Full Stack Developer

novulsolutions; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Healthcare benefits

401(k) with company match

Tuition/Training reimbursement

Parking/commuting support

Performance bonus

Job summary

novulsolutions seeks an experienced Full Stack Developer to design, modernize, deploy, and sustain mission-critical applications within a secure DoD environment. The role covers front-end, back-end services, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Java, JavaScript, Python, Spring Boot, HTML, and CSS, plus familiarity with cloud and DevSecOps. U.S. citizenship and 100% onsite work in Virginia are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and at least eight years of IT or software development experience.
• Full-stack development experience across front-end, back-end, APIs, and databases.
• Experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, SQL, and server-side development.
• Hands-on experience in at least three areas, including Oracle, SQL Server, Java, cloud, data integration, automated testing, or DevSecOps.
• Strong experience with automated testing, CI/CD, and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience with GitLab, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, YAML, and database technologies.
• At least four years of experience with Ansible, Terraform, JMeter, AWS services, or Docker.
• Experience with deployment automation, infrastructure as code, and security configuration management.
• Ability to work effectively across the full software development lifecycle.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to work 100% onsite are required.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain full-stack applications across front-end, API, business-logic, database, and data-access layers.
• Develop application enhancements and modernization solutions using Java, JavaScript, Python, Spring Boot, HTML, and CSS.
• Build responsive and accessible user interfaces, secure back-end services, APIs, system integrations, and database components.
• Design and modernize database architectures, queries, schemas, and data models to improve scalability, performance, and data integrity.
• Collaborate with UX, engineering, cybersecurity, and program stakeholders throughout the full application-development lifecycle.
• Develop automated unit, integration, performance, and deployment tests; conduct code reviews focused on security, quality, and maintainability.
• Troubleshoot application, database, integration, infrastructure, and production issues across development, testing, and operational environments.
• Support CI/CD, service staging, deployment orchestration, infrastructure automation, and configuration management using CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, GitLab, and Bitbucket.
• Support release management, monitoring, alerting, incident response, patching, logging, vulnerability remediation, compliance tracking, reliability, and availability.
• Maintain code and technical documentation, including designs, APIs, build guides, diagrams, procedures, and runbooks; participate in Agile ceremonies and Jira-based task tracking.

Skills

Full-stack development

Java

SQL/Oracle

Cloud

DevSecOps

Automated testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

GitLab

Jenkins

Ansible

Terraform

Docker

CloudFormation

YAML

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Full Stack Developer to design, modernize, deploy, and sustain mission-critical applications within a secure DoD environment. The role supports the full technology stack, including responsive user interfaces, back-end services and APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate has hands‑on experience with Java, JavaScript, Python, Spring Boot, database technologies, cloud services, infrastructure as code, and DevSecOps. DISA or DISA mission‑partner experience is highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain full-stack applications across front-end, API, business-logic, database, and data-access layers.
• Develop application enhancements and modernization solutions using Java, JavaScript, Python, Spring Boot, HTML, and CSS.
• Build responsive and accessible user interfaces, secure back-end services, APIs, system integrations, and database components.
• Design and modernize database architectures, queries, schemas, and data models to improve scalability, performance, and data integrity.
• Collaborate with UX, engineering, cybersecurity, and program stakeholders throughout the full application-development lifecycle.
• Develop automated unit, integration, performance, and deployment tests; conduct code reviews focused on security, quality, and maintainability.
• Troubleshoot application, database, integration, infrastructure, and production issues across development, testing, and operational environments.
• Support CI/CD, service staging, deployment orchestration, infrastructure automation, and configuration management using CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, GitLab, and Bitbucket.
• Support release management, monitoring, alerting, incident response, patching, logging, vulnerability remediation, compliance tracking, reliability, and availability.
• Maintain code and technical documentation, including designs, APIs, build guides, diagrams, procedures, and runbooks; participate in Agile ceremonies and Jira-based task tracking.

Requirements

• Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree and at least eight years of IT or software development experience.
• Full-stack development experience across front-end, back-end, APIs, and databases.
• Experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, SQL, and server-side development.
• Hands‑on experience in at least three areas, including Oracle, SQL Server, Java, cloud, data integration, automated testing, or DevSecOps.
• Strong experience with automated testing, CI/CD, and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience with GitLab, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, YAML, and database technologies.
• At least four years of experience with Ansible, Terraform, JMeter, AWS services, or Docker.
• Experience with deployment automation, infrastructure as code, and security configuration management.
• Ability to work effectively across the full software development lifecycle.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to work 100% onsite are required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience supporting DISA or DISA mission partners.

Benefits

• Core Benefits: Paid Time Off PTO):TEN (10) Paid days off & FIVE (5) Floating days off.
• Holidays: 11 Paid Holidays.
• Flex time can be utilized instead of holiday time usage.
• Payroll: Paid Bi-Monthly.
• 401(k): Partnered with the SECOND LARGEST Retirement plan provider in the U.S. Guaranteed 3% match.
• Eligibility – 21 years of age or older, after 3 months of employment Individual or company-wide performance and recognition awards (Quarterly) Health Benefits: UNITED HEALTHCARE PPO, extensive national coverage.
• INCLUDES: Medical/Dental/Vision/HSA. Eligible on the first of the month, immediately after the start date. Submit the enrollment form within 30 days of your start date otherwise, you will have to wait until October for the new year enrollment.
• Quality of Life Benefits: Training & Career Development Reimbursement of Tuition and training needed to support career development. $150 monthly reimbursement contribution paid monthly towards parking expenses. Receipts must be submitted by the close of business on the 25th of each month. Reimbursements will be paid on the first payroll AFTER reimbursements are submitted each month.
• Special Benefits: Performance bonus – Project-based Yearly bonus – Company based