Application Developer

Overview

Soft Tech Consulting is seeking a highly motivated, self-directed individual to fill the role of an Application Developer. The selected individual will join a collaborative team environment where they will provide support and expertise necessary toward the successful delivery of the project deliverables. Key to the success of this position is the effective communication to all levels of staff for reporting project status.

Work location is Washington, DC area and has remote work options available for those who demonstrate effectiveness to work remote.

100% REMOTE (MUST RESIDE IN THE WASHINGTON, DC AREA)

MUST BE ABLE TO OBTAIN PUBLIC TRUST

MUST BE US CITIZEN OR PERMANENT RESIDENT

FOR PERMANENT RESIDENT, MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE U.S. FOR A MINIMUM OF 3 CONSECUTIVE YEARS

Responsibilities

• Codes portions of complex computer applications to meet customer requirements.
• Prepares associated application documentation, block diagrams and logic flow charts.
• Translates design specifications into computer program instructions, prepares test data and conduct tests.
• Formulate recommendations on technical problems with little guidance.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma along with specialized technical knowledge or training.
• At least three years of experience writing computer software.
• Experience identifying and determining the feasibility of alternatives for software technology.
• Experience with task specified programming languages (e.g., Java, C++, C#, PowerBuilder, SAS, etc.).
• Experience with language application frameworks (e.g. .NET, Spring, Struts, Hibernate, etc.)
• Experience with at least one scripting language (e.g., Bash, PERL, Powershell, etc.).
• Experience with web scripting language (Javascript, TypeScript, etc.).
• Experience in unit testing and functional testing (specifying test cases, executing and documenting the results).
• Experience with at least one relational database (e.g., Oracle, SQLServer, Sybase, MySQL Enterprise, PostGreSQL, etc).
• Experience with at least one application server (Weblogic, JBoss, Tomcat for Java, and IIS for .NET, node.js for Javascript).
• Experience with at least one development methodology.
• Experience gathering requirements from users and supporting acceptance testing.
• Experience in system testing including planning, executing, developing test data and documenting the testing.
• Experience with change and issue tracking applications (e.g., Redmine, VersionOne,JIRA).
• At a minimum, have hands-on experience with at least 2 of the major products identified in the list below, as well as hands-on experience and/or knowledge of 10% of the remaining products listed below:Environment: Chromium, JavaScript, NodeJS, Celerity, Cucumber, Jetty, Oracle, Red Hat Linux, WebLogic/Tomcat, Apache, WCMS, API, SOLR, naVizin, Flash, Java, SVG, IIS, Linux, Adobe Captivate, HTML, PDF, COTS, Spring, Spring MVC, JDBC, CSS, Bootstrap, Thyme leaf, Restful webservice, Junit, Mockito, jQuery, EAG, Perl, Korn shell scripts, Google API, AWS Services, Python, Lambda, Aurora/PostgreSQL, Selenium, Ruby, Angular, Jenkins

About Us

Soft Tech Consulting, Inc. is a woman and minority-owned business headquartered in Chantilly, VA. With contracts in both the public and private sectors in the DC metro area and across the country, Soft Tech is an organization made up of highly successful and talented Information Technology professionals offering enterprise class solutions for any size organization at great value. Soft Tech’s mission is to help government organizations design, implement, and maintain mission critical Information Technology solutions. By focusing jointly on our employees and our customers, we are able to achieve our mission by providing each and every one of our customers with continuous quality customer support. Soft Tech Consulting, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.