812042 Software Engineer $160,000.00

B4Corp; Chantilly, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO - seven weeks

Flexible work schedule

Employee referral bonus

401k with company match

Job summary

B4Corp is seeking a Software Developer to join a 200+ FTE program supporting Enterprise PKI and IdAM systems in Chantilly, VA. The role requires TS/SCI with a polygraph and involves developing new features while modernizing PKI components.

You will collaborate with developers, cloud engineers, and testers in a Scrum environment, delivering secure, low-latency backend solutions using Java, Spring Boot, and AWS. Flex hours and after-hours support may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree and 3–5 years of demonstrable experience.
• Experience creating applications with Java, Springboot, and Amazon Web Services for backend components, focusing on low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop features for legacy PKI systems and new PKI-related systems.
• Work in a Scrum team to deliver incremental enhancements on a 3-week cycle and manage Jira backlog.
• Participate in on-call rotations for after-hours support.

Skills

PKI knowledge

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

Linux CLI

Git

RESTful API

XML/JSON/YAML

Education

BS degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CloudFormation

Jenkins

Elasticsearch/Kibana

Job description

Labor Category: Software Engineer
Position Title: Software Developer
Position Level: Level 4 - Full Performance
Salary: Up to $160,000.00 per year
Core Hours: 9am to 4pm
Location: Chantilly VA

Description:

Position Requires a Top Secret (TS/SCI) Clearance with a Polygraph.

Seeking a Software Developer for a 200+ FTE technical development program supporting the Customer’s Enterprise PKI System as well as IdAM IICAM, Authentication, Authorization, Attributes and Digital Policy Management. The Software Engineer will work with a team of developers, engineers and testers to support and modernize existing PKI systems as well as developing new systems for other networks.

Core business hours are typically from 9 AM – 3 PM, five days a week. Hours can be flexible for either early arrivals, and/or late departures. Some after hours or weekend work may be required to accommodate system deployments and upgrades.

The Candidate must have a strong working knowledge of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and understand key concepts like digital certificates and Certificate Authorities (CAs). It is highly desired the Candidate also have knowledge of Registration Authorities (RAs), key management practices, cryptographic algorithms, certificate revocation procedures, and trust models. Additionally, the ability to design a robust system to issue, manage, and revoke digital certificates while ensuring the integrity and authenticity of users and entities within a network is desirable. Candidates who do not have all these abilities, but have the ability to learn them, will be considered.

Primary Responsibilities:

The Developer will be part of a team of developers and cloud engineers that create new features for legacy PKI systems as Customer’s mission continues to expand and evolve. Our team also builds new systems as new mission needs arise. We are actively working to build new PKI systems on other networks. Our work rhythm revolves around the Scrum agile framework to deliver incremental enhancements on a 3-week cycle. Developers actively participate in planning deliverables and grooming the Jira backlog. We rely on team collaboration to continually fine tune performance and ensure clear communication. Developers also participate in a team rotation of O&M responsibilities. They are required to be on-call for after-hours support approximately one week every three months.

Details

Labor Category: Software Engineer
Position Title: Software Developer
Position Level: Level 4 - Full Performance
Salary: Up to $160,000.00 per year
Core Hours: 9am to 4pm
Location: Chantilly VA

Mandatory Requirements

• Developmental (0-2 years’ experience)
• Full Performance (3-5 years’ experience)
• Senior (6-10 years’ experience)
• Expert (11-15 years’ experience)
• SME (16+ years’ experience)

Bachelor of Science (BS) degree and 3-5 years of demonstrable experience

Experience creating applications with Java, Springboot, and Amazon Web Services for backend components, focusing on low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems

As new systems are built, additional programming languages may be used

Experience working closely with product owners, business analysts, and other teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions

Experience analyzing and decomposing complex software systems and creating

designs for scalability, testability, and performance

Experience writing custom scripts to install and configure code in EC2 instances

Experience using Git

Experience using CloudFormation scripts

Experience creating RESTful API

Experience using XML, JSON and YAML

Experience creating applications/services using Java, JavaScript, and bash scripting

Working with the team’s security engineer to address, mitigate security findings stemming from system security scans

Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL and MySQL and use of
SQL or PLSQL

Develop APls to Integrate systems and services

Hands-on experience with Linux (CLI)

Hands on experience with scripting and Java

Strong, hands-on experience with Linux (CLI)

Experience with scripting and programming languages like BASH and Python

Optional Requirements

Experience with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and understand key concepts like digital certificates, Certificate Authorities (CAs), Registration Authorities (RAs), key management practices, cryptographic algorithms, certificate revocation procedures, and trust models

Experience with Jenkins

Experience delivering containerized applications with services similar to Docker and Kubernetes

Experience creating applications/services using Python

Experience with Elasticsearch and/or Kibana

Experience creating applications that rely on tokenization

Understanding of Identity Access Management (lAM) and Zero Trust concepts

Experience building microservices

Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Katalon Studio or Selenium

B4CORP Company Information

B4Corp is a small defense contracting company that focuses on providing an optimum environment for mission-focused, highly skilled consultants to support the United States of America’s intelligence community and other defense organizations. B4Corp provides a low overhead, highly efficient, high salary environment that allows employees to excel at meeting the client’s needs. B4Corp is looking for information technology professionals that have a high sense of personal responsibility, self-motivation, and mission drive.

B4Corp’s dedication and care for its employees is reflected in our outstanding compensation and benefits package. B4Corp’s benefits reflect the company’s policy of putting the employees first. B4Corp’s maximum flexibility comp / makeup time policy, along with the company’s cafeteria-style benefit plan that allows employees to maximize their Benefit Dollars, reflects B4Corp’s commitment to its employees.

Compensation

• Outstanding Salaries

Retirement

• Full Vanguard 401k Plan - Featuring a full scope of investment options
• 100% employer matched contribution up to 6% of employee’s salary
• Ability to max out 401k savings $57k ($63.5k if over 50)
• Employees receive B4Corp phantom stock each year (2-year vesting period)

Insurance

• Medical - United Health Care (UHC) (multiple plan options)
• Dental - United Concordia (UC) Flex Plan
• Vision - Vision Service Plan Insurance Co (VSP) Signature Plans
• Mutual of Omaha short-term disability (60% of salary up to $2,000.00/week)
• Mutual of Omaha long-term disability (60% of salary up to $10,000.00/month)
• Mutual of Omaha life insurance ($200,000.00)

Employee Referral Bonus

• Refer a friend or a coworker and receive $3,000 per year for every year the person works for B4CORP

Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Seven weeks of leave per year (including ten federal holidays)
• Flexible work schedule with comp time (with customer approval)

B4Corp is an EEO and e-Verify employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin. Please take the time to review and complete these three voluntary identification forms if you choose to do so and email them to [e-mail].