Android Mobile Developer (Java/Kotlin) - US CITIZENSHIP

Ready to Ignite your career and work alongside some of the most innovative and brightest professionals in innovative technology? Join us and unleash your potential working in an Agile environment while modernizing enterprise systems and applications needed to support the men and women charged with safeguarding the American people and enhancing the Nation's safety, security, and prosperity. As an Android Mobile Developer (Java/Kotlin) you operate as part of a dynamic and passionate team of industry-leading individuals supporting the best practices in Agile Software Development for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). You will be focused on the delivery of software solutions associated with customer-defined systems and software projects by working in close collaboration with software developers/engineers, stakeholders, and end users within Agile processes.

Responsible for:

Designing, developing, and implementing custom software and database application capabilities for a variety of legacy and modernized systems with limited oversight

Acting as a member of a product team supporting teammates and collaborating with a do what it takes attitude to ensure product and team success

Providing improvements to the product(s) being supported

Actively participate in release and sprint planning, artifact creation, sprint testing, regression testing, demonstrations and retrospectives and solution releases

Supporting release planning with conceptual design and development / refinement of software engineering guidelines

Analyzing complex project-related problems and creating innovative solutions involving, scheduling, technology, methodology, tools and solution components

Ensuring product quality and timeliness of work, providing advice and guidance, resolving problems to meet objectives, and providing periodic performance reports

Providing mentoring to junior members of the team

Requirements

A least seven (7) years related technical professional experience, with software design, development and implementation in a Windows Environment

Experience using Kotlin or Java to develop applications for Android devices

Experience designing, building, and maintaining high quality, reusable, and reliable Java and Kotlin code

Experience integrating Android applications with back-end services using various protocols and technologies such as REST, GraphQL, and websockets.

Experience creating plugins within a framework of existing Android applications

Experience with source code control systems and concurrent development workflows (Git preferred)

Experience with SQL and RDBMS such as Oracle, MySQL, or PostgreSQL

Ability to diagnose performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations

Experience implementing and maintaining unit tests to ensure robustness, usability, and reliability

Bridge the gap between user interface design and technical implementation

Passion for user experience and user-centric development

Continuously research new and best coding practices

Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability

Strong communication skills that include leading design-related conversations, ability to build and nurture good relationships and foster an environment for collaboration

Object oriented design and development (OODD) expertise, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).

Understanding of all elements of the software development life cycle, including planning, development, requirements management, CM, quality assurance, and release management.

Preferred Experience:

Technical Certifications, such as AWS Certified Developer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, OCP Java, etc.

Understanding of system architecture concepts and experience with system design (defining service building blocks, data flow, building systems with scalability, reliability, and maintainability in mind).

Additionally, familiarity with any of the following highly desirable: ETL tools, messaging tech such as Kafka, application security, automated testing, UML, state-management angular libraries such as NGRX or NGXS

DevOps experience/CI/CD pipeline.

Benefits

401(k) with matching and 100% Vested

Health Insurance - 3 plans to select from

Dental insurance

Vision Insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Short Term Disability

Long Term Disability

AD&D

Paid time off

Professional development assistance

Training

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible schedule

Flexible spending account

Referral program

Paid Legal Plan

and more

Ignite IT is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran status, sexual orientation, or other protected characteristic. In accordance with EO 13665 Final Rule, Ignite IT will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

Applicants selected must be able to possess and maintain a government clearance

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED'