Java Backend Developer Senior

Saic; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Saic is currently seeking a motivated, career-oriented Backend Developer (Senior) to join our team in Ashburn, VA. This position requires on-site work 5 days per week for the first year of employment. Your responsibilities will include system architecture design and development, implementing microservices, and utilizing modern software engineering tools.

The ideal candidate should possess over 9 years of Java development experience and knowledge of cloud technologies. A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field is required.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of strong Java design and software development experience.
• Experience with Microservices architecture, especially using Spring Boot.
• Extensive knowledge of container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Participate in system architecture design and development.
• Implement Micro Service Architecture for Cloud-based applications.
• Use software engineering tools for development and testing.

Skills

Java development

Microservices

Cloud technologies

SQL

RESTful web services

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related engineering field

Tools

JavaEE

Spring

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Jenkins

Maven

Gitlab

Jira

Job description

Description

SAIC is currently seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Backend Developer (Senior) to join our team to begin an exciting and challenging career in Ashburn, VA.

This position requires on-site work in Ashburn, VA 5 days per week for the first year of employment.

Job Responsibilities

• Working closely with the tech lead and senior developers, the Mid-Level JavaDeveloper will participate in the system architecture design, systems engineering, development, integration testing and validation, and all aspects of the software life‑cycle (requirements to design to implementation to test) for a java backend application involving extensive messaging and transaction processing.
• Design and implement Micro Service Architecture for Cloud based software applications.
• Use modern software engineering tools including Eclipse, Jira, and Atlassian Suites for design, development, and testing the software.
• Present the solution at formal and informal design reviews, and document the design according to the Government’s system lifecycle methodology.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related engineering field with 9+ years of technical experience.
• 9+ years of strong Java design and software development experience including designing, developing, and documenting large-scale enterprise software systems.
• Extensive use of Java hands-on on most recent Job role (such as SW Developer or SW Engineer) or in the last 5 years.
• Effective Proficiency usage and Development with JavaEE, Spring, and Springboot relative to Microservices.
• Usage of JavaEE supported technology stacks in platforms, such as EKS, Docker, Kubernetes, or AWS, or WebLogic.
• Demonstrates capability for Operational Support and Analysis of Delivered Applications to resolve real-time issues.
• Demonstrates capability to modify and share code seamlessly via tools such as Maven and Artifactory while communicating its changes effectively to group members for rapid application rollouts.
• Ability to diagnose problems and support production systems.
• Experience working with Applications on Cloud utilizing serverless hosted services like AWS S3, DynanoDB, lambda etc.
• Java Micro Service Architecture frameworks such as Spring Boot.
• Experience with container platforms like Docker and Kubernetes.
• SQL DBs (preferably Oracle) and strong SQL/JDBC skills is required for this position.
• Experience with NoSQL DBs like MongoDB, Document DB, Cassandra etc.
• Messaging and Streaming Systems (Kafka, SQS ans Kinesis.)
• XML/JSON.
• Unix/Linux.
• Experince with JPA/Hibernate.
• Experience with building RESTful webservices and experience with query language based APIs like GraphQL.
• Jenkins, Maven, Gitlab and Jira for CI/CD.
• Demonstrated expertise in software engineering practices (e.g., reading/generating software specs, design patterns, continuous integration.)
• Demonstrated ability to incorporate rigorous Unit testing as part of development activities is essential.

Desired Skills and Experience

• First-hand experience working with large project teams (working with the Federal Government a strong plus.)
• Proficient in applying core Java programming skills and using popular 3rd-party libraries to interpret data mappings and organize information for processing large-scale datasets across various representation formats such as relational databases, NoSQL Databases, XML, JSON, and raw flat files.
• Used Java for enterprise applications development involving real time operations.
• Proven Java custom framework development for supporting data processing, especially with extremely high-volume Transactional usage.
• Usage of real time analysis tools such as Dynatrace to diagnose issues and maintain situational awareness of issues.
• Usage of CI/CD tools such as Harness.
• Demonstrated ability to think critically and creatively to develop innovative solutions to software problems.
• Ability to develop and maintain components with stringent performance requirements.
• Agile development experience a plus.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field is a plus.

Customer Requirements

• Clearance – Ability to obtain and hold a public trust position and favorable suitability based on a CBP Background Investigation.
• Citizenship – Must be a US Citizen.
• Location – Required to be on-site in Ashburn, VA 5 days per week for the first year of employment. All candidates must be within the GWA/commutable area.