Full Stack Java Developer

$89,500 - $188,000/Yr

CACI International - Ashburn, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Ashburn, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

CACI is currently looking for a Full Stack Developer with agile methodology experience to join our BEAGLE (Border Enforcement Applications for Government Leading-Edge Information Technology) Agile Solution Factory (ASF) Team supporting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) client located in Northern Virginia! Join this passionate team of industry-leading individuals supporting the best practices in Agile Software Development for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As a member of the BEAGLE ASF Team, you will support the men and women charged with safeguarding the American people and enhancing the Nation's safety, security, and prosperity. CBP agents and officers are on the front lines, every day, protecting our national security by combining customs, immigration, border security, and agricultural protection into one coordinated and supportive activity. ASF programs thrive in a culture of innovation and are constantly seeking individuals who can bring creative ideas to solve complex problems, both technical and procedural at the team and portfolio levels. The ability to be adaptable and to work constructively with a technically diverse and geographically separated team is crucial. You should have worked with or have a strong interest in agile software development practices and delivering deployable software in short sprints.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an Agile Scrum team member providing software development and maintenance for the delivery of releasable software in short sprints.
• Responsible for activities associated with delivery of software solutions associated with customer-defined systems and software projects by working in close collaboration with software developers/engineers, stakeholders, and end users within Agile processes.
• Designing, developing, and implementing custom software and database application capabilities for a variety of legacy and modernized systems with limited oversight.
• Acting as a member of a product team supporting teammates and collaborating with a do what it takes attitude to ensure product and team success.
• Providing improvements to the product(s) being supported.
• Actively participate in release and sprint planning, artifact creation, sprint testing, regression testing, demonstrations and retrospectives and solution releases.
• Supporting release planning with conceptual design and development/refinement of software engineering guidelines.
• Analyzing complex project-related problems and creating innovative solutions involving scheduling, technology, methodology, tools and solution components.
• Ensuring product quality and timeliness of work, providing advice and guidance, resolving problems to meet objectives, and providing periodic performance reports.
• Providing mentoring to junior members of the team.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to pass CBP background investigation, criteria include but are not limited to: 3 year check for felony convictions, 1 year check for illegal drug use, 1 year check for misconduct such as theft or fraud.
• College degree (B.S.) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Management Systems or a related discipline. Equivalent professional experience will be considered in lieu of degree.
• Professional Experience: at least 5-7 years related technical experience, with software design, development and implementation in a Windows Environment.
• Demonstrable professional experience with our tech stack: PostgreSQL, Java Spring Boot, React, Typescript, microservices architecture, AWS.
• Expert experience in the following programming languages/libraries: Java, Spring Boot, React, Typescript, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML.
• Creating reusable libraries, develop interactive and responsive interfaces, implement complex solutions, encouraging quality code through conducting reviews/leading tests.
• Implement new features by transforming mockups into fully functional user interfaces integrated with API enabled microservice built on Spring Boot based backend.
• Bridge the gap between user interface design and technical implementation.
• Passion for user experience and user-centric development.
• Continuously research new and best coding practices.
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Strong communication skills that include leading design-related conversations, ability to build and nurture good relationships and foster an environment for collaboration.
• Object oriented design and development (OODD) expertise, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
• Experience with source code control systems and concurrent development workflows (Git preferred).
• Experience with SQL or PL/SQL Oracle, MySQL, or PostgreSQL Server databases a plus.
• Understanding of all elements of the software development life cycle, including planning, development, requirements management, CM, quality assurance, and release management.

Nice-to-haves

• Technical Certifications, such as AWS Certified Developer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, OCP Java, etc.
• Understanding of system architecture concepts and experience with system design (defining service building blocks, data flow, building systems with scalability, reliability, and maintainability in mind).
• Familiarity with any of the following highly desirable: ETL tools, messaging tech such as Kafka, application security, automated testing, UML, state-management.
• DevOps experience/CI/CD pipeline.
• Familiarity with the Team Awareness Kit (TAK) suite of applications and the TAK product center (TAK.gov)

Benefits

• Flexible work environment that allows employees to balance quality work and personal lives.
• Competitive benefits and learning and development opportunities.
• Mission-oriented culture aligned with the nation's highest priorities.
• Comprehensive benefits such as healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.