Entry-Level Java Developer

SAIC is currently seeking a motivated, career and customer oriented, and hands on Java Backend Developer (Entry Level) with cloud experience to join our team to begin an exciting and challenging career in Ashburn, VA.

This position will be full-time on-site in Ashburn, VA for the first year of employment.

Job Responsibilities

Working closely with the tech lead and senior developers, the Java Developer will participate in the system architecture design, development, integration testing and validation, and all aspects of the software life cycle (requirements to design to implementation to test) for a java back-end application involving extensive Messaging and Transaction processing.

Must be hands on and be able to design and develop Java code as dictated by project requirements as needed.

The candidate will be expected to learn and adhere to the continuous integration, automated unit testing and other AGILE practices established within the team using the tools that are currently used by the team.

The candidate is expected to diagnose and fix issues in existing application components as part of maintenance. SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.

Required Skills and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related engineering field.

1+ years of Java J2EE/JEE design and software development experience including designing, developing, and documenting large-scale enterprise software systems.

1+ years of working with Applications on Cloud utilizing serverless hosted services like AWS lambda.

Experience with NoSQL DBs like MongoDB, DocumentDB, DynamoDB etc.

Docker and Kubernetes experience.

Spring Boot/AWS cloud experience.

Web /Micro Sevices.

SQL DBs (preferably Oracle).

XML/JSON.

Unix/Linux.

Experience with JDBC/JPA/Hibernate and SQL.

Knowledge of standard design patterns.

Desired Skills and Experience

Master’s in computer science or related field is a plus.

Relevant course projects, internships, co-ops, or personal work showcasing backend development skills would be a plus.

Demonstrated ability to think critically and creatively to develop innovative solutions to software problems.

High level of self-motivation, desire to deliver stellar solutions and willingness to work in a distributed team environment.

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.)

Demonstrated ability to incorporate Unit testing as part of development activities.

Gitlab/JIRA/Jenkins for CI/CD.

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 – This position will require on-site work in Ashburn, VA 5 days per week for the first year of employment. All candidates must be within the GWA/commutable area.