Software Developer Expert with Poly
Herndon, VA

Job Description

Job Description

The DPS Team is looking for an experienced JAVA developer. The developer should be a self-starter and able to work autonomously and collaborate with the balance of the team as needed. The DPS Team is developing mission critical web services for its clients as well as performing enhancements to existing web services, previously developed by the team. The DPS Team operates completely in the cloud. The developer should be able to interface with customers during planning sessions, technical exchanges, and other customer focused activities.

Responsibilities:

* Designs, develops, codes, tests, and debugs complex new software products, or makes significant enhancements to existing software.
* Researches and integrates design strategies, product specifications, development schedules, and user expectations into product capabilities.
* Resolves complex hardware/software compatibility and interface design considerations.
* Conducts investigations and tests of considerable complexity.
* Researches emerging technologies to determine impact on application execution.
* Provides input to staff involved in writing and updating technical documentation such as user manuals, system documentation, and training materials.
* Troubleshoots complex problems and provides customer support for software operating systems and application issues.
* Advises hardware engineers on machine characteristics that affect software systems, such as storage capacity, processing speed, and input/output requirements.
* Prepares reports on analyses, findings, and project progress.
* Provides guidance and work leadership to less-experienced software engineers.
* May serve as a technical team or task leader.
* Maintains current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned.
* Participates in special projects as required.

Required Skills:

* Demonstrated professional experience building RESTful Web Service APIs,
* Demonstrated professional experience designing & working with relational databases (eg. MySQL).
* Familiarity with continuous build, continuous deployment and other DevOps tools and methodologies

Desired Skills:

* Demonstrated professional experience creating HTML5 user interfaces utilizing frameworks such as Angular, JQuery & Bootstrap.
* Familiarity with source control tools.
* Demonstrated professional experience implementing queuing technologies such as Java Message Service (JMS)
* Familiarity with the customer's cloud infrastructure, hands on experience preferred
* Experience with Accessibility Standards and Tools to ensure the software is compliant with the customer's accessibility standards.
* Experience working in an Agile Development Environment particularly with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is preferred.

Education

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience

Qualifications

15+ years

For more than 50 years, General Dynamics Information Technology has served as a trusted provider of information technology, systems engineering, training and professional services to customers across federal, state, and local governments, and in the commercial sector. Over 40,000 GDIT professionals deliver enterprise solutions, manage mission-critical IT programs and provide mission support services worldwide. GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

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