Bering Straits Professional Services (BSPS), a company within the BSNC family, is currently seeking a qualified Java/AWS GIS Application Programmer for a contract in Silver Spring, MD. This contract 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 rolling three days of real-time data without a database structure, and the potential of becoming a hot or warm site. Note: These positions are hybrid and require the contractor to be on site in Silver Spring, MD on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week.