Back End Developer (Senior) – Ft Meade, MD

Back End Developer (Senior) – Ft Meade, MD

Experience:

Provides subject matter proficiency for work described in the task. Responsible for providing analytical skills to support process improvement, specialized studies, and definition of requirements. Typical duties include analysis, planning, developing requirements documents, building functional models, developing procedures, developing functional architectures, and other related management and technical duties. Requires expertise in specialty areas.

Shall perform engineering tasks for back-end design and development efforts including, but not limited to, developing back-end architectures to support current and new system capabilities and integrations, RESTful API development and modification, database management, and data model development and optimization.

This Role Is a Good Fit If You…

• Like structured work with clear expectations
• Take pride in accuracy and consistency
• Want to grow into more responsibility over time
• Are comfortable working independently with support when needed
• Strong organizational and documentation skills.
• Must be able to work under pressure and prioritize competing assignments with tight deadlines in environments with frequent interruptions.
• Demonstrate a personal commitment and drive to meet or exceed objectives.
• Be self-motivated, organized, and capable of proactively identifying, sourcing, and handling multiple initiatives at one given time to successful completion.
• Be a team player and willing to work in a fast paced, fluid environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in related field.
• 10 years of experience in the functional area.
• A Master’s degree may substitute for 2 years of experience.
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be eligible or have an active TS/SCI (Desired) Secret required.

This role is not well suited for candidates who require daily task lists, close supervision, or highly structured workdays.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND REQUIREMENTS:

Required Skills:

• 10 years of software development experience in object-oriented and scripted languages (see section 4.2) with the ability to apply several tool suites related to DevSecOps, microservices and containers.

• 5 years of experience performing back-end web design and development.

• Demonstrated experience in preparing, conducting, and documenting various systems tests and results to verify system operability and compliance with project standards and requirements.

• 10 years of experience in relational databases, RESTful API development and integration.

• 5 years of experience in Python and PostgreSQL.

• 5 years of experience with bug tracking software (e.g., Jira).

• 5 years of experience testing web-based applications.

• 5 years of experience leading software development programs/projects.

• Practical experience developing in a cloud environment.

• 3 years of experience with the following: AWS Infrastructure, Kubernetes, and RedHat Linux.

• 5 years of experience with at least five (5) of the following:

• Postgress

• RDS

• Exodus

• Python

• Luna

• Java

• Docker

• OpenJDK

• Ansible

• Packer

• Maven

• Kubernetes

• Red Hat

Required Interpersonal Skills:

Preferred/Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with integrating data from unclassified to classified application deployments.

• 5 years of experience with DoW/DoD software development.

• Experience using Agile Test-Driven development.

• Experience integrating into DoW/DoD DevSecOps environments.

• 5 years of experience with CI/CD software development.

• Demonstrated experience in utilizing UX design tool suites (e.g., Sketch, InVision).

• Experience structuring data so it can be integrated into machine learning technologies or AI capabilities.

EDUCATION AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS:

LOCATION AND SCHEDULE:

Location – JBSA-Lackland, TX or Fort Meade, MD

Schedule – Remote (Hybrid) No more than 50 miles from office.

Salary : $160,000 - $170,000