Front-End Developer - TS/SCI with Polygraph

General Dynamics Information Technology • Springfield, VA

1d • $159,120 - $215,280 • Onsite

About The Position

GDIT is seeking an experienced Front-End Developer to join their team in building scalable, maintainable, and high-performance UI applications using a microservices architecture. The role involves designing, implementing, and managing application frontend frameworks and technologies, with a focus on building modular, loosely coupled components that integrate with backend microservices. The developer will collaborate with the team to build reusable UI components, optimize UI performance, and ensure accessibility. This position supports Government activities in Springfield, VA.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.
• 8+ years of related experience.
• Demonstrated experience working with Amazon Web Services environments, including S3, to design, develop, deploy, maintain, and monitor web applications within AWS infrastructures.
• Demonstrated experience programming in Java and/or JavaScript.
• Demonstrated experience with J2EE and enterprise web application design and development.
• Demonstrated experience working with RDS databases.
• Demonstrated experience designing and writing RESTful applications.
• Demonstrated experience creating and deploying applications to an Apache Tomcat web server.
• Demonstrated experience with change management processes using GitHub and/or Jira to track changes in a complex environment.
• Demonstrated experience working in an agile environment.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with staff, IT customers, and other technical and non-technical staff and contractors at all levels.
• TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated experience developing non-traditional or innovative means of applying technical solutions to difficult analytic problems.
• Demonstrated experience working and applying creativity in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated experience with coordination and facilitation of meetings and technical discussions of requirements; tracking project status, plans, action items, and drafting meeting minutes.
• Demonstrated experience with AWS Data Pipeline.
• Demonstrated experience programming web applications in React, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript using jQuery.
• Demonstrated experience developing REST APIs and interfacing with REST APIs using AJAX.

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, and managing application frontend framework and technologies.
• Building modular, loosely coupled components that integrate with backend microservices.
• Building reusable UI components.
• Optimizing UI performance.
• Ensuring accessibility.
• Debugging existing software and correcting defects.
• Making recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards.
• Developing software solutions by analyzing system performance standards, conferring with users or system engineers, analyzing systems flow, data usage and work processes, and investigating problem areas.
• Translating product requirements into system solutions that take into account technical, schedule, cost, security, and policy constraints.
• Leading agile projects.
• Collaborating with staff, IT customers, and other technical and non-technical staff and contractors at all levels.

Benefits

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you build your skills and own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Paid vacation
• 10 company-paid holidays
• Variety of medical plan options
• Dental plan options
• Vision plan
• 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.
• Full flex work weeks where possible
• Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Personal accident insurance
• Critical illness insurance
• Business travel and accident insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior