Senior Java Lead—Modernize Critical Medical Systems

Booz Allen Hamilton; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 99,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement benefits

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton in Bethesda, MDis seeking a senior Java Developer to drive modernization of medical device review systems for a federal public health agency. You will design and deliver production-ready solutions, set standards for code quality, testing, CI/CD, and provide mentorship and production support.

You will work with Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA, RESTful services, and modern JS frameworks, guiding architecture decisions and ensuring scalability and resilience in a regulated

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• 6+ years with Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA, and RESTful services.
• 4+ years leading engineers, mentoring, code review ownership, delivery accountability.
• Experience migrating large legacy Java apps to modern frameworks.
• Database design and SQL optimization (Oracle/PostgreSQL).
• Experience with legacy Java tech (J2EE, JSP, Servlets) and migration strategies.
• Knowledge of containerization and cloud deployment (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS/Azure).
• Familiarity with DevOps tools (Git, CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins).
• Ability to obtain Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery for modernization workstreams.
• Set standards for code quality, testing, CI/CD, production readiness.
• Mentor developers and own production support escalation path.
• Evaluate tools and improvements considering broader architecture and scalability.
• Drive architectural decisions for resilient, scalable systems.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Hibernate/JPA

RESTful Web Services

Mentoring

Modern JS Frameworks

Code Quality

CI/CD

Cloud Deployment

GIT/DevOps

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Oracle

PostgreSQL

J2EE/JSP/Servlets

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Jenkins

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton in Bethesda, MDis seeking a senior Java Developer to drive modernization of medical device review systems for a federal public health agency. You will design and deliver production-ready solutions, set standards for code quality, testing, CI/CD, and provide mentorship and production support.

You will work with Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA, RESTful services, and modern JS frameworks, guiding architecture decisions and ensuring scalability and resilience in a regulated