Back End Developer

Veteran Firm Seeking a Mid-Level Back End Developer for a Full-time, Onsite Assignment in Fort Meade, MD

My name is Stephen Hrutka. I lead a Veteran-Owned management consulting firm in Washington, DC. We specialize in Technical and Cleared Recruiting for the Department of Defense (DoD), the Intelligence Community (IC), and other advanced defense agencies.

At HRUCKUS, we support fellow Veteran-Owned businesses by helping them recruit for positions across organizations such as the VA, SBA, HHS, DARPA, and other leading-edge R&D-focused defense agencies.

We seek to fill a Mid-Level Back End Developer role in Fort Meade, MD

The ideal candidate is a Fort Meade resident with an active TS/SCI clearance, 7 years of software development experience, and proficiency in back-end architectures, RESTful APIs, AWS, and Kubernetes within DevSecOps environments.

If you’re interested, I'll gladly provide more details about the role and further discuss your qualifications.

Thanks,

Stephen M Hrutka

Principal Consultant

www.hruckus.com

Executive Summary: HRUCKUS is looking for an experienced Mid-Level Back End Developer to support mission-critical national security and operational readiness programs through back-end software development, API design, and cloud-based system integrations.

Position Description: As a Mid-Level Back End Developer, you will design and develop back-end architectures, build RESTful APIs, and perform data modeling while participating in Agile PI planning and ensuring system compliance within a DevSecOps environment.

Position Responsibilities:

• Provide subject matter proficiency supporting back-end software development activities.
• Apply analytical skills supporting process improvement, specialized studies, and requirements definition.
• Perform analysis, planning, and development of requirements documents and functional models.
• Design and develop back-end architectures supporting system capabilities and integrations.
• Develop and modify RESTful APIs supporting application functionality.
• Perform database management, data modeling, and optimization.
• Support testing and validation to verify system operability and compliance.
• Participate in Agile program increment (PI) planning and activities requiring periodic travels.

Required Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (A Master’s degree may substitute for 2 years of experience).
• 7 years of software development experience in object-oriented and scripted languages with the ability to apply DevSecOps, microservices, and container tool suites.
• 5 years of experience with Jenkins and GitLab.
• 5 years of experience with at least five (5) of the following: Postgres, RDS, Exodus, Python, Luna, Java, Docker, OpenJDK, Ansible, Packer, Maven, Kubernetes, Red Hat.
• 3 years of experience with bug tracking software (Jira).
• 3 years of experience testing web-based applications.
• 3 years of experience participating in software development programs or projects.
• 3 years of experience performing back-end web design and development.
• 3 years of experience with AWS Infrastructure, Kubernetes, and RedHat Linux.
• Demonstrated experience with relational databases, RESTful API development and communication, and system integrations.
• Demonstrated experience in preparing, conducting, and documenting various systems tests and results to verify system operability and compliance.
• Practical experience developing in a cloud environment.
• Experience with integrating data from unclassified to classified application deployments.

Desired Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience with CI/CD software development.
• Experience using Agile Test-Driven development.
• Experience integrating into DoW DevSecOps environments.
• 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.

Details: Job Title: Mid-Level Back End Developer Location: Fort Meade, MD Clearance Requirement: Active TS/SCI Salary Range: $100,000.00 - $130,000.00