Mobile/TAK Developer

The posting, as Accenture Federal Services wrote it

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Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Mobile/TAK (Tactical Awareness Kit) Developer to work in a constantly evolving environment where new technologies are used frequently and learning never stops. The selected candidate will work remotely as part of an existing team.

Here's what you will do

• Develop and maintain Android applications and plugins for the Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK) and related TAK ecosystem products, under the guidance of senior developers.
• Assist in integrating Cursor-on-Target (CoT) messaging, mapping overlays, and situational awareness features into mobile applications.
• Write, test, and debug code supporting TAK Server API integrations.
• Interact with customers and end users to understand and help translate requirements into working software features.
• Have the ability to produce customer facing production code day one.

Here's what you need

• 1-3 years of experience in:
• Native Android development in Java and/or Kotlin.
• Code source control such as GIT.
• Exposure to ATAK plugin development or the broader TAK ecosystem (TAK Server, CoT messaging, WinTAK/iTAK).

Bonus points if you have

• Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL.
• Familiarity with geospatial/mapping concepts and symbology standards (e.g., MIL-STD-2525).
• Use of static analysis, unit testing, and continuous integration.
• Handling more than 1 project concurrently.
• Experience working within AWS environments for development, testing, and integration.
• Experience working within a RHEL-based (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) development environment.
• Exposure to Windows desktop application development (e.g., C#/.NET, WPF) outside of WinTAK.
• Development with Python, Go, or other modern OOP languages.
• Working in a Linux environment with an understanding of agile development.
• Mobile/web application development and REST.

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia .
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Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture Federal Services or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

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