Software Developer​/Architect; Java

Software Developer/Architect (Java)

Company: Soft Tech Consulting

Location: Washington, DC (Onsite – Suitland, MD)

Salary Range: $130K - $145K (High end considered for those who exceed qualifications)

Benefits: MEDICAL, DENTAL, VISION, 401K, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, PTO, and Paid Holidays.

Eligibility:

• Must be able to obtain public trust.
• Must be US citizen or permanent resident/green card.
• Permanent resident/green card holders must have been in the U.S. for a minimum of 3 consecutive years.

Job Overview

Soft Tech Consulting is seeking a highly motivated, self‑directed individual to fill the role of a Software Developer/Architect (Java). The selected individual will join a collaborative team environment, providing support and expertise necessary toward the successful delivery of project deliverables. Effective communication with all levels of staff for reporting project status is key to success.

Responsibilities

• Ensures compatibility between equipment and software, analyzes operational/systems requirements, supports design reviews, and presents technical briefings.
• Evaluates, assesses, documents, and tests data security and continuity of operations for systems and programs.
• Serves as solutions provider to senior management and professional staff concerning areas of technological development and advancement.
• Formulates recommendations on hardware/software interfacing, large‑scale systems, expert systems, and technical problems.
• Performs business and system object modeling simulation and analysis.
• Advises and recommends system characteristics that affect software systems such as storage capacity, processing speed, and I/O requirements.
• Coordinates activities of developers and engineers.
• Provides enterprise systems architecture expertise in developing systems supporting common purposes, processes, architectures, and standards.
• Develops strategy for enterprise-wide methodology or tool implementation, or planning and implementing enterprise technology changes in all layers of the architecture including front‑end, middle tier, and backend technologies and tools.

Qualifications

• Education:
  
  Relevant degree. Engineering positions require a degree in engineering or computer science.
• At least six years of experience in the design and development of applications.
• At least six years of experience developing analysis & design and software architecture documents.
• At least six years of coding experience with Java / Java Spring.
• At least three years of experience working on modernizing applications to microservices and migrating applications into AWS.
• At least five years of experience with current network, development, and database architectures and technologies.
• At least five years of experience developing systems architectures, as required.
• At least five years of experience developing enterprise projects utilizing iterative system development methodologies, as required.
• Knowledge of advanced testing tools and at least one year of experience with automated test‑driven development in an agile environment.
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools and technologies.
• At least one year of experience with user story development or analysis in an agile development environment, as required.
• At least three years of experience as a technical leader of software engineering or computer professionals, as required.
• At a minimum, Dev Sec Ops  tooling and processes knowledge is required.

About Us

Soft Tech Consulting, Inc. is a woman and minority‑owned business headquartered in Chantilly, VA. With contracts in both the public and private sectors in the DC metro area and across the country, Soft Tech is an organization made up of highly successful and talented Information Technology professionals offering enterprise‑class solutions for any size organization at great value. Soft Tech’s mission is to help government organizations design, implement, and maintain mission‑critical Information Technology solutions.

By focusing jointly on our employees and our customers, we achieve our mission by providing each and every one of our customers with continuous quality customer support.

Soft Tech Consulting, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.