Sr. Software Developer

Sr. Software Developer

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Description

Job Description:

As part of an Agile Team, you'll design, develop, and deliver Java-based software applications and products following agile processes tailored to maximize the speed of delivery of those solutions to government customers and into the commercial marketplace. You'll learn, master, and improve the Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) processes and tools we use to develop, test, integrate, and deploy our Cloud-based solutions into multiple hosting environments, such as AWS, Azure, and others. You'll learn new technologies and tools and apply what you've learned to overcome technological challenges with innovative solutions. You'll mentor other software engineers and share your knowledge with the team and the organization to make us all better at what we do. You'll perform spikes and develop prototypes to help test product concepts and achieve customer validation. You'll contribute to the team's objectives by participating in Kanban or sprint planning, daily scrums, product reviews, and retrospectives. You'll learn our agile tooling, contribute to backlog planning and estimates, decompose backlog into technical tasks, and keep your tickets updated daily. You'll always respect the opinions of others, accept constructive criticism, share your views with a passion for improving the entire team's performance, and collaborate openly and positively with your teammates.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, troubleshoot, and debug software source code using modern software development languages and tools, such as java.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, working within broadly defined parameters.
• Use Agile development tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket/Git to manage work and collaborate with your teams.
• Support creation and updating of all relevant documentation and specifications for design, development and testing.
• Identify potential roadblocks and develop around them.
• Plan and estimate development tasks and work to improve performance metrics.
• Develop maintainable code that implements user stories.
• Develop automated unit and integration tests leveraging a continuous integration process.
• Own delivery of small parts of a system or application
• Work closely with other engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development.
• Build software solutions where the solution is not always well defined but always considers the customer first.

Minimum Requirements:

• BS degree and 8+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with less than 2 years of prior relevant experience. Additional years of experience accepted in lieu of degree.
• Experience with Object Oriented Programing practices and patterns (Java is preferred, applicants will be tested).
• Experience with JavaScript and JS frameworks such as React.
• Familiarity with basic web technologies (HTML5, CSS3, XML, REST, JSON)
• Solid understanding of software development process fundamentals.
• Strong, self-motivated desire to learn new programming languages, tools, frameworks, and techniques.
• Ability to complete tasking independently with minimal direct supervision.
• Ability to work and collaborate effectively within a multi-disciplined engineering team.

Preferred Requirements

• Familiarity with CI/CD processes and tools (Jenkins)
• Familiarity with Cloud Technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Knowledge of a version control system (e.g., Git, bitbucket)
• Familiar with Atlassian tool suite like JIRA and Confluence to track activities
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Helm)
• Familiarity with Containerized applications and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Harbor, Nexus)
• Familiarity with Enterprise Service Bus Technologies (Kafka)
• Knowledge of Agile Development methodologies.
• Familiarity with multiple operating systems (Mac OSX, Windows, LINUX, etc.).
• Familiarity with at least one Relational Database Management System (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, etc.).
• Familiarity with NoSql databases (MongoDB, etc.).

About Varec

Varec, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, is considered the pioneer of inventory tank gauging instrumentation nearly 90 years ago. Today, Varec is a worldwide leader in fuels management systems for total asset visibility and control, supplying integrated hardware and software solutions to oil and gas, defense and aviation markets. The Varec FuelsManager® suite of product solutions has been a longtime standard of major oil companies and the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as aviation tank farm operators and service providers. With its headquarters and manufacturing facility outside of Atlanta, Georgia, Varec also has offices in Virginia, Australia and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.varec.com.

External referral eligible

External Referral Bonus:
Eligible

External Referral Bonus $:
$2000

Potential for Telework:
Yes, 25%

Clearance Level Required:
None

Travel:
No

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Shift:
Day

Requisition Category:
Professional

Job Family:
Software Development

Pay Range: