Senior Software Developer - Top SECRET - FULLY ONSITE

VISUAL SOFT, INC; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 weeks PTO + 3 floating holidays

Health and dental insurance (employer

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Visual Soft, Inc is seeking a Senior Software Developer to design, develop, and maintain mission-critical Java-based applications in a fully onsite setting in Huntsville, AL. The role requires active TOP SECRET clearance and 8+ years of hands-on software development experience.

Candidates should have cloud-native expertise, DevSecOps practices, and strong secure coding skills. The position supports a federal project with a major prime, and the incumbent will work in an Agile/Scrum environment

Qualifications

• Our candidate must have 8+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• Active TOP SECRET clearance required for the project work.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Java-based microservices and APIs within distributed cloud environments.
• Architect and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions on AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFormation).
• Containerize and deploy applications using Docker and manage service orchestration.
• Participate in all phases of the Agile/Scrum development lifecycle.
• Implement and enforce secure coding standards per government cybersecurity frameworks (NIST/DoD RMF).
• Integrate CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks to enhance reliability and delivery speed.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including DevOps, QA, cybersecurity, and system engineers.
• Troubleshoot complex software issues across multiple layers.
• Provide technical mentorship to junior developers.

Skills

Java

Microservices

Docker

AWS

Agile Scrum

DevSecOps

Secure coding

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

AWS CloudFormation

Job description

Visual Soft, Inc is seeking qualified candidates (US Citizens with active TOP SECRET clearance - a requirement onits Project with a Major Prime) for the following position for a federal agency.

Senior Software Developer - Top SECRET - FULLY ONSITE

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Job Title: SoSoftware Developer - Senior
Location: Huntsville, AL - fully ONSITE
Salary: based on experience on other qualifications. TOP SECRET is a must and job is fully ONSITE
Education: Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.) in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
Experience: Minimum 8+ years of hands-on software development experience
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Developer to design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade, mission-critical applications using Java, microservices, Docker, and AWS in an Agile/Scrum environment.
This is a fully onsite position in Huntsville, AL supporting defense and intelligence programs, requiring an active Top Secret clearance. The ideal candidate is a highly skilled full-stack engineer with deep experience in cloud-native architectures, DevSecOps, and secure software development practices.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain Java-based microservices and APIs within distributed cloud environments.
Architect and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions on AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFormation).
Containerize and deploy applications using Docker and manage service orchestration.
Participate in all phases of the Agile/Scrum development lifecycle — including sprint planning, backlog grooming, development, testing, and retrospectives.
Implement and enforce secure coding standards in compliance with government cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NIST, DoD RMF).
Integrate CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks to enhance reliability and delivery speed.
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including DevOps, QA, cybersecurity, and system engineers.
Troubleshoot complex software issues across multiple layers (application, database, network, and infrastructure).
Provide technical mentorship to junior developers and support code reviews for quality assurance.
Standard benefits: Our standard benefits include: Our standard benefits include 3 weeks of Paid time off (PTO that includes sick leave). Any unused PTO will be issued as a check at the end of an employee's anniversary with us. we also provide 2 floating and 8 public holidays. Floating and holidays expire at the end of every year of service of an employee. In addition, company will cover 50% of health and dental insurances only for all full time employees, however, dependents can be added at extra cost. Employee's health and dental coverage becomes effective after 30 days or first of the month after an employee completes initial 30 working days, we cover 50% for the employee's health and dental insurances. An employee has to finish all of your paper work for health and dental in the first 30 days of your employment with us. We provide STD, LTD and one time salary equivalent of life insurance at NO cost to all full time employees. All full time employees or w-2 employees with no benefits will be eligible to participate in company's 401k program after 90 days of employment with a company match of 4%, immediate vesting. In addition, all w-2 employees are eligible to be part of company's profit sharing, no employee contributions required.