Job Title: Intermediate Software Developer

Location: REMOTE

Salary/Payrate: $70K-$138K annually W2

Work Environment: Remote

Term: Long-term Contract (12+ months) with possible opportunity of conversion to FTE after 6-months

Bachelor’s degree required: No

Referral Fee: AMS will pay $500 should the person you refer gets hired

Job Description:

Our federal client is looking to hire an Intermediate Software Developer for a 100% REMOTE role. Please send your resume in WORD format should you be interested in exploring this role. The position is on a contract to hire basis and will pay an annual salary of $70K to $138K (dependent on experience) on a W2 basis with full benefits and PTO.

***Due to the required clearance with our government client, only US Citizens, Green Card and Green Card EAD holders may be considered. Clearance requires that the candidates have resided in the US for the past five years. The selected candidate cannot have left the country for longer than 90 consecutive days and no more than 180 cumulative days***

Our federal client is seeking an Intermediate Software Developer to support their software development. This role will work with the development team to support business requirements, application fixes, and SDF remediation.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing and unit testing to meet business requirements and application functionality. This role requires a strong understanding of software development practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in the project planning process that determines programming and hardware needs. Assist or lead in preparing programming specifications and in developing coding logic. Prepare charts, diagrams, and other documentation as needed.
• Design, code, test, and debug computer programs, independently or as part of a team, using computer languages identified and available in the Infrastructure Tool Kit (ITK).
• Oversee the consistent utilization of client’s development standards, procedures, and processes. Ensure systems compatibility. Follow data security procedures and identify potential data security risks.
• Maintain contact, as designated, with the team leader, customers, contractors, and equipment vendors to monitor progress and coordinate varied project stages.
• Maintain computer programs and systems. Revise and update computer programs, procedures, and systems; including rewrites to the systems documentation and instructions, as necessary.
• Performs other job-related tasks as assigned or required to support the duties outlined above.

Knowledge with the following qualifications:

• DevSecOps, Secure Coding practices, and the Solutions Development Framework (Docker, Jenkins, GitLab)
• Designing and developing event/message-based application services using a message queue (e.g., Apache, Kafka)
• Using automated unit testing and user interface testing tools, ideally in a test-driven-development approach
• Use of source code management tools, ideally in a continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD pipeline) SecDevOps environment
• API centric, microservices, serverless applications, or similar cloud-friendly application designs
• Cloud Development with Dataflow, PubSub, or Redis
• Microservices design
• Kubernetes
• Security
• Performance tuning
• High Observability Principle
• Multi-threading
• Java, SQL, Python, React, JavaScript

Working Knowledge (2+ years experience) of one or more of the following qualifications:

• Knowledge/experience with Agile Methodologies
• Knowledge/experience of SDLC practices
• Change Management and Configuration Management (VersionOne, ServiceNow, etc.)
• Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)

Required Experience Level:

• Minimum of 5-7 years’ experience, in technology or software development preferred

Educational Requirements:

• A degree from an accredited College/University in the applicable field of services is preferred.