Full Stack Platform Developer (remote)

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Suitability:

Public Trust/Other Required:

NACLC (T3)

Job Family:

Cloud

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Continuous Integrations, Git, Infrastructure As Code (IaC), Software Quality Assurance (SQA), Software Testing Tools

Certifications:

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

GDIT is seeking a Full Stack Platform Developer with a strong background in quality-assurance and testing to join our Cloud Platform team supporting the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

In this role you will work alongside talented full stack and infrastructure developers and engineers as part of an Agile platform team streamlining software delivery and application hosting using Amazon Web Services (AWS). Your primary focus will be on the improvement of automated testing for all layers of our platform stack while assisting with the continual improvement and development of our internal developer platform. You will be expected to take charge, implement robust testing components, and share knowledge and direction for our internal development practices.

Work Visa sponsorship will not be provided for this role.

HOW A FULL STACK PLATFORM DEVELOPER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:​

• Develop and articulate a clear direction for the improvement of our software, integration, and API testing capabilities
• Implement an assortment of robust quality assurance and testing processes and practices across our platform application layer
• Work closely with other platform developers and engineers to understand challenges in order to implement incremental solutions to our development process and incorporate proven testing strategies
• Collect, report on, and provide observability over quality assurance and testing metrics
• Assist in the collaborative design of platform application layer features and end user features
• Develop front and back-end solutions using microservices in NodeJS hosted in AWS Elastic Container Services (ECS)
• Consume a variety of SQL and No-SQL database management systems including document, key-value, and time series data
• Produce and consume data in lightweight data-interchange formats such as JSON and XML
• Maintain code integrity and organization
• Assist in the regular remediation of security and dependency update alerts
• Work with product owners and other development team members to determine new features and user stories needed in new/revised applications or large/complex development projects
• Take tasks from requirements to deployment
• Respond to trouble/support issues anywhere in the stack
• Create and update documentation
• Participate in all team planning, product demonstration and team retrospectives

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

• Education: Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree
• Required Experience: Minimum of eight years related experience
• Required Technical Skills:
  • Strong quality assurance and testing experience
  • Strong experience reading, writing, and debugging TypeScript
  • Strong understanding of AWS Infrastructure Services, in particular ECS, SQS, Lambda, and EventBridge
  • Strong experience consuming cloud APIs
  • Good experience utilizing AWS JavaScript SDK, Node.js, JSON, and XML
  • Good experience with CI/CD, Git/GitHub, and artifact management
  • Working knowledge using datastores, including MongoDB, SQL Server, AWS SSM Parameter Store, and S3
  • Working knowledge of Microservices, distributed, and event driven systems/architectures
  • Experience with Agile development methodology and/or Scrum
  • Experience reading and utilizing infrastructure as code using Terraform
• Required Abilities
  • Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with developers, engineers, and stakeholders
  • Strong understanding of how to apply quality assurance and testing within a platform/product team
• Preferred Skills:
  • Experience implementing the Moleculer JS microservice framework
  • Experience reading, writing, and troubleshooting Terraform infrastructure as code
  • Experience building and supporting Platform as a Service (PaaS) systems
  • Experience implementing integrated solutions with Microservices, RESTful Web Services and HTTP APIs
  • Experience reading, writing, and troubleshooting a variety of programming and scripting languages, such as Python, Ruby, or TCL
  • Experience with various database, data integration, and visualization applications, such as MongoDB Atlas Charts and Grafana
  • Experience using and working within the SumoLogic platform
  • Experience using and working with Docker

Security Clearance:   Must be able to obtain a NIH Public Trust

Location:  Remote

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

● 401K with company match
● Comprehensive health and wellness packages
● Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
● Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
● Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
● Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

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The likely salary range for this position is $122,366 - $159,850. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation’s most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.

GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class. Apply