Full-Stack Engineer (Java / Spring Boot)

Agile Defense is dedicated to bringing adaptive innovation to support the nation's critical missions through advanced technologies. They are seeking a Full-Stack Engineer skilled in Java and Spring Boot to perform automation and engineering tasks, develop cloud-based solutions, and collaborate with agile teams to enhance system performance and security.

Responsibilities:

• Full-Stack Engineers should be able to perform automation and engineering tasks, data, infrastructure/operations, and security engineer tasks in cloud environments
• Produce quality and maintainable code
• Write clean, concise, and maintainable code
• Work with other agile teams to effectively design, build, and deliver cloud-based solutions
• Create and sustain micro-service applications using Java and Spring Boot
• Analyze system logs to perform root-cause analysis of performance or infrastructure issues
• Help define and enforce development best practices
• Automate pain points in the software development process (local development and CI/CD pipeline)
• Contribute to the development of user stories, acceptance criteria and participate in story estimation
• Participate in writing automated tests to verify the intent of stories
• Support other developers through code reviews and pairing when they have questions or hit blockers
• Work with other teams to coordinate integration testing across multiple teams
• Support and improve the overall system
• Work closely with business analysts and subject matter experts to understand requirements and translate to software solutions
• Participate in design meetings with the projects and technical specialists
• Work with other teams to coordinate integration testing across multiple (more than 3) teams
• Actively participate in merge requests
• Plan and carry out deployments
• Investigate data quality issues raised by users of the system
• Investigate errors in applications and perform root cause analysis
• Develop with Javascript frameworks such as REACT and Angular
• Research data sources for ways to expand the usefulness of the system
• Provide application programming interfaces (APIs) and services
• Support the security posture of the system
• Contribute to hardening OS images, applications, and containers
• Perform security scans and produce reports of the outcomes
• Collaborate with and as a team and attend Daily Stand Ups (DSUs), backlog grooming, sprint demos, and other agile ceremonies
• Facilitate communication and integration across AI/ML, Engineering and DevSecOps teams

Requirements:

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in the Information Technology field focusing on Java and Spring Boot development environments
• Experience with full stack engineering (defined as proficient in database development/integration as well as server and client application development/integration), including three (3) years of experience deploying production enterprise applications in AWS
• Three (3) years of specific software engineering experience related to front-end and back-end applications and/or data services
• Experience working in AWS, software containerization and Agile development processes
• Experience developing and maintaining micro-services
• Experience developing RESTful API-based applications
• Experience with Test-Driven Development
• Experience in large-scale, high-performance enterprise big data application deployment and solution architecture on complex heterogeneous environments in AWS
• Strong communication, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Produce quality and maintainable code
• Write clean, concise, and maintainable code
• Work with other agile teams to effectively design, build, and deliver cloud-based solutions
• Create and sustain micro-service applications using Java and Spring Boot
• Analyze system logs to perform root-cause analysis of performance or infrastructure issues
• Help define and enforce development best practices
• Automate pain points in the software development process (local development and CI/CD pipeline)
• Contribute to the development of user stories, acceptance criteria and participate in story estimation
• Participate in writing automated tests to verify the intent of stories
• Support other developers through code reviews and pairing when they have questions or hit blockers
• Work with other teams to coordinate integration testing across multiple teams
• Support and improve the overall system
• Work closely with business analysts and subject matter experts to understand requirements and translate to software solutions
• Participate in design meetings with the projects and technical specialists
• Actively participate in merge requests
• Plan and carry out deployments
• Investigate data quality issues raised by users of the system
• Investigate errors in applications and perform root cause analysis
• Develop with Javascript frameworks such as REACT and Angular
• Research data sources for ways to expand the usefulness of the system
• Provide application programming interfaces (APIs) and services
• Support the security posture of the system
• Contribute to hardening OS images, applications, and containers
• Perform security scans and produce reports of the outcomes
• Collaborate with and as a team and attend Daily Stand Ups (DSUs), backlog grooming, sprint demos, and other agile ceremonies
• Facilitate communication and integration across AI/ML, Engineering and DevSecOps teams
• Proven experience with the following technologies: Languages: Java 8+, JavaScript, and J2EE, Frameworks: Spring Framework (preferably Spring Boot), Node.js, Web Frameworks: Angular, React, Database: Experience with a relational database, Infrastructure: Jenkins, Terraform, Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Development Tools: Git, Gradle, Maven, Development Methodologies: Test Driven Development, Agile Software Delivery, Scrum, Continuous Integration/ Continuous Deployment