Application Developer

Be Challenged and Make a Difference 

In a world of technology, people make the difference. We believe if we invest in great people, then great things will happen. At AnaVation, we provide unmatched value to our customers and employees through innovative solutions and an engaging culture. 

Description of Task to be Performed:

AnaVation is looking for a dedicated Application Developer (AD) to join our team. The AD will design, develop, refactor, enhance, test and evaluate, and support software applications currently hosted on-premises to be hosted within the AWS GovCloud instance compliant with government policy directives (PD) and guides (PG) mandated to ensure legal and information security compliance. This shall include analysis of the existing system in collaboration with other team members and Government PM, and designing an appropriate solution. Candidates shall be skilled in multiple web application languages, reverse engineering, and have a background in building scalable, user intuitive, high-quality and high performing web applications. The application enhancements or modifications may include business and process changes to applications/systems as well as coordination with other integrated and non-customer software systems. The successful candidate will work alongside infrastructure, development, and managerial team members to troubleshoot and resolve issues.

The AD will:

Support the Government’s effort to obtain and maintain an authority-to- operate (ATO) and protect the security posture

of the program systems and applications;

· Possess exceptional interpersonal and communication (verbal and written) skills;

· Provide Government personnel instruction, guidance, and documentation; and

· Be willing to learn new technical disciplines and to become a resident expert within a team.

· If requested, be able to attend CCB meetings with the Government to represent the Team

This position is on-site in Quantico, VA or Huntsville, AL. This position requires an active Top Secret clearance and the ability to obtain a CI poly.

Required Qualifications:

• We are seeking your experience as a front end software developer in building multi-tier framework software applications using object-oriented programming languages, such as Java and Python. What you will need to have in experience in is developing SOAP and REST APIs in a client/server environment such as Java and Python.
• Also needed is experience in the following:
• Experience writing and evaluating regular expressions, experience developing, debugging and/or refactoring code for popular programming languages (i.e., Java, Python, etc.), experience with scripting command line tools (e.g., Vim, Bash, PowerShell, etc.) to automate command tasks, Knowledge of object-relational mapping (ORM, knowledge of web-related technologies HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS, and experience with any major database (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server). Experience in developing in cloud native applications (AWS preferred) would be beneficial.
• This position will focus more on Web development initially then as the migration is more underway the role will focus more on application development. We are migrating everything from Java 8 to .net version 7 with a REACT front end.
• It’s preferred you have one (1) or more years of experience with cloud application development that may include migrating on-premises applications, but this experience is not required. You’ll have opportunity to be involved in this once on board.
• Experience with the following:
• .Net Core 7/8
• React
• Azure - fundamentals at minimum
• Microservices - Knowledge of SOAP, but moving to RESTful APIs
• Front End - HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Typescript
• Postgres
• Agile Methodologies
• Linux, Docker containers
• GitLab, understanding GitLab CI/CD
• Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree in Computer Science, Software Development, Information Systems or related field of study, or in lieu of education, three (3) additional years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• One (1) or more years of experience with application development leveraging a SQL and/or PostgreSQL database as data storage.
• One (1) or more years of experience with cloud (AWS preferred) application development and management.
• Full stack development a plus

Benefits 

· Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents 

· 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents 

· 100% company paid long-term and short term disability insurance 

· 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents 

· 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting 

· Competitive Pay 

· Generous paid leave and holiday package 

· Tuition and training reimbursement 

· Life and AD&D Insurance

About AnaVation 

AnaVation is the leader in solving the most complex technical challenges for collection and processing in the U.S. Federal Intelligence Community. We are a US owned company headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia. We deliver groundbreaking research with advanced software and systems engineering that provides an information advantage to contribute to the mission and operational success of our customers. We offer complex challenges, a top-notch work environment, and a world-class, collaborