Backend Developer Junior

Description

Position Summary

We are currently seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Backend Developer to join our team to begin an exciting and challenging career.
Job Responsibilities

• Working closely with the tech lead and senior/mid-level developers, the Backend Developer will participate in the system architecture design, systems engineering, development, integration testing and validation, and all aspects of the software life-cycle for a java back end application involving extensive messaging and transaction processing

• Responsible for developing and testing Java code as dictated by project requirement

• The candidate will be expected to learn and adhere to the continuous integration, automated unit testing and other AGILE practices established within the team using the tools that are currently used by the team

• The candidate is expected to diagnose and fix issues in existing application components as part of maintenance

Required Skills and Experience

• BS Degree in a related technical field (Computer Science, Engineering, etc)

• 2 or more years of Java/JEE design and software development experience including designing, programming, and documenting large-scale software systems

• Experience with:

• Java, Java Frameworks (Spring, JMS)

• JPA\Hibernate

• Spring boot/AWS cloud

• Docker and Kubernetes

• Gitlab/JIRA/Jenkins for CI/CD

• Web services

• SQL

• XML

• Unix/ Linux

• JEE Server experience (Weblogic\Websphere\JBOSS\etc.)

• JMS

• Knowledge of software engineering practices (e.g., reading/generating software specs, design patterns, continuous integration)

• Experience with incorporate Unit testing as part of development activities

• Knowledge of design patterns (GoF, J2EE)

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

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 local to the Northern Virginia/DMV 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.