Overview

About Level Up 

Level Up, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AVIAN, represents a fusion of innovation, reliability, and top-tier cyber security and IT solutions. As a Virginia-based small business with over 150 years of collective experience, we pride ourselves on providing industry-leading expertise, big data analytics, and all-source research and analysis. Our technical capabilities directly bolster our customers' objectives, from mission centers to forward-deployed operations. 

In 2021, we joined forces with AVIAN, an employee-owned business and one of America’s fastest-growing private companies. With a shared commitment to resourcefulness, responsiveness, and reachability, we continue to uphold our trademark dependability and innovation, delivering exceptional services to our 80 government and commercial clients across 13 states. 

Beyond our technical and consulting prowess, we at Level Up believe in creating a positive impact within our communities. Through our charitable giving and volunteer programs, we support causes close to our hearts and inspire meaningful change. This commitment to service and community enhancement is what we call "The Level Up Way". 

Together, Level Up and AVIAN offer comprehensive solutions, blending technology and community engagement to create an exceptional partnership for our employees, customers, and community. 

Responsibilities

Full-Stack Applications Developer to support the development and O&M of a variety of systems and initiatives focused on streamlining operations, automating processes, and aligning customer solutions to the overarching digital architecture. The ideal candidate will help promote state-of-the-art IT solutions, collaborating with IT mission partners to share technology and lessons learned to ensure records management processes and requirements are included in the early design stages of IT solutions across the Intelligence Community.

Additionally, this individual will work in concert with the customer technical interfaces to ensure future plans for technology are in line with the overall customer architecture.

This position requires the candidate to:

• Develop software applications as web services that are written in JavaScript capable technology unless otherwise directed by Sponsor. Examples include Node JS and Angular with Typescript, and Springboot with Hibernate and messaging; JavaScript (EXTJS, Dojo), Java (JSPs, GWT, JSF, Groovy on Grails); ; Scripting languages (Perl, PHP, Ruby on Rails); and Rich UI Plugins (Flex, Silverlight, Google Earth Plugin).
• Develop and maintain software applications as web services that interact with data stored in Postgres, MySQL, and other relational databases and/or Cloud technologies such as AWS.
• Develop, upgrade, and maintain APis and search with REST-like APis to communicate with other software applications and databases as required by Sponsor.
• Utilize XML, JSON, or other Sponsor standards for data transfer and metadata management.
• Develop and maintain Domino, SharePoint, and other content management systems as required by Sponsor.
• Has experience writing SQL queries
• Improve search and website usability and accessibility by leveraging enterprise capabilities, improving process time, and supporting legal mandates.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience developing in Java
• Experience with JavaScript / Typescript
• Experience with application frameworks (Spring Boot, NodeJS-NestJS); Experience developing applications with the Node.js framework
• Experience with Python
• Must know to use an IDE to code (ex - IntelliJ, Eclipse, NetBeans)
• Hands on experience with cloud technology (AWS / C2S)
• Experience with web services (REST) and service oriented architecture (SOA) - Spring Boot, Tomcat
• Experience with relational databases (ex - Oracle / Postgres)
• Experience with interacting in a Linux environment (ex - Bash scripting, VI)
• Ability to present and talk to technical infrastructure (Code Reviews; PDR; etc.)
• Ability to work on shift between projects based on priorities
• Ability to work well with others as well as independently (MUST leave ego at the door)
• BS/BA in Software Engineering, Science, Mathematics, or similar OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Clearance Required