Full-Stack Software Engineer (Java/Spring Boot), Intelligence Community Mission Program, Fort Meade, MD

bizfirst; Maryland; On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Employer-paid health plan

Paid leave and holidays

401k or retirement benefits

Training reimbursement

Professional fees reimbursement

Disability and life insurance

Referral bonus program

Job summary

BizFirst is assisting our client with a Full-Stack Software Engineer (Java/Spring Boot) role onsite at Fort Meade, MD. Immediate start for a candidate holding TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph clearance, to build mission-critical software for a SIGINT program.

The role requires strong Java/Spring Boot and modern JavaScript framework skills, full-stack capabilities, and collaboration with product owners, testers, and developers across the lifecycle, including cloud deployment and performance

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph required.
• Bachelor's degree in CS or CE and 14+ years software experience.
• 18 years of software experience may substitute for the degree.
• Full-stack experience with both front-end UI/UX and back-end services.
• Strong Java skills including Spring Core, Spring MVC, Spring Boot.
• Front-end with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript plus a modern framework (React/Angular/Vue).
• Experience with cloud environments and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Design and build highly responsive UI components meeting mission user needs.
• Build and maintain scalable backend APIs and services with Spring Boot.
• Integrate front-end with backend services ensuring secure data flow.
• Collaborate with product owners, testers, and developers to define UI requirements.
• Support deployment of cloud-enabled services.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks on client and server sides.
• Document designs and track work in Jira/Confluence/SharePoint.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Spring Core

Spring MVC

REST APIs

Cloud environments

Frontend JS framework

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

14 years software engineering experience

18 years experience may substitute for the degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

SharePoint

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Full-Stack Software Engineer (Java/Spring Boot), Intelligence Community Mission Program, Fort Meade, MD. Summary: Job Title: Full-Stack Software Engineer, Level 2 (Java/Spring Boot). Openings: 1. Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph (FSP) required. Work Type: Onsite at Fort George G. Meade, MD, in a secure government facility. Job Type: Full-time. Benefits: Our client provides full benefits. Program Name: SIGINT mission support program covering collection systems engineering, target development, analysis, and reporting. Agency name: Intelligence Community (IC) customer, Fort George G. Meade, MD. Start Date: Immediate, upon offer acceptance and clearance transfer. BizFirst is assisting our client with recruiting a skilled and experienced Full-Stack Software Engineer.

This position supports the following program: a signals intelligence (SIGINT) mission support program that provides collection systems engineering, target development, analysis, reporting, and mission software development for an Intelligence Community customer. The position is onsite at Fort Meade, MD, and the role is open now for an immediate start. Our client is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business that has supported U.S. defense and intelligence missions since 2012. Its systems, software, and data science engineers work side by side with government teams to model, design, integrate, and deploy complex mission systems, and the company also builds rugged RF hardware for specialized SIGINT applications. Led by a U.S. Navy veteran with more than 30 years of DoD mission experience, the company supports programs alongside many of the largest national security integrators and has a long-established presence in Maryland near Fort Meade.

What will you do Build full-stack capabilities for an intelligence mission team, pairing responsive user interfaces with scalable Spring Boot services that deploy to cloud environments. You will work with product owners, testers, and fellow developers to define UI requirements, design RESTful APIs, connect front-end applications to backend services, and tune performance on both the client and server sides. You will take part in the full software lifecycle, from planning and design through testing, deployment, and ongoing support. This role suits a seasoned Java engineer who is equally comfortable in Spring Boot and a modern JavaScript framework, and who enjoys building tools that mission users rely on every day.

Responsibilities

• Design and build highly responsive user interface components that meet mission user needs.
• Build and maintain robust, scalable backend APIs and services with Spring Boot, following RESTful principles.
• Integrate front-end applications with backend services, ensuring efficient data flow and secure communication.
• Work with product owners, testers, and other developers to define UI requirements and integrate with other system services.
• Support the deployment of cloud-enabled services.
• Find and resolve performance bottlenecks on both the client and server sides to improve speed and scalability.
• Contribute across the full software development lifecycle, including planning, design, development, testing, deployment, and support.
• Track work and document designs in Jira and Confluence, SharePoint, or similar tools.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering and fourteen (14) years of software engineering experience.
• Eighteen (18) years of software engineering experience may substitute for the degree.
• Full-stack experience that includes both front-end UI/UX design and development and back-end service development.
• Strong Java skills, including Spring Core, Spring MVC, and Spring Boot (including Spring Boot UI development).
• Front-end development with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, plus at least one modern JavaScript framework such as React, Angular, or Vue.js.
• Solid grasp of UI/UX principles and microservices principles.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform environments, and familiarity with Docker and/or Kubernetes.
• Proficiency with the Linux/Unix command line and Windows environments.
• Experience with Jira and with Confluence, SharePoint, or similar collaboration tools.
• Ability to work onsite at Fort Meade, MD.

Desired Skills

• Experience delivering software for Intelligence Community or DoD mission systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based development workflows.
• Experience working on Agile/Scrum development teams.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employee and family, 100% employer-paid (HMO HSA Silver plan), plus a Health Savings Account
• Five weeks (200 hours) of paid leave per year
• Eleven (11) paid federal holidays per year
• 401k with an employer contribution equal to 10% of salary
• Reimbursement for approved training, up to three days (24 hours) per year, including books and related conference or class travel
• Reimbursement of professional fees, such as IEEE membership and licenses
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Term life insurance equal to annual salary, up to $100K
• Referral matching bonus program