Associate Application Programmer / Java Developer

Responsibilities

• Participate in agile methodologies and contribute within a continuous integration environment.
• Conduct software analysis, programming, testing, and debugging activities.
• Analyze user requirements to define business objectives and technical solutions.
• Contribute to all stages of the software development lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain applications using Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful services.
• Implement and remediate SonarQube findings and develop unit tests to ensure code quality.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and user support materials.
• Identify and resolve technical issues across application environments.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes using tools such as Jenkins/CloudBees and Git.
• Periodically assist with Help Desk support to troubleshoot and resolve end-user issues.

Requirements

• US citizenship is required with the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 1 year of experience in application development and/or Java development.
• Strong proficiency in Java (Java 8+), Spring Boot, and RESTful web services.
• Experience with MVC architecture and JDBC.
• Proficiency with front-end technologies including React (18+), Angular, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and JSON.
• Experience with Node.js (22+), Struts 2, Maven, and JQuery.
• Familiarity with messaging and streaming technologies such as MQ or Kafka.
• Experience with Oracle 19c, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and SQL optimization.
• Experience working in Windows and Linux environments.
• Knowledge of AWS services including EC2, CloudWatch, load balancers, and serverless architectures.
• Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform and RedHat Ansible Automation Platform.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins/CloudBees and version control systems such as Git.
• Knowledge of monitoring tools such as AppDynamics and DataDog.
• Knowledge of application frameworks, microservices architecture, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and cross-platform interoperability.
• Strong communication, teamwork, and organizational skills.