Java Developer Principal - SAIC : Job Details

Description

Position Summary

We are currently seeking a motivated, career and customer oriented Java Backend Developer to join our team to begin an exciting and challenging career in Ashburn, VA.

Job Responsibilities

• Working closely with the tech lead and senior developers, the Mid-Level Java Developer 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.

• Ability to diagnose problems and support production systems.

• 2+ years of 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 and Kinesis.)

• XML/JSON.

• Unix/Linux.

• Experience 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).

• 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.

• IBM MQ , JMS, EJB, MDB and other JEE technologies.

• JEE Server experience (WebLogic\WebSphere\JBOSS\etc.)

• Masters 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 - Hybrid with on-site (Ashburn, VA) visits 2-3 days per week and if a mission need. All candidates must be within the GWA/commutable area.

REQNUMBER: 2508446

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability