Applications Developer

NewGen Technologies; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NewGen Technologies, McLean, VA, seeks an Applications Development support specialist to manage project priorities, ensure quality, and design datasets for web and mobile apps in an AWS environment.

You will work with Node.js, Angular, Vue, React, and server technologies (NGINX, Express, Koa) while leveraging AWS services like CloudFormation, CloudWatch, S3, and DynamoDB. Strong communication and collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Clearance: TS/SCI FSP required.
• Experience with frontend and backend development for production-ready applications.
• Strong HTML5/CSS3, Hugo or static site generators, and SASS skills.
• Proficient in JavaScript frameworks: Angular, Vue, React, and Node.js.
• Experience with Typescript, Webpack, Lerna, or Electron is a plus.
• Experience with AWS infrastructure and automation (CloudFormation, CloudWatch, S3, ELB).
• Familiar with Express.js, Koa.js, or NGINX, and with relational/non-relational DBs (RDS, MySQL, DynamoDB).

Responsibilities

• Manage project priorities and tasks to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and quality.
• Meet Sponsor requirements for quality, responsiveness, and accessibility; follow development standards.
• Update assigned project statuses in the Sponsor's production tracking tool.
• Design datasets and data objects for JSON supporting interactive and web/mobile apps.
• Provide development, maintenance, and upgrade support for in-house tools and AWS-based services.
• Develop process documentation to support tasks and workflows.
• Use AWS CodeDeploy, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, ELB, EC2, IAM, Lambda, and Jenkins.
• Build and maintain applications servers using Node.js, Express, Koa.js, NGINX, Angular, Vue, React, CSS, and HTML.
• Utilize RDS, Oracle RDS, MySQL, and DynamoDB to support applications; participate in testing and validation.
• Maintain and modify existing software to correct errors and improve performance.
• Review programs and refine techniques to reduce operation time.
• Store, retrieve, and manipulate data to analyze system capabilities or requirements.

Skills

Frontend development

Backend development

JavaScript

Angular

Vue

React

Node.js

TypeScript

Webpack

Koa.js

Express.js

NGINX

CloudFormation

AWS CloudWatch

AWS S3

RDS

DynamoDB

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Git

GitHub

AWS

Jenkins

Oracle

ElasticSearch

Kibana

Job description

The Sponsor's production and development services provide high-quality interactive, mobile, video, web, and audio products that concisely convey complex topics to a variety of executive customers. The Sponsor manages its own technical cloud-based infrastructure and custom applications and services to support production efforts. The Sponsor requires support specializing in Applications Development. The Sponsor needs polished skills in communications, teamwork, and collaborative development while managing a moderate to heavy workload.

Responsibilities

• Manage project priorities and tasks to ensure accuracy and timeliness, clarity of message, and quality control for products
• Meet Sponsor's requirements for quality, responsiveness, and accessibility. Comply with the Sponsor development standards and employ modern web and application design and development best practices.
• Update assigned project statuses in Sponsor's production tracking tool
• Design datasets and data objects suitable for use with JSON to support interactive and mobile production, web applications, and websites
• Provide development, maintenance, and upgrade support for in-house tools, cloud-based servers, cloud-based applications and services, project boilerplates, and web application packaging tools in an AWS environment
• Advise and assist the project team in the development of process documentation to support individual tasks, knowledge sharing, and development process workflows
• Use AWS CodeDeploy, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, ELB, EC2, IAM, Lambda, and Jenkins to build, host, and monitor applications
• Use Node.js, Express,js, Koa.js, NGINX, Lema, Probot, GitHub, Git, Angular, JavaScript, Vue, React, CSS, and HTML to build and maintain applications servers
• Use RDS, Oracle RDS, MySQL, and DynamoDB to support current applications. Develop and participate in software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation.
• Maintain and modify existing software to correct errors, adapt to new hardware, or improve performance
• Review existing programs and assist in making refinements, reducing operating time, and improve current techniques
• Store, retrieve, and manipulate data to analyze system capabilities or requirements

Requirements

• TS/SCI FSP Clearance
• Demonstrated experience with frontend and backend application development support for applications and services used to improve producer experience
• Demonstrated experience with frontend and backend application development support for applications and services used to facilitate the production of complex visual products
• Demonstrated experience with version control software including Git and GitHub
• Demonstrated experience with presentational development including HTML5/CSS3, Hugo, or other static site generators, and SASS
• Demonstrated experience with functional development including JavaScript, Angular, Vue, React, and Node.js
• Demonstrated experience with any combination of the following: Typescript, Webpack, Lerna, or Electron
• Demonstrated experience with cloud-based infrastructure development and automation including AWS, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CloudWatch, and AWS S3, AWS ELB
• Demonstrated experience with any of the following (experience with all three libraries is a plus): Express.js, Koa.js, or NGINX
• Demonstrated experience with any of the following: RDS, MySQL, or DynamoDB

Desired Skills

• Demonstrated experience with cloud-based infrastructure development, auditing, and automation using DynamoDB, ECS, ElasticSearch, or Kibana
• Demonstrated experience with Jenkins or other related automation services
• Demonstrated experience with Oracle
• Demonstrated experience supporting system security documentation
• Demonstrated experience with mobile mapping capabilities and charting
• Demonstrated experience with Fastify

About Us

For more than 20 years, NewGen Technologies has solved our clients’ toughest IT challenges with integrity, security, and outstanding service by delivering both technology and talent. We have helped secure borders, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to fight terror, aided the identification of criminals, and have helped to prevent crime through the introduction of biometrics.Our team of Highly Cleared Specialists have hard-to-find skills and expertise in a wide spectrum of technologies to provide solutions that transform business processes and solve problems of national significance. #CJ