Aretum

Lead teams and coordinate national cybersecurity initiatives through stakeholder engagement and partnership development. | Bachelor's degree with 10-15 years cybersecurity or program management experience, DHS suitability eligibility, and Top Secret clearance. | About ARETUM DHS Suitability and Top-Secret Clearance Desired Aretum is a mission-driven organization committed to delivering innovative, technology-enabled solutions to our customers across defense, civilian, and homeland security sectors. Our teams work at the intersection of strategy, technology, and transformation, helping agencies solve their most critical challenges. We believe in investing in our people and creating a culture where collaboration, inclusion, and professional growth are at the forefront. Job Summary Aretum is seeking a Cyber Partner Coordinator Manager to lead stakeholder engagement and coordination efforts that strengthen collaboration between government, industry, and other partners to support national cybersecurity planning and defense. This role combines strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, research, analysis, and team leadership to develop effective partnerships and high-quality products that address complex cybersecurity challenges. This position will serve as a trusted coordination and consulting resource, helping facilitate stakeholder relationships, manage initiatives and deliverables, and translate complex cybersecurity and program information into clear, executive-level communications. Responsibilities: Lead and coordinate a team of program analysts, managers, and subject matter experts supporting clients on nationally significant cybersecurity initiatives. Build and maintain strong relationships with government, industry, state, local, tribal, territorial, and international stakeholders through structured engagement strategies and collaborative initiatives. Plan and lead stakeholder engagements, meetings, workshops, and working sessions; facilitate discussions, gather information, and develop recommendations that address client and partner needs. Conduct qualitative and quantitative research and analysis to identify trends, assess stakeholder feedback, evaluate engagement effectiveness, and inform project strategies and recommendations. Develop and deliver high-quality project products, including strategic plans, assessments, reports, presentations, briefing materials, talking points, fact sheets, and white papers, while managing multiple milestones and deliverables. BA/BS degree and 10–15 years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Strong understanding of cybersecurity fundamentals from a technical, policy, or combined perspective. Experience working with state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) organizations, including state or municipal governments, regional associations, or similar public-sector organizations. Experience managing relationships with industry stakeholders and external partners. Experience working with cybersecurity industry partners or organizations. Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with senior and executive-level stakeholders. Demonstrated experience developing executive-level deliverables, presentations, reports, briefings, and other professional written products. Experience coordinating and managing projects, deliverables, timelines, and competing priorities. Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, organization, and general management skills. Demonstrated consulting skills, including the ability to assess stakeholder needs, synthesize information, and provide actionable recommendations. Ability to work effectively across technical, policy, program, and executive stakeholder groups. Must be eligible to obtain and maintain DHS suitability. Excellent written, verbal, and executive communication skills. Strong relationship-building and stakeholder engagement capabilities. Ability to understand and communicate cybersecurity concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. Strong project coordination and organizational skills. Ability to develop polished, concise, and executive-ready deliverables. Strong analytical, consulting, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills. Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. High degree of professionalism, judgment, attention to detail, and responsiveness. Preferred Qualifications: Prior experience supporting DHS, CISA, or another federal cybersecurity organization. Familiarity with DHS/CISA organizational structures, mission areas, stakeholder engagement processes, and operating environment. Experience supporting cybersecurity-focused federal programs or initiatives. Experience coordinating partnerships involving federal, SLTT, and private-sector organizations. Project management experience in a federal consulting or government contracting environment. Clearance / Suitability DHS Suitability: Required. Candidate must be eligible to successfully complete and maintain all DHS suitability requirements associated with the position. Security Clearance: Top Secret (TS) clearance. EEO Statement Aretum is committed to fostering a workplace rooted in excellence, integrity, and equal opportunity for all. We adhere to merit-based hiring practices, ensuring that all employment decisions are made based on qualifications, skills, and ability to perform the job, without preference or consideration of factors unrelated to job performance. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Aretum complies with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws. We are proud to support our nation’s veterans and military families, providing career opportunities that honor their service and experience. If you require reasonable accommodation during the hiring process due to a disability, please contact hr@aretum.com for assistance. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled U.S. Work Authorization Applicants must be U.S. citizens or currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. This position supports a federal government contract and requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability Determination, depending on the agency’s background investigation requirements. Sponsorship is not available. Salary Range: $160,000–$180,000 annually. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including education, experience, qualifications, skills, and applicable contract requirements. Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision) Retirement Plan (401k) Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D) Paid Time Off Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity) Short Term & Long-Term Disability Training & Development

