Jr Software Developer

About the role

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Terminal Flight Data Manager (TFDM) is a NextGen program designed to improve air traffic operations in the National Airspace System (NAS) by providing efficient aircraft traffic planning. This role involves developing and implementing next-generation applications using modern technologies and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, develop, and implement next-generation applications using software engineering best practices in the latest technologies: Infrastructure-as-Code and Configuration-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible), Content Management System (Drupal, WordPress), DevOps and CI/CD tooling (Bamboo, Docker, SonarQube, Ansible).
• Provide software expertise in areas such as application integration, RESTful services, Drupal administration, security, workflow automation, module integration, user experience (UX), and accessibility compliance (Section 508/WCAG/USDS standards).
• Investigate and repair application defects regardless of component: automation, front-end, business logic, middleware, or database (PL/SQL and Data Modeling).
• Brief management, customer, team, or vendors using written or oral skills at appropriate technical levels for audience.
• All other duties as assigned or directed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, mathematics, engineering, or related technical discipline. Master’s or Doctorate degree may substitute for required experience.
• 3+ years of combined experience with modern software development (PHP, Python, Java).
• 1+ years of combined experience with web development and building responsive UIs with modern front-end technologies.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Skills

• Solid understanding of modern PHP frameworks (Drupal, Laravel, Symfony).
• Experience developing modern PHP applications using object-oriented programming principles and contemporary PHP language features including typed properties and union types.
• Proven experience designing, developing, and maintaining software applications used to create, validate, transform, and manage structured data formats including JSON, CSV, XML, XSD, and XSLT.
• Demonstrated knowledge of XML schema design (XSD), XSLT transformations, and structured data validation techniques.
• Strong experience in automating tasks with scripting languages like Bash, Shell, or Python.
• Experience in use of the UNIX and Linux operating systems.
• Experience using DevOps and CI/CD tools including Git/Bitbucket, Bamboo/Jenkins, SonarQube, and automated build/deployment pipelines.