Back End Developer

Veteran Firm Seeking a Mid-Level Back-End Developer for a Full-time Onsite Assignment in San Antonio, TX

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 San Antonio, TX.

The ideal candidate is a San Antonio, TX resident with an active TS/SCI clearance, 7 years of software development experience, and significant expertise in DevSecOps tool suites, RESTful APIs, and cloud 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 a leading government contractor on a mission-critical Department of Defense (DoD) cyber operations contract. The program focuses on advancing joint cyber operations command and control and supporting cyber operations across the full mission lifecycle using safe agile and modern DevSecOps methodologies.

Position Description: The Mid-Level Back-End Developer provides subject matter proficiency supporting back-end software development activities, including the design of architectures, development of RESTful APIs, and database management. This role is contingent upon contract award (expected ~May 15th) and requires working onsite five days a week.

Position Responsibilities:

• Provides subject matter proficiency supporting back-end software development activities.
• Applies analytical skills supporting process improvement, specialized studies, and requirements definition.
• Performs analysis, planning, and development of requirements documents and functional models.
• Designs and develops back-end architectures supporting system capabilities and integrations.
• Develops and modifies RESTful APIs supporting application functionality.
• Performs database management, data modeling, and optimization.
• Supports testing and validation to verify system operability and compliance.
• Participates in Agile program increment (PI) planning and activities requiring periodic travels.

Required Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI clearance (Mandatory).
• 7 years of software development experience in object-oriented and scripted languages with the ability to apply tool suites related to DevSecOps, microservices, and containers.
• 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.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (Master’s degree may substitute for 2 years of experience).
• Demonstrated experience with relational databases, RESTful API development, and system integrations.
• 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 for integration into machine learning or AI capabilities.

Details:

• Job Title: Mid-Level Back-End Developer
• Location: San Antonio, TX
• Clearance Requirement: Active TS/SCI
• Salary Range: $100,000 - $130,000