Jr. Software Developer

VTG•Chantilly, VA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

VTG is seeking a Software Engineer for a 200+ FTE technical development program supporting the Sponsor’s Entitlement Programs as well as IdAM /ICAM, Authentication, Authorization, Attributes and Digital Policy Management. The Software Engineer will work with a large team of developers, software engineers and data engineers. The successful candidate will support continuity of our customer’s mission by helping to modernize and implement industry standards while ensuring secure, reliable, and uninterrupted availability of IT systems.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required.
Bachelor of Science (BS) degree and 3-5 years of demonstrable experience.
Experience creating applications with Java, Springboot, and Amazon Web Services for backend components, focusing on low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems.
Experience working closely with product owners, business analysts, and other teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
Experience analyzing and decomposing complex software systems and creating designs for scalability, testability, and performance.
Experience writing custom scripts to install and configure code in EC2 instances.
Experience using Git.
Experience using CloudFormation scripts.
Experience creating RESTful API.
Experience using XML, JSON and YAML.
Experience creating applications/services using Java, JavaScript, and bash scripting.
Working with the team's security engineer to address, mitigate security findings stemming from system security scans.
Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL and MySQL and use of SQL or PLSQL.
Hands-on experience with Linux (CLI).
Hands on experience with scripting and Java.
Strong, hands-on experience with Linux (CLI).
Experience with scripting and programming languages like BASH and Python.

Nice To Haves

Strong working knowledge of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and understand key concepts like digital certificates and Certificate Authorities (CAs).
Knowledge of Registration Authorities (RAs), key management practices, cryptographic algorithms, certificate revocation procedures, and trust models.
Ability to learn PKI concepts and related technologies.

Responsibilities

Design a robust system to issue, manage, and revoke digital certificates while ensuring the integrity and authenticity of users and entities within a network.
Create new features for legacy PKI systems as sponsor's mission continues to expand and evolve.
Build new systems as new mission needs arise.
Build new PKI systems on other networks.
Actively participate in planning deliverables and grooming the Jira backlog.
Continually fine tune performance and ensure clear communication.
Participate in a team rotation of O&M responsibilities.
Be on-call for after-hours support approximately one week every three months.
Translate business requirements into technical solutions.
Analyze and decompose complex software systems and create designs for scalability, testability, and performance.
Write custom scripts to install and configure code in EC2 instances.
Address and mitigate security findings stemming from system security scans.
Develop APIs to integrate systems and services.