Mid SW Developer

CGI•Fairfax, VA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

CGI is seeking an enthusiastic, creative, Mid-level SW developer to join a high-performing Agile team in designing and building modern, services-based web applications for a large government agency. Our team is using a modern development stack and various additional open-source technologies. You will have the opportunity to help build and modernize the system applications for cloud deployment. Grow your leadership and technical skills with in-demand technologies in a fast-paced environment as part of an exciting, positive team that moves quickly and delivers quality software alongside a passionate customer. This position can be located at any CGI office in the U.S, preferred location is Fairfax,VA; however, a hybrid working model is acceptable.

Requirements

Minimum of 4+ years hands on experience with core Java & JEE skills and well versed on design patterns and related frameworks
Experience in web-application development including HTML, CSS Angular, and JavaScript as well as a background in Java development.
Experience with various AI paired programming tooling
Experience in Spring-Boot and Microservices
Experienced in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) methodologies
Experience in Test Driven Development (TDD) and Paired Programming
Strong debugging, problem solving and investigative skills
Ability to assimilate disparate information (log files, error messages etc.) and pursue leads to find root cause problems
Experience with Agile/Scrum methodology
Demonstrated understanding and at least 7 years of work experience in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Java (frontend and backend) development.
Exposure to a modern Java software development environment and tools such as Maven, Git, Tomcat, Eclipse, Bamboo, Hibernate, etc.
Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, or other similar technologies.
Positive, can-do attitude, and desire to contribute in various means to team success.
Confident communication skills with both internal team members as well as customers.
Ability to work independently as well as within a dynamic team environment on development tasks and continuously deliver quality code for team review and product owner demonstration.
Ability to quickly research, learn, and apply emerging technologies within the software development industry.
Self-starter who can work independently.
Strong consulting and communication skills
Ability to work effectively with various organizations in pursuit of problem solutions

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other technical discipline preferred.
Development - Java / JEE, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring - REST JAX-RS, Web Services, Security, Controllers/Service, Spring Data ORM (Hibernate/JPA 2), JSON
AWS Serverless Services – SQS, SNS, SES, Step, Lambda
AWS Analytics – Glue, Redshift, EMR, OpenSearch, Athena, Sagemaker, Quicksight
Event Streaming - Kafka
Web Server – Apache, Application Server – JBoss EAP
Open Source Frameworks - various includes e.g. commons-, ehcache, velocity, aopalliance, mail, swagger, etc.
User authentication and authorization - ForgeRock's OpenAM, SecureAuth and Okta.
UI/UX – Angular, Bootstrap
Databases – AWS RDS for Oracle and PostgreSQL
Log Management – Datadog
Alerts and Monitoring - Datadog, Google Analytics, New Relic
CICD - Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus, Selenium
Load Testing – JMeter
Code Mgmt: Git, GitHub
tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket, SourceTree, etc.)
Consulting experience

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the team in an Agile setting to research best practices, design and develop the application architecture, implement solutions, mentor fellow team members, and test and deploy solutions.
Participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle which includes technical design, implementation, documentation, testing, deployment and support of application developed for our clients.
Take direction from solution architects and leads on development activities.
Deliver high-quality web applications, using AI paired programming techniques as well as defining enterprise development practices.
Assist to define and code the ongoing architecture and development of an emerging application.
Confidently code and organize the application using best practices while helping to share their knowledge with the team and growing the teams' skills and understanding of robust Java applications.
Participate in all phases of an Agile software development lifecycle, including application design/requirements gathering, estimating development activities, authoring application code, participating in code reviews, and testing the software.
Participate in daily team discussions and code collaboration to promote continuous progress.
Participate in client, industry, and end-user discussions to help provide technical viewpoint on the application.
Participate in technical design sessions to create sustainable, high-performing features and providing accurate estimates and development timelines.
Author automated testing scripts for the application.
Gain a general understanding of database design and optimizing application access to backend data.