Jr. Software Developer

Overview

VTG is seeking a Software Engineer for a 200+ FTE technical development program supporting the Sponsor’s Entitlement Programs as well as IdAM/ICAM, Authentication, Authorization, Attributes, and Digital Policy Management. The role works with a large team of developers, software engineers, and data engineers to modernize and implement industry standards while ensuring secure, reliable, and uninterrupted availability of IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Apply strong working knowledge of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), including digital certificates, Certificate Authorities (CAs), Registration Authorities (RAs), key management practices, cryptographic algorithms, certificate revocation procedures, and trust models.
• Design, develop, and maintain robust systems to issue, manage, and revoke digital certificates, ensuring integrity and authenticity of users and entities within a network.
• Contribute to new feature development for legacy PKI systems and build new PKI solutions as mission needs evolve.
• Participate in Scrum‑based agile cycles (3‑week sprints), including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and incremental delivery.
• Collaborate closely with product owners, business analysts, and cross‑functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Engage in a team rotation of operations & maintenance (O&M) responsibilities, providing on‑call support approximately one week every three months.
• Continuously fine‑tune performance, ensure clear communication, and uphold security standards in partnership with the team’s security engineer.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Bachelor of Science (BS) degree.
• 3–5 years of demonstrable experience developing backend applications using Java, Spring Boot, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) for low‑latency, high‑throughput distributed systems.
• Experience working with product owners, business analysts, and other stakeholders to convert business requirements into technical designs.
• Proven ability to analyze and decompose complex software systems and create designs focused on scalability, testability, and performance.

Technical Skills

• PKI concepts: digital certificates, CAs, RAs, key management, cryptographic algorithms, revocation procedures, trust models.
• Programming languages: Java, JavaScript, Bash, Python (additional languages may be used as new systems are built).
• Frameworks & tools: Spring Boot, Git, CloudFormation, Jira, Scrum/Agile methodologies.
• Cloud & infrastructure: AWS (EC2, related services), scripting for installation and configuration of code on EC2 instances.
• API development: RESTful APIs, experience with XML, JSON, YAML.
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL/PLSQL.
• Operating systems: Strong hands‑on experience with Linux command‑line interface (CLI).
• Security: Collaboration with security engineers to address and mitigate findings from system security scans.