COMPANY OVERVIEW

Tarkik Solutions (Tarkik) is a Washington DC based SBA 8(a) certified small business that provides information technology, management, and strategy consulting services to public sector clients. We bring an established track record of modernizing government with capabilities spanning Emerging Technologies, Digital Transformation, Business Transformation, Human-centered Design, Identity and Access Management, and Domain Expertise. We utilize an agile, innovative, data-driven, and mission-driven approach to solving problems at a large scale. Learn more about us at www.tarkik.com

POSITION OVERVIEW

Hiring a Java Application Developer to support a dynamic government customer with a wide variety of development tasks. You will be responsible for collaborating with team members and stakeholders to design, develop, and implement application development solutions that meet our client’s needs. The ideal candidate will be able to work independently and in coordination with other team members and other intersecting teams, and enjoy learning new technologies and business areas.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree plus at least 5 years of work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. The work experience should include supporting Java applications and associated frameworks such as Spring and Spring Boot.
• Experience working in an Agile team development environment using Jira or a similar tool
• Experience developing against relational databases (e.g., Oracle, PostgreSQL)
• Experience writing automated unit tests in a tool like JUnit
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to collaborate with team members to ensure client needs and expectations are met or exceeded
• Demonstrates a passion for solving complex software challenges, and enjoys working alongside fellow team members to make that happen

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience working in an automated development environment, using CI/CD tools such as Git, Bamboo, Jenkins, SonarQube
• Experience developing in and deploying to a Cloud environment (such as Amazon Web Services)
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes
• Development experience using JavaScript and/or JavaScript frameworks like Angular
• Experience with Spring and Spring Boot
• Experience with Hibernate or MyBatis
• Experience with JMS (e.g., IBM MQ, ActiveMQ)
• Experience with Linux

• Design, develop, test, and maintain a suite of Java applications
• Be an active member of an Agile development team, responsible for participating in all Agile ceremonies, updating Jira tasks daily and contributing to continual improvement strategies
• Troubleshoot complex issues in production and non-production systems
• Learn new technical skills to meet the needs of the project and our customers