Full Stack Developer

Novul Solutions; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO (10 days) & 5 floating days

11 paid holidays

Bi-monthly payroll

401(k) with 3% match

Performance awards

UnitedHealthcare PPO

Parking reimbursement $150/month

Tuition & training reimbursement

Job summary

Novul Solutions in Alexandria, VA, is seeking a senior full-stack engineer to design, develop, test, and maintain complex applications across front-end, API, and data layers.

You will collaborate with UX, cybersecurity, and program stakeholders, implement automated tests, and drive CI/CD using GitLab, Ansible, Terraform, and cloud services. U.S. citizenship and onsite work are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and at least eight years of IT or software development experience.
• Full-stack development across front-end, back-end, APIs, and databases.
• 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.
• 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

CI/CD & testing

Security-focused DevSecOps

GitLab Jenkins

Cloud services

Ansible Terraform

Database design

Code reviews

Onsite work

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Oracle

SQL Server

Java

AWS

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

JMeter

GitLab

Kubernetes

Job description

Alexandria, United States | Posted on 08/05/2026

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain full-stack applications across front-end, API, business-logic, database, and data-access layers.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  

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)
  
• UNITED HEALTHCARE PPO, extensive national coverage.
  
• 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.