Junior NextGen Developer

DCS Corporation; Maryland; Remote; USD 73,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

401k

ESOP

PTO

Education reimbursement

Work-life balance

Parental leave

Job summary

DCS Corporation is seeking a Junior Developer to join our teams developing Navy next-generation mission planning software on an Agile/SAFe team. This position can be performed 100% remote within Eastern Standard or Central Standard time zones.

Essential duties include contributing to SAFe development, owning software products, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating across distributed teams to exceed customer expectations.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required due to sensitive requirements.
• Bachelor's degree plus 2 years of experience.
• Ability to obtain Secret Clearance.
• Experience with Java or C#/ASP.NET Core and web tech (React, TS/JS, Node, HTML5, CSS).
• Experience with Microservice architectures.
• Able to work with distributed teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to software development as part of a SAFe team for Navy mission planning software.
• Take ownership of software products and deliverables.
• Provide guidance to software and test engineers.
• Present technical analyses and recommendations in meetings.
• Collaborate with senior engineers and architects to improve software.
• Mentor junior software engineers.
• Collaborate with customers and users to meet requirements.

Skills

US Citizenship

Secret Clearance

SAFe Agile

Communication

Distributed Teams

Mentoring

Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Kubernetes/Helm

RabbitMQ

Git

Docker

Postgres/SQL

Jira

Confluence

Jenkins

Rancher

SonarQube

Job description

DCS is seeking an experienced Junior Developer to join its teams developing exciting and modern Navy next-generation mission planning software on an Agile/SAFe team. This position can be performed 100% remote within Eastern Standard or Central Standard time zones.

Essential Job Functions

• Contribute to software development as part of a team contributing to a multi-team, multi-organization enterprise using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Take ownership of and responsibility for software products being developed.
• Gain domain knowledge and contribute to providing technical guidance to software and test engineers.
• Represent the team in meetings and presentations as needed, including providing technical analysis & recommendations, and the development & presentation of meeting materials.
• Work with other senior engineers and architects to relentlessly improve software developed.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to more junior software engineers.
• Have a willingness to collaborate with other development teams, customers and users to produce the desired product that strives to exceed customer expectations.

Required Skills

• Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Bachelor's degree plus 2 years of experience.
• Ability to obtain Secret Clearance.
• Experience with Service Design and Development using either Java or C#/ASP.NET Core and/or Web Application Design and Development using the following: React, Jest, TypeScript/JavaScript, Node, NPM, HTML5, CSS.
• Experience with Microservice architectures.
• Ability to work with a geographically-distributed team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Desired Skills

• Active Security Clearance is preferred.
• Experience with Kubernetes/Helm.
• Experience with RabbitMQ.
• Knowledge and familiarity with Git.
• Knowledge and familiarity with any of the following: Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence, Jenkins, Rancher, SonarQube
• Experience with Web Application Design and Development using the following: React, Jest, TypeScript/JavaScript, Node, NPM, HTML5, CSS.
• Experience with Postgres/SQL Database.
• Experience with Docker
• Experience with Agile Scrum or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), any SAFe certification is a plus.
• Knowledge and understanding of mission planning needs of military aviators.

Pay Range and Benefits

There are a variety of factors that can influence salary at DCS Corp, including but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications.

The proposed salary range for this position is:

Salary Range: $73,160 - $100,000

At DCS, we pride ourselves on providing flexibility that allows employees to balance meaningful work with their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits, and opportunities for learning and development.

Our broad and competitive mix of benefits is designed to support and protect employees and their families. Our robust benefit offerings include medical, dental, 401k, ESOP, PTO, education reimbursement, work/life balance, parental and other leave programs.

Learn more about our benefits here: DCS Corp Benefits.