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.

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 ans Kinesis).

· XML/JSON.

· Unix/Linux.

· Experince 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.

Qualifications

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).

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 1-2 days per week and if a mission need. All candidates must be within the GWA/commutable area

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER: 2411987

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