Senior Backend Developer

Backend Developer (Senior)

Ashburn, VA

MUST BE A US CITIZEN

Position Summary

We are currently seeking a motivated, career and customer oriented Backend Developer (Senior) to join our team to begin an exciting and challenging career in Ashburn, VA.

Job Responsibilities

· Working closely with the tech lead and senior developers, the Mid-Level Java Developer will participate in the system architecture design, systems engineering, development, integration testing and validation, and all aspects of the software life-cycle (requirements to design to implementation to test) for a java backend application involving extensive messaging and transaction processing

· Design and implement Micro Service Architecture for Cloud based software applications.

· Use modern software engineering tools including Eclipse, Jira, and Atlassian Suites for design, development, and testing the software

· Present the solution at formal and informal design reviews, and document the design according to the Government’s system lifecycle methodology

Required Skills and Experience

· Bachelor's degree in computer science or related engineering field with 9+ years of technical experience

· 9+ years of strong Java design and software development experience including designing, developing, and documenting large-scale enterprise software systems

· Ability to diagnose problems and support production systems

· Experience working with Applications on Cloud utilizing serverless hosted services like AWS S3, DynanoDB, lambda etc

· Java Micro Service Architecture frameworks such as Spring Boot

· Experience with container platforms like Docker and Kubernetes

· SQL DBs (preferably Oracle) and strong SQL/JDBC skills is required for this position.

· Experience with NoSQL DBs like MongoDB, Document DB, Cassandra etc.

· Messaging and Streaming Systems (Kafka, SQS ans Kinesis)

· XML/JSON

· Unix/Linux

· Experince with JPA/Hibernate

· Experience with building RESTful webservices and experience with query language based APIs like GraphQL.

· Jenkins, Maven, Gitlab and Jira for CI/CD

· Demonstrated expertise in software engineering practices (e.g., reading/generating software specs, design patterns, continuous integration)

· Demonstrated ability to incorporate rigorous Unit testing as part of development activities is essential

Desired Skills and Experience

· First-hand experience working with large project teams (working with the Federal Government a strong plus)

· Demonstrated ability to think critically and creatively to develop innovative solutions to software problems.

· Ability to develop and maintain components with stringent performance requirements.

· Agile development experience a plus

· IBM MQ , JMS, EJB, MDB and other JEE technologies

· JEE Server experience (WebLogic\WebSphere\JBOSS\etc.)

· Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field is a plus

Customer Requirements

· Clearance – Ability to obtain and hold a public trust position and favorable suitability based on a CBP Background Investigation

· Citizenship – Must be a US Citizen

· Location – Required to be on-site in Ashburn, VA 5 days per week for the first year of employment. After their first year, they will have the option to work a hybrid schedule (2-3 days on-site) depending on the needs of the team. All candidates must be within the GWA/commutable area

Pay: $140,000.00 - $180,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• Are you a US Citizen? (REQUIRED)

Location:

• Ashburn, VA 20147 (Required)

Work Location: In person