Scientific, Oceanographic, and GIS Application Junior Java Developer

Job Title

Scientific, Oceanographic, and GIS Application Junior Java Developer

Location

Silver Spring, MD 20910 US (Primary)

Category

Information Technology

Job Type

Full Time

Career Level

Professional

Education

Refer to Job Requirements: Qualifications

Travel

Occasional

Salary Range

Security Clearance Required

None

Salary Grade

Job Description

Business Operational Concepts (BOC) is a recognized leader in providing Technical and Program Management Services, Information Technology, and Support.

BOC has enabled their Government and Commercial clients to achieve their organizational initiatives through the application of high quality, innovative, and cost-effective professional services and solutions. We provide a positive working environment, with opportunities for advancement in our growing Federal sector workforce.

We offer an excellent compensation package which includes a generous salary, insurance (medical, dental, etc.), paid leave, 401k plan and more. We are committed to the diversity we bring to the marketplace and believe customer satisfaction comes first.

JOB SUMMARY:

Business Operational Concepts (BOC) is currently seeking a full stack Scientific, Oceanographic, and GIS Application Programming to work with our federal client in Silver Spring, MD. The ideal candidate will work for an agency that operates approximately 285 desktop/laptops, a mix of 90 physical and virtual Linux servers (i.e., development, testing, and production environments), 25 physical and virtual Windows servers, storage devices, and a mix of network devices. The agency operates a Linux server farm located in the cloud in AWS and hosts more than 60 scientific, oceanographic, and geospatial applications, which provide real-time scientific, oceanographic, and geospatial information to warn of pending storms and storm surge and support marine navigation. In addition, a real-time Continuity of Operations (COOP) infrastructure is located in the cloud via AWS, with the capacity for pr works for an agency that operates approximately 285 desktop/laptops, a mix of 90 physical and virtual Linux servers (i.e., development, testing, and production environments), 25 physical and virtual Windows servers, storage devices, and a mix of network devices. The agency operates a Linux server farm located in the cloud in AWS and hosts more than 60 scientific, oceanographic, and geospatial applications, which provide real-time scientific, oceanographic, and geospatial information to warn of pending storms and storm surge and support marine navigation. In addition, a real-time Continuity of Operations (COOP) infrastructure is located in the cloud via AWS, with the capacity for providing a rolling three days of real-time data without a database structure, and the potential of becoming a hot or warm site.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The ideal candidate will provide scientific, oceanographic, engineering and Geospatial Information System (GIS) application programming, system design, and system maintenance support services to ensure the efficient operation of computing resources.

• Develop new, enhance and maintain existing CO-OPS software applications, and adhere to the CO-OPS's change management and governance procedures.
• Create new and maintain existing software applications in various programming languages, including Python, Java, Javascript, Fortran, C/C++, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), CSS, shell scripting and related technologies, including charting tools such as Highcharts,GNU plot, Mapping API tools (Google Maps, Esri, Leaflet), Content Management System (i.e Wordpress), ArcGIS, SQL, Single-Sign-on (i.e. ActivClient), and AWS technologies such as Elastic Beanstalk, S3, command line interfaces, etc.
• Collaborate with CO-OPS users to derive application requirements.
• Ability to port legacy systems to new operating systems, recommend improvements in application design to improve application performance and security, and provide accurate and reliable oceanographic data ingestion and dissemination services to ensure high data quality.
• Provide troubleshooting and operational support to ensure data availability and accuracy.
• Address bug fixes for related applications and optimize applications in the cloud.
• Support the software life cycle elements, including, but are not limited to

• requirement analysis
• design
• testing
• implementation
• documentation
• maintenance
• training
• Maintain consistency across the development, testing, and production environments, including the configuration libraries required for the specific scientific and GIS programming languages and technologies.

Job Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required (Minimum) Qualifications - Education, Certification, Experience, and Skills

• Must have a minimum of 5 years of demonstrated IT development experience
• Develop, enhance and maintain existing CO-OPS software applications, and adhere to the CO-OPS's change management and governance procedures.
• Experience working with users to derive application requirements.
• AWS Cloud experience
• MS Office suite experience
• Excelled oral and written communication skills
• Ability to interact with senior level management both at the customer and corporate levels.

Preferred Qualifications - Education, Certification, Experience, Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• N/A

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact the Human Resources Department via email at HR@boc.us.com or by phone at 301-359-1721.

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