**Description** **Position Summary** We are currently seeking a motivated, career and customer oriented **Java Backend** **Developer** to join our team to begin an exciting and challenging career in Ashburn, VA. **Job Responsibilities** + Working closely with the tech lead and senior developers, the Mid-Level Java Developer will participate in the system architecture design, systems engineering, development, integration testing and validation, and all aspects of the software life-cycle (requirements to design to implementation to test) for a java backend application involving extensive messaging and transaction processing. + Design and implement Micro Service Architecture for Cloud based software applications. + Use modern software engineering tools including Eclipse, Jira, and Atlassian Suites for design, development, and testing the software. + Present the solution at formal and informal design reviews, and document the design according to the Government’s system lifecycle methodology. **Qualifications** **Required Skills and Experience** + Bachelor's degree in computer science or related engineering field with 9+ years of technical experience. + 9+ years of strong Java design and software development experience including designing, developing, and documenting large-scale enterprise software systems. + Ability to diagnose problems and support production systems. + 2+ years of working with Applications on Cloud utilizing serverless hosted services like AWS S3, DynanoDB, lambda etc. + Java Micro Service Architecture frameworks such as Spring Boot. + Experience with container platforms like Docker and Kubernetes. + SQL DBs (preferably Oracle) and strong SQL/JDBC skills is required for this position. + Experience with NoSQL DBs like MongoDB, Document DB, Cassandra etc. + Messaging and Streaming Systems (Kafka, SQS and Kinesis.) + XML/JSON. + Unix/Linux. + Experience with JPA/Hibernate. + Experience with building RESTful webservices and experience with query language based APIs like GraphQL. + Jenkins, Maven, Gitlab and Jira for CI/CD. + Demonstrated expertise in software engineering practices (e.g., reading/generating software specs, design patterns, continuous integration). + Demonstrated ability to incorporate rigorous Unit testing as part of development activities is essential. **Desired Skills and Experience** + First-hand experience working with large project teams (working with the Federal Government a strong plus). + Demonstrated ability to think critically and creatively to develop innovative solutions to software problems. + Ability to develop and maintain components with stringent performance requirements. + Agile development experience a plus. + IBM MQ , JMS, EJB, MDB and other JEE technologies. + JEE Server experience (WebLogic\WebSphere\JBOSS\etc.) + Masters in Computer Science or related field is a plus. **Customer Requirements** + Clearance – Ability to obtain and hold a public trust position and favorable suitability based on a CBP Background Investigation. + Citizenship – Must be a US Citizen. + Location – Hybrid with on-site (Ashburn, VA) visits 2-3 days per week and if a mission need. All candidates must be within the GWA/commutable area. REQNUMBER: 2508446 SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability