Full Stack Developer (Junior to Mid-Level)

Overview

Talon Defense is seeking a few creative software developers to join one of our cornerstone business solutions teams supporting a classified customer. On this program, we are undertaking an aggressive talent and DevOps transformation that builds on the success of our web-based services. Our teams embrace Agile values and use an Agile-driven software development cycle with continuous integration to develop software applications. We are looking for developers with a genuine passion to learn, create quality solutions, and solve tough challenges. You will deliver functional requirements and technical solutions by coordinating with product owners, product teams, and IT cross-functional groups, and you will be responsible for designing, developing, testing (automation), deploying, and self-documenting working software. The successful candidate will bring strong critical thinking skills and sound judgment to prioritize multiple efforts and make a long-lasting impact for our customer. There are multiple positions open on this new project; this posting is for the junior to mid-level developer, and senior and architect-level positions are open as well.

Key Responsibilities

• Work on everything from backend to user interfaces and content management, to messaging and web services
• Design, code, test, and deploy systems
• Solve complex and challenging business problems with cutting-edge technologies
• Challenge beliefs, assumptions, processes, and products with an eye toward the industry
• Own what you build: provide support to identify, resolve, and communicate impacts to the business
• Explore new technologies and find the best tools; Java is the predominant language, alongside .NET, React, Node.js, Groovy, JavaScript, and AngularJS
• Coordinate with product owners, product teams, and IT cross-functional groups to deliver functional requirements and technical solutions
• Design, develop, test (automation), deploy, and self-document working software
• Prioritize multiple efforts and make a long-lasting impact for the customer

Required Qualifications

• Active Intel clearance with a favorable polygraph (candidates will not be considered without it)
• 5+ years of experience with Java and JavaScript
• 5+ years of experience with several frameworks, including some of the following: Spring, Struts, Grails, Hibernate, JPA
• Experience with build tools, including Maven and Gradle
• Practical understanding of object-oriented, multi-threaded, and asynchronous programming
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills
• Experience with Agile methodologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with automated testing and scripting
• Experience with CSS (2 or 3) and HTML5
• Experience with Apache Tomcat, Jetty, and OpenSSL
• Experience as a Scrum Master
• AWS experience, including AWS cloud development
• Working knowledge of GitHub, including pull requests, feature branching, and code versioning
• Working knowledge of Jenkins for build, test, and delivery automation
• DevOps support experience
• Experience with React
• Experience with Java 11+ and the Spring Boot framework 2.5+
• Experience with JPA/Hibernate
• Knowledge of X.509 security