Req ID: RQ205024
Type of Requisition: Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Public Trust/Other Required: MBI (T2)
Job Family: Software Development
Skills:
Software Development,Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC),Software Systems
Experience:
8 + years of related experience
Job Description:
Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Senior Software Developer supporting the United States Postal Service. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.
At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Senior Software Developer , you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Senior Software Developer joining our team to analyze design, develop, implement, and support code, working under limited supervision.
HOW A SOFTWARE DEVELOPER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:
Participate in the project planning process that determines programming and hardware needs. Assist in preparing programming specifications and in developing coding logic. Prepare charts, diagrams, and other documentation as needed.
Design, code, test, and debug computer programs, independently or as part of a team, using computer languages identified and available in the Infrastructure Tool Kit (ITK).
Oversee the consistent utilization of USPS development standards, procedures and processes. Ensure systems compatibility. Follow data security procedures and identify potential data security risks.
Maintain contact, as designated, with the team leader, customers, contractors, and equipment vendors to monitor progress and coordinate varied project stages.
Maintain computer programs and systems. Revise and update computer programs, procedures, and systems; including rewrites to the systems documentation and instructions as necessary.
Perform other job-related tasks as assigned or required to support the duties outlined above.
Translates business and technical requirements into application architecture definition and designing alternatives/solutions to meet business requirements.
Reviews, analyzes, and identifies computer systems functional and system requirements.
Participates with teams that outline the process and scope out improvements that can be realized through the application solution.
Evaluates and performs design tradeoffs regarding the architecture and software components.
Maintains highly complex technical applications and systems.
Revises and updates applications, procedures, and systems, including rewrites to documentation and operating instructions as necessary.
Provides mentoring to associate analyst/programmers.
Must provide support during software deployments and server Patching during maintenance windows.
Provide production support when required, including during off hours.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
Education :
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical discipline; OR in lieu of degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required.
Required Experience :
8+ years' experience in software development
Required Skills & Abilities :
DevSecOps, Secure Coding practices, and the Solutions Development Framework (Docker, Jenkins, GitLab)
Designing and developing event/message-based application services using a message queue (e.g.Apache Kafka)
Using automated unit testing and user interface testing tools, ideally in a test-driven-development approach.
Use of source code management tools, ideally in a continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD pipeline) SecDevOps environment
API centric, microservices, serverless applications, or similar cloud-friendly application designs.
Cloud Development with Dataflow, PubSub, or Redis
Microservices design
Kubernetes
Security
Performance tuning
High Observability Principle
Multi-threading
Java
Working knowledge (2+ years' experience) of one or more of the following:
Knowledge/experience with Agile Methodologies
Knowledge/experience of SDLC practices
Change Management and Configuration Management (VersionOne, ServiceNow, etc)
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
Security Clearance Level :
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting.
This position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows: U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions). Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years.
Location :
100% remote in the U.S.
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
401K with company match
Comprehensive health and wellness packages
Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.
Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.
Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays.
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The likely salary range for this position is $43,888 - $0. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.
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