Lead Agile scrum team developing Python backend services and REST APIs, mentor developers, manage metadata and system integration. | 5+ years professional software development with Python, Django, PostgreSQL, bachelor's degree, and ability to obtain Public Trust clearance. | Public Trust Eligibility Required This is a contingent position, meaning employment is dependent upon the successful award of the associated contract to Aretum and completion of any required background investigation or security clearance verification. About Aretum Aretum is a mission-driven organization committed to delivering innovative, technology-enabled solutions to our customers across defense, civilian, and homeland security sectors. Our teams work at the intersection of strategy, technology, and transformation, helping agencies solve their most critical challenges. We believe in investing in our people and creating a culture where collaboration, inclusion, and professional growth are at the forefront. Job Summary Aretum is seeking a Lead Software Engineer/Developer to serve as the hands-on technical lead of an Agile scrum team supporting a large-scale federal digital content management and systems integration program. This is a backend-focused engineering role. Python is the primary development language on the program, and you will lead the design and development of Python and Django services, REST APIs, and ETL pipelines that acquire, process, validate, and exchange digital content (images, video, audio, and textual materials) and its associated metadata between major enterprise systems. Portions of the existing platform are implemented in Java, so working Java proficiency is required, but the majority of new development is expected to be in Python. Working as part of an integrated team alongside government developers, testers, user experience staff, and subject matter experts, you will own the technical approach for content selection services, metadata transformation, API integration, secure content transfer, and workflow administration. You will guide a mid-level developer, coordinate with government technical leads, and remain accountable for the quality, maintainability, and security of the code your team delivers. This is a senior, designated lead position. Due to the nature of our work as a federal consulting organization, employees may be expected to handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and must adhere to applicable safeguarding and compliance requirements. Responsibilities Serve as the technical lead of a scrum team working on a three-week sprint cadence as part of an integrated team with government developers, testers, and stakeholders, using standard Agile practices including continuous integration and story-point-based planning in JIRA. Lead the design, development, and unit testing of Python and Django backend services that support system-to-system content acquisition, ingest, quality review, inventory, and reporting functions. Design and build REST APIs in Python and Django to support content extract, transform, and load (ETL) operations, metadata exchange, reporting, and digital content management functions across integrated enterprise systems. Design and implement content identification and selection services, including business rules for selection (date ranges, status flags, ownership), inclusion and exclusion criteria, filtering logic, and manual, scheduled, and event-driven selection triggers. Build metadata management and transformation services, including field mapping, normalization, schema validation, quality and completeness checks, and reconciliation logic for metadata mismatches and validation failures. Implement API integration and content transfer capabilities, including source and target API connectivity, authentication and authorization, secure transport, retry and error-handling logic, transfer status monitoring, and end-to-end transaction logging and traceability. Design relational data models and tune database schemas, queries, and indexes in PostgreSQL to support content registries, workflow state, audit history, and reporting. Implement asynchronous and background processing for long-running content operations, including queueing, task orchestration, checkpointing, throttling, and idempotent retry behavior for large or batched transfers. Maintain and extend existing Java components where the platform requires it, applying the same standards of testability, readability, and maintainability used across the codebase. Integrate existing malware scanning, file integrity validation (checksum comparison), and content routing utility services into exchange workflows through their documented APIs, including quarantine handling and remediation paths. Design and implement workflow administration and governance capabilities, including workflow states, approvals, escalations, exception paths, role-based permissions, operational queues, and audit logging. Design and tune search and indexing capabilities using Solr and Elasticsearch to support discovery, reporting, and content management features. Build and operate services across AWS-based development, test, staging, and production environments, contributing to infrastructure-as-code in Terraform and to containerized deployment patterns using Docker. Maintain continuous integration pipelines using Jenkins and Git, including automated build, test, and code quality stages such as SonarQube. Author unit test scripts for your own code and processes, and collaborate with government QA and testing staff who perform acceptance, integration, and accessibility testing, including participating in the creation of acceptance and testing criteria during sprint planning. Support the accessibility of user-facing components against WCAG 2.1 standards and support remediation of accessibility findings. Participate fully in Agile ceremonies, including user story creation sessions, daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, recording all work as scored user stories in JIRA. Mentor the team's mid-level developer through pairing, design review, and constructive code review, and enforce the client's coding standards across the team's repositories. Provide technical input into lifecycle documentation maintained by the client, including system requirements and design documents, system diagrams, and security assessment and authorization artifacts. Handle all project information appropriately as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), performing all development within client-owned and client-managed systems and environments. Support end-of-engagement closeout activities, including finalizing documentation, closing tickets, and completing transition activities. Minimum 5 years of professional software development experience, including experience serving as a technical lead or senior developer on an Agile team. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent additional experience. Proven ability to lead technical designs, conduct peer code review, and mentor mid-level developers. Deep, hands-on experience building production backend services and REST APIs in Python, including substantial experience with the Django framework. Strong experience with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL, including data modeling, schema design, query optimization, and migrations. Working proficiency in Java, sufficient to maintain, extend, and troubleshoot existing Java components on the platform. Hands-on experience with Solr and Elasticsearch, including index design and query tuning. Experience designing and building microservices and REST APIs, including authentication, authorization, versioning, input validation, and error handling. Experience building ETL or data integration pipelines, including transformation, validation, reconciliation, and error recovery. Hands-on experience developing and deploying applications in AWS environments. Working experience with Terraform for infrastructure-as-code. Experience building and maintaining continuous integration pipelines with Jenkins and Git-based source control. Working knowledge of content-addressable storage concepts and patterns. Proficiency with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, sufficient to support and integrate with the program's user-facing components. Experience working in Agile and Scrum environments, including user-story-based development in JIRA with story-point estimation. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with government technical staff, product owners, and non-technical stakeholders in a fully remote setting. Preferred Qualifications Experience supporting federal government clients, particularly on software development or systems integration programs. Experience with digital content, digital collections, or digital asset management systems, including ingest, preservation, derivative creation, or metadata exchange workflows. Experience with Celery or comparable distributed task queues for asynchronous processing. Experience with Docker, Red Hat Linux, Apache, and Varnish in enterprise environments. Experience with automated testing and code quality tools such as Selenium and SonarQube, and with accessibility testing practices under Section 508 and WCAG 2.1. Experience with reporting and monitoring tools such as Grafana or Tableau. Familiarity with front-end frameworks and libraries such as React, Angular, or Bootstrap. Experience working in environments governed by NIST SP 800-53 security controls and CUI handling requirements. Experience supporting assessment and authorization (A&A / ATO) activities with technical inputs such as system diagrams. Familiarity with metadata standards and formats such as Dublin Core, METS, MODS, or MARC. Travel Requirements This is a remote position; however, occasional travel may be required based on project needs, client meetings, team collaboration events, or training sessions. Travel is expected to be less than 10% and will be communicated in advance whenever possible. EEO Statement Aretum is committed to fostering a workplace rooted in excellence, integrity, and equal opportunity for all. We adhere to merit-based hiring practices, ensuring that all employment decisions are made based on qualifications, skills, and ability to perform the job, without preference or consideration of factors unrelated to job performance. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Aretum complies with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws. We are proud to support our nation’s veterans and military families, providing career opportunities that honor their service and experience. If you require reasonable accommodation during the hiring process due to a disability, please contact hr@aretum.com for assistance. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled U.S. Work Authorization Applicants must be U.S. citizens or currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. This position supports a federal government contract and requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability Determination, depending on the agency’s background investigation requirements. Sponsorship is not available. Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision) Retirement Plan (401k) Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D) Paid Time Off Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity) Short Term & Long-Term Disability Training & Development

Develop backend Python/Django services and front-end features in an Agile federal environment. | Requires 3+ years professional experience, Python/Django backend, Java proficiency, TypeScript/React front-end, AWS, Terraform, and Agile experience. | Public Trust Eligibility Required This is a contingent position, meaning employment is dependent upon the successful award of the associated contract to Aretum and completion of any required background investigation or security clearance verification. About Aretum Aretum is a mission-driven organization committed to delivering innovative, technology-enabled solutions to our customers across defense, civilian, and homeland security sectors. Our teams work at the intersection of strategy, technology, and transformation, helping agencies solve their most critical challenges. We believe in investing in our people and creating a culture where collaboration, inclusion, and professional growth are at the forefront. Job Summary Aretum is seeking a Software Engineer/Developer to join an Agile scrum team supporting a large-scale federal digital content management and systems integration program. This role is primarily backend engineering, with a secondary front-end component. Python is the primary development language on the program, and most of your work will involve building Python and Django services, REST APIs, and data transformation routines that acquire, process, validate, and exchange digital content (images, video, audio, and textual materials) and its associated metadata between major enterprise systems. Portions of the existing platform are implemented in Java, so working Java proficiency is required, though the majority of new development is expected to be in Python. You will also build and maintain accessible user-facing features in TypeScript and React for the workflow and administrative interfaces the team delivers. Working under the direction of the team's technical lead and alongside government developers, testers, and user experience staff, you will own well-defined stories end to end, from design through unit-tested, production-ready code. Due to the nature of our work as a federal consulting organization, employees may be expected to handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and must adhere to applicable safeguarding and compliance requirements. Responsibilities • Design, develop, and unit test Python and Django backend services and REST APIs as a member of a scrum team working on a three-week sprint cadence, integrated with government developers, testers, and stakeholders. • Build data transformation and ETL routines that move content and metadata between integrated enterprise systems, including mapping, normalization, validation, and reconciliation handling. • Implement content identification and selection functions, including filtering logic, classification rules, business-rule-driven selection, and manual, scheduled, and event-driven triggers. • Implement API integration and content transfer features, including authentication and authorization, secure transport, retry and error-handling logic, and transaction logging for end-to-end traceability. • Develop against relational data models in PostgreSQL, writing and tuning queries and contributing to schema design and migrations for content registries, workflow state, and audit history. • Implement background and asynchronous processing for long-running or batched content operations, including queueing, retries, and status tracking. • Maintain and extend existing Java components where the platform requires it, following the team's established coding standards. • Integrate existing malware scanning, integrity validation, and routing utility services into content exchange workflows through their documented APIs. • Build backend support for workflow administration features, including work queues, role-based permissions, exception handling paths, and audit logging. • Implement and maintain search features using Solr and Elasticsearch, including indexing and query development. • Develop accessible, responsive user-facing features using TypeScript, React, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3 for workflow and administrative interfaces, conforming to WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards. • Deploy and maintain services across AWS-based development, test, staging, and production environments, contributing to Terraform infrastructure-as-code and Docker-based containerization. • Use Jenkins and Git for continuous integration, including automated build, test, and code quality checks such as SonarQube. • Author unit test scripts for your own code and processes, and collaborate with government QA and testing staff who perform acceptance, integration, and accessibility testing, including participating in the creation of acceptance and testing criteria. • Participate fully in Agile ceremonies, including user story creation sessions, daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, recording and scoring all work as user stories in JIRA. • Respond constructively to peer code review feedback and adhere to the client's coding standards and definition of done. • Handle all project information appropriately as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), performing all development within client-owned and client-managed systems and environments. • Support end-of-engagement closeout activities, including finalizing documentation and closing tickets. • Minimum 3 years of professional software development experience on Agile teams. • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent additional experience. • Strong hands-on experience building backend services and REST APIs in Python, including production experience with the Django framework. • Experience working with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL, including writing and tuning queries and contributing to schema design. • Working proficiency in Java, sufficient to maintain, extend, and troubleshoot existing Java components on the platform. • Hands-on experience building front-end features with TypeScript and React. • Working experience with Solr and Elasticsearch. • Experience developing microservices and REST APIs, including authentication, authorization, and error handling. • Proficiency with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. • Experience developing and deploying applications in AWS environments. • Working experience with Terraform for infrastructure-as-code. • Experience with Jenkins continuous integration and Git-based source control. • Experience working in Agile and Scrum environments, including user-story-based development in JIRA with story-point estimation. • Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively on a fully remote, integrated government and contractor team. Preferred Qualifications • Experience supporting federal government clients. • Experience with digital content, digital collections, or digital asset management systems, including ingest, metadata exchange, or preservation workflows. • Experience building ETL or data integration pipelines between enterprise systems. • Experience with Celery or comparable distributed task queues for asynchronous processing. • Familiarity with accessibility testing and remediation practices under Section 508 and WCAG 2.1. • Experience with automated testing and code quality tools such as Selenium and SonarQube. • Experience with Docker, Red Hat Linux, and Apache. • Familiarity with Bootstrap, AJAX, or Angular. • Experience with reporting and monitoring tools such as Grafana or Tableau. • Experience working in environments with CUI handling or NIST SP 800-53 security control requirements. Travel Requirements This is a remote position; however, occasional travel may be required based on project needs, client meetings, team collaboration events, or training sessions. Travel is expected to be less than 10% and will be communicated in advance whenever possible. EEO Statement Aretum is committed to fostering a workplace rooted in excellence, integrity, and equal opportunity for all. We adhere to merit-based hiring practices, ensuring that all employment decisions are made based on qualifications, skills, and ability to perform the job, without preference or consideration of factors unrelated to job performance. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Aretum complies with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws. We are proud to support our nation’s veterans and military families, providing career opportunities that honor their service and experience. If you require reasonable accommodation during the hiring process due to a disability, please contact hr@aretum.com for assistance. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled U.S. Work Authorization Applicants must be U.S. citizens or currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. This position supports a federal government contract and requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability Determination, depending on the agency’s background investigation requirements. Sponsorship is not available. • Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision) • Retirement Plan (401k) • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D) • Paid Time Off • Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity) • Short Term & Long-Term Disability • Training & Development

Maintain and enhance client backend application within an Agile environment ensuring performance and integration with front-end components. | 5+ years backend development experience with Python, AWS, REST APIs, databases, agile teamwork, and technical documentation skills. | Public Trust Eligibility Required This is a contingent position, meaning employment is dependent upon the successful award of the associated contract to Aretum and completion of any required background investigation or security clearance verification. About Aretum Aretum is a mission-driven organization committed to delivering innovative, technology-enabled solutions to our customers across defense, civilian, and homeland security sectors. Our teams work at the intersection of strategy, technology, and transformation, helping agencies solve their most critical challenges. We believe in investing in our people and creating a culture where collaboration, inclusion, and professional growth are at the forefront. Job Summary Aretum is seeking a skilled and motivated Backend Developer. As a Backend Developer you will be responsible for providing expert technical support, maintenance, and enhancement of a client application within an Agile, sprint-based development environment. The ideal candidate leverages strong backend development expertise in Python, AWS, RESTful APIs, databases, and scalable data solutions to ensure application performance, availability, and integration with TypeScript-based front-end components. Due to the nature of our work as a federal consulting organization, employees may be expected to handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and must adhere to applicable safeguarding and compliance requirements. Responsibilities • Provide expert technical support to maintain the client application • Provide support for development, enhancements, accessibility, integration, optimization, and maintenance • Ensure availability and correct operations • Work within a sprint-based development cycle • Utilize knowledge of the AWS cloud environment, Python backend and TypeScript front-end Requirements • 5 years of backend development experience • Bachelor's Degree (3 years of additional experience is acceptable in lieu of a degree) • Experience using modern software to prototype and deploy backend web applications • Experience using web programming languages (e.g., Ruby, Python) and web development frameworks (e.g., Django, Rails) • Experience developing and consuming web-based, RESTful APIs • Experience with relational and non-relational database systems • Proficiency with scalable search technology • Competence in handling and scaling large data sets and their storage • Experience using version control systems • Experience working in a team environment that uses agile methodologies • Experience authoring developer-friendly documentation • Experience communicating technical concepts to a non-technical audience Travel Requirements This is a remote position; however, occasional travel may be required based on project needs, client meetings, team collaboration events, or training sessions. Travel is expected to be less than 10% and will be communicated in advance whenever possible. EEO Statement Aretum is committed to fostering a workplace rooted in excellence, integrity, and equal opportunity for all. We adhere to merit-based hiring practices, ensuring that all employment decisions are made based on qualifications, skills, and ability to perform the job, without preference or consideration of factors unrelated to job performance. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Aretum complies with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws. We are proud to support our nation's veterans and military families, providing career opportunities that honor their service and experience. If you require reasonable accommodation during the hiring process due to a disability, please contact hr@aretum.com for assistance. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled U.S. Work Authorization Applicants must be U.S. citizens or currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. This position supports a federal government contract and requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability Determination, depending on the agency's background investigation requirements. Sponsorship is not available. Benefits • Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision) • Retirement Plan (401k) • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D) • Paid Time Off • Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity) • Short Term & Long-Term Disability • Training & Development