Remote Backend Engineer - TS/SCI, Cloud & APIs

Maximus; Trenton (NJ); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a Software Developer (Backend) to provide subject matter expertise for USAF missions. You will design and develop backend architectures, create RESTful APIs, manage databases, and optimize data models to support current and new system capabilities and integrations.

This remote role requires TS/SCI clearance and may require 10-20% travel. The position emphasizes DevSecOps, microservices, and cloud experience across Jira and GitLab environments.

Qualifications

• 7 years of overall experience in the functional area.
• Bachelor's degree required (Master's may substitute for 2 years).
• 7 years of software development experience in object-oriented and scripted languages with DevSecOps, microservices, and containers tool suites.
• 3 years of experience with bug tracking software (e.g., Jira) and testing web-based applications.
• 3 years of experience participating in software development programs or projects.
• Practical experience developing in a cloud environment.
• Experience with integrating data from unclassified to classified application deployments.
• 5 years of experience with Jenkins and GitLab.
• 3 years of recent back-end web design and development experience.
• Demonstrated experience with relational databases, RESTful API development/communication, and system integrations.
• 3 years of experience with AWS Infrastructure, Kubernetes, and RedHat Linux.
• Active TS/SCI with the ability to obtain a CI Poly required.
• Travel to a site 10-20% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Provide backend design and development for architectures supporting system capabilities and integrations.
• Develop and modify RESTful APIs and manage data models and databases.
• Support process improvement, specialized studies, and requirements definition.
• Perform testing and document results for various systems tests.
• Work with cloud deployments and data integration from unclassified to classified applications.
• Collaborate on DevSecOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

DevSecOps

Microservices

RESTful APIs

Cloud environment

Back-end development

CI/CD

Data integration

Relational databases

Jira

GitLab

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

AWS

Kubernetes

RedHat Linux

Apache Tomcat

Maven

SonarQube

NPM

Cypress.io

esbuild

Bun

Jira

Job description

Maximus is seeking a Software Developer (Backend) to provide subject matter expertise for USAF missions. You will design and develop backend architectures, create RESTful APIs, manage databases, and optimize data models to support current and new system capabilities and integrations.

This remote role requires TS/SCI clearance and may require 10-20% travel. The position emphasizes DevSecOps, microservices, and cloud experience across Jira and GitLab environments.