Job ID: 2508446
Location: ASHBURN, VA, US
Date Posted: 2025-08-07
Category: Software
Subcategory: SW Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Minimum Clearance Required: None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust
Potential for Remote Work: Yes
Description

POSITION SUMMARY

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

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.
2+ years of 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 and Kinesis.)

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.)
Masters 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 – Hybrid with on-site (Ashburn, VA) visits 2-3 days per week and if a mission need. All candidates must be within the GWA/commutable area

• 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
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