Junior Software Engineer with Security Clearance

Location: Hybrid- Must be able to be onsite, as needed, for program execution in Suitland, MD. Once per week is the anticipated onsite requirement. Years’ Experience: 3 Years experience. Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field. Clearance: Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance. United States Citizenship is required as part of the eligibility criteria to be able to obtain this type of security clearance. Key Skills: Development experience using the Java Spring Framework
Experience with Hibernate, Spring, or other similar frameworks preferred
Experience developing user interfaces using Angular, Javascript, HTML, and/or CSS
Experience in AWS cloud environments and AWS based application deployments
Ability and willingness to support software testing and validation activities during periods of increased testing or release demands. Responsibilities Contribute to full-stack development activities using Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, and relational database technologies as needed to support application features and enhancements.
Design and implement responsive, maintainable user interfaces using Angular, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and related front-end technologies.
Develop and integrate application components, RESTful web services, APIs, data persistence, and external interfaces to support end-to-end application functionality.
Design, develop, maintain, and troubleshoot software functionality while translating system and business requirements into technical solutions.
Immediate responsibilities will include enhancing and maintaining the existing system as well as design, development, and documentation of new features
Support the Oracle-to-PostgreSQL cloud migration, including application updates, database integration, data persistence, testing, troubleshooting, and migration-related development activities.
Design, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines and automated build, test, and deployment processes using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and related DevOps tools.
Participate in software testing activities, including additional testing and validation support during periods of increased testing demand or release activity.
Develop, execute, and maintain automated unit, integration, and functional tests and support automated test engineering using tools such as Playwright, Xray, and/or QMetry as needed.
Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve application, integration, build, deployment, and environment issues across development and deployment environments.
Support AWS-based, containerized application infrastructure and collaborate with system administrators and other technical team members to ensure secure and reliable application builds and deployments.
Support application analytics and reporting capabilities, including integration with IBM Cognos Analytics and related enterprise reporting environments.
Ensure software development activities adhere to established architecture, programming, user-interface, configuration-management, federal security, and SDLC standards.
Maintain code, scripts, and configuration files in source control in accordance with agency and industry standards.
Usage of Atlassian Tools for day-to-day tasks within the Scrum process.
Develop new software functionality, modify existing functionality, and maintain and optimize the existing codebase.
Will work directly with serving administrators to design and configure automated builds, tests, and deployments across environments using Jenkins and GitHub Actions. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in computer science or software engineering related field.
3+ years software development experience supporting enterprise applications.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance.
Experience developing, enhancing, troubleshooting and maintaining web-based enterprise applications through the full software development lifecycle (SDLC).
Must have development experience using the Java Spring Framework.
Experience with Hibernate, Spring, or other similar frameworks preferred.
Experience developing user interfaces using Angular, Javascript, HTML, and/or CSS.
Experience with RESTful web services and/or microservices.
Experience working with relational databases and SQL, including application/database integration.
Experience supporting Oracle-to-PostrgeSQL database migration preferred.
Experience in AWS cloud environments and AWS based application deployments.
Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines and automated build, test, and deployment processes.
Experience with GitHub Actions and/Jenkins.
Experience with Git based source control, including branching, merging, pull requests, and repository management.
Experience with containerization application environments and technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Experience with scripting langu