owners in other areas of the Department -
Preparing all document types mentioned above and working with the team and project managers / investment owners to correct issues that he/she finds with their documentation. -
Managing meetings, including development of agendas, minutes, action items and issues
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Bachelor’s degree in relevant field of study -
• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience of which at least three (3) years must be in federal government projects. -
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Thorough understanding of and requirements to develop and track FISMA-compliant security documentation for Federal IT systems. -
o Ability to gather relevant information, assemble comprehensive documentation packages, facilitate reviews and approvals, monitor progress, recognize potential obstacles for approval, and make required corrections and enhancements to ensure timely processing. -
o Strong writing skills -
o Customer relationship management skills o -
Expert knowledge of NIST SP 800 guidelines
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Master’s degree in relevant field of study -
SANS Institute Security Courses -
Certifications: o Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) -
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) -
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) -
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) -
Skills: -
Experience with the Cyber Security Assessment and Management (CSAM) system
Junior Project Manager (Falls Church, VA)
Junior Project Manager
Entry Level Change Manager - Infrastructure (Washington DC)
Entry Level Change Manager (Infrastructure)
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Developing, documenting, and maintaining baseline configurations for OCIOs enterprise IT infrastructure to include: hardware, software, and firmware throughout the SDLC. The baselines must include: -
Revision number -
List of hardware, software, and firmware components -
Updated patch information when applicable -
Documenting logical placement within the systems’ architecture. -
Ensuring that configuration management processes of OCIO enterprise IT infrastructure is consistent with the DOL Enterprise Architecture and Federal Enterprise Architecture. -
Ensuring that the developed baseline configuration document is compliant with NIST approved configuration checklists -
.Ensuring that Quality Assurance and Security Assessments are implemented within OCIO Change Requests. -
Monitoring the network to determine what software programs are running on the network against an approved list. -
Reviewing and updating when a change occurs as part of information system component installations the OCIO baseline configuration document(s). -
Updating annually or when necessary, baseline configuration documents under version control to maintain baseline integrity and support rollback activities (when required). -
Reviewing configuration management procedures and validating compliance with DOL’s configuration management policies and procedures. Preparing and submitting compliance reports to the Federal Manager quarterly. -
Managing configuration planning, change control, status accounting, and audits. -
Assisting OCIO in determining the types of changes to the agency’s systems that should be under configuration control. -
Testing, validating, and documenting changes to OCIO’s enterprise IT infrastructure IAW DOL/OCIO policies before implementing the changes on production systems. -
Applying OCIO Change Management procedures for changes to systems source code and related SDLC documentation per OCIO policies and guidance. -
Participating in OIG audits regarding OCIO processes, policies, requirements, status and findings. -
Tracking, managing, and updating Configuration Change Requests. -
Ensuring Promotion Deployments are executed on schedule. -
Developing, documenting, and maintaining system inventories, to include, but not limited to: -
Manufacture -
Model number -
Serial number -
Software license number -
Version numbers -
System/component owner -
Scheduling and conducting asset inventories per IAW OCIO Policies. -
Providing the results of the Asset Inventory Report to the Federal Manager.
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Bachelor’s degree in Network Engineering, Telecommunications, or Computer Science -
Equivalent years of experience will be considered in lieu of degree. -
Minimum of three (3) years of experience in an IT industry required of which at least one (1) year must be in federal government projects. -
Skills: -
Technology: GitLab
Senior Java Developer (Rockville, MD)
Java Developer, Senior
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Designing and developing project modules/components. -
Solution design, development, testing, implementation, and documentation to support data analysis, processing, reporting, and decision making. -
Working independently to develop, configure code, and test programs from specifications. -
Preparing documentation that describes installation and operating procedures, including application user guides, with limited guidance. -
Developing code, unit test case, deploying and testing as per requirements. -
Analyzing, maintaining and supporting of existing code. -
Participating in meetings and discussions with Functional/Technical Leads to understand the requirements and work out a design. -
Participating in code reviews and ensuring that the code written complies with the company standards and policies. -
Following existing programming standards and guidelines and guiding other team members to adhere to the same. -
Automating operational processes and responding to alerts raised from such automated processes.
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Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline. -
Minimum of seven (7) years of experience with JAVA/J2EE software development experience. -
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Must have a good understanding of object oriented programming using Java. o Hands on development experience using Java Servlets, EJB programming; JSP, Oracle, PL/SQL, XSL/XSLT. -
Must be familiar with Design Patterns and Web Services. o Must have experience with JBoss and IBM WebSphere Application Servers.
Java Developer 1 (Rockville MD)
Java Developer I
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Designing and developing project modules/components. -
Solution design, development, testing, implementation, and documentation to support data analysis, processing, reporting, and decision making. -
Working independently to develop, configure code, and test programs from specifications. -
Preparing documentation that describes installation and operating procedures, including application user guides, with limited guidance. -
Developing code, unit test case, deploying and testing as per requirements. -
Analyzing, maintaining and supporting of existing code. -
Participating in meetings and discussions with Functional/Technical Leads to understand the requirements and work out a design. -
Participating in code reviews and ensure the code written complies with the company standards and policies. -
Following existing programming standards and guidelines and guiding other team members to adhere to the same. -
Automating operational processes and responding to alerts raised from such automated processes.
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Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline. -
Minimum of one to three (1-3) years of experience with JAVA/J2EE software development experience. -
Skills: -
Must have a good understanding of object oriented programming using Java. -
Hands on development experience using Java Servlets, EJB programming; JSP, Oracle, PL/SQL, XSL/XSLT. -
Must be familiar with Design Patterns and Web Services. -
Must have experience with JBoss and IBM WebSphere Application Servers
Project Manager (Falls Church VA)
Project Manager
Senior Technical PM and Discovery (Morrisville NC)
Senior Technical PM and Discovery
SHAPE/Akamai Security Engineer (Morrisville NC)
SHAPE/Akamai Security Engineer
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Working closely with stakeholders to implement, maintain, and troubleshoot Shape / Akamai web application firewall appliances across select customer applications and ensuring its peak performance. -
Working closely with other cybersecurity groups to coordinate and de-conflict protective measures. -
Monitoring and interpreting traffic analytics to help identify malicious traffic. -
Analyzing and interpreting raw data using Splunk and other analytic tools, such as statistical techniques, to identify trends and patterns and provide ongoing insight and visibility to management. -
Working closely with management to prioritize business and information needs. -
Providing ongoing support to existing monitoring capabilities and data collection systems. Providing development support for the expansion and implementation of new systems. -
Locating and defining new process improvement opportunities across a broad customer. -
Helping to develop and document procedural guides, SOPs, and process flows for the functions performed. -
Contributing to the development of re-engineering methods to improve processes, reduce risks, increase controls and/or increase customer satisfaction.