Noblis is a nonprofit science, technology and strategy organization that helps clients solve complex systems, process and infrastructure problems in ways that benefit the public.  We bring the best of scientific thought and engineering know-how to find solutions that are practical, efficient and effective.  You will find Noblis at work in many fields, including national and homeland security; transportation; healthcare; criminal justice; energy and the environment; oceans, atmosphere and space; and public safety.

Noblis is consistently recognized as a "Great Place to Work" and "One of the Best Mid-Sized Companies to Work For"by Washingtonian Magazine, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Great Places to Work Institute, and AARP.  Noblis was also named to the "World's Most Ethical Companies" list by the Ethisphere Institute at the Forbes, Ethisphere Joint Conference.

Noblis is an equal opportunity employer

Noblis develops and maintains the Universal Biometrics Toolkit for use by law enforcement agencies at the Federal, State, Local, and International levels. Products in the Toolkit have thousands of users worldwide. Noblis is also developing XML-based system interface software for large-scale federal biometric identification and related systems.

We are seeking developers to participate in the design and coding activities for these products.

Responsibilities:

Provide design and development support for the Universal Biometrics Toolkit (UBT):

• Understanding the needs and issues of the user community
• Object-oriented design
• Participating in code development, particularly in Java, XML, C#, Visual Basic
• Reviewing existing code (Visual Basic, C, C#)
• Assisting with architectural design
• Participate in testing
• Participate in developing user and developer documentation

Candidates should possess a BS & 5-10 years, or MS and 3-8 years of Phd and 1-3 years and have experience  in software development. Experience in software development in Java, XML, C#, or Visual Basic is required.

Highly desirable experience includes:

• Object-oriented design
• Coding in Java or XML

Other desirable experience includes:

• .NET development
• Image processing
• Software quality assurance/testing
• Human factors/user interface design
• Biometrics/forensics domain knowledge

Candidates should have excellent client interface skills with strong problem solving and technical, operational, and/or analysis skills. Teamwork skills and the ability to work under pressure are required as well as excellent writing and oral presentation skills.

Selected candidates will be subject to a background investigation for the purpose of access to sensitive government information.