Java Developer
Bethesda, MD

Job Description

Job Description:

The Government Health and Safety Solutions Operation has Java Software Developer job available in Bethesda, MD. This opening supports federal National Institutes of Health, NHLBI.

Research, design, develop and maintain enterprise system for our Leidos clients using the JEE, Spring MVC, Struts 1.3+, Spring JDBC, Hibernate, Bootstrap, SOAP/RESTful, XML, PL/SQL, SonarQube, Git (Stash) and JIRA in an Agile software development environment. This involves the use of user stories, acceptance criteria and other software engineering artifacts as part of an Agile team. He/she will create and update all relevant documentation and specifications for design, development, and testing. He/She will present concepts using UML and be willing to challenge other team member's designs as well as receive and incorporate feedback. The candidate will also assist in troubleshooting and fixing issues from the production environment. The candidate will collaborate with customers, analysts, architects, DBAs, operations, and testers using Agile Scrum.

The candidate will be responsible for creating maintainable, adaptable, scalable, defect free code using software development best practices and coding standards (i.e. software reuse, refactoring, continuous integration, test automation, secure development, TDD, static code analysis, peer/code review). He/she will support the software configuration management process and understand software components and their interface requirements, work with CM to create release packages. He/she will be the technical point of contact, collaborate with internal and external teams for sprint development and release deployment.

* Design, develop, and maintain key components of software applications using JEE, Spring MVC, Spring JDBC, Bootstrap, SOAP/RESTful, XML, SQL, Git and JIRA in an Agile software development environment.
* Support the development of a technical roadmap.
* Create and update all relevant documentation and specifications for design, development, and testing.
* Present concepts using UML and be willing to challenge other team member's designs as well as receive and incorporate feedback.
* Communicate and collaborate extensively with customers, analysts, architects, DBAs, operations, and testers using Agile Scrum.
* Provide status and other day-to-day communications to the Technical Lead, Scrum Master, and Project Manager
* Provide help desk triage/ production support

This position requires someone who is proactive and passionate about ensuring the quality of software deliverables and continuous improvement, as well as, and can communicate with the development teams what is required to achieve this effectively on tasks.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

Bachelor's Degree preferably in Computer Science or IT related discipline and 3 years of related experience is required.

* Experience with Object oriented design and development, data structures and design patterns
* Experienced with Agile framework and ability to apply best practices using industry standards throughout all software developed
* Experienced with Java 7+, Spring MVC/ Struts, JDBC, Hibernate, Eclipse, Web Services (XML, SOAP/RESTful, Apache CXF) and Git
* Experience with front-end technologies such as Bootstrap, JQuery, Ajax, Tiles, HTML5, CSS3
* Experience with RDMS and database design and troubleshooting (Oracle, PL/SQL)
* Experience with Automated unit test (i.e. jUnits, jsTestDriver, mocks) and test driven development
* Knowledge of web application security vulnerabilities and how to address them
* Experience with build servers such as Cruise Control, working knowledge of ANT Scripting. Familiarity with continuous integration principles.
* Able to multi-task and work in a dynamic, fast-pace environment.
* Good verbal and written communication skills.

HHSNIH

Leidos is a Fortune 500® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company's 32,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $10.19 billion for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2018. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here .

Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information, please report the email to spam.leidos@leidos.com .

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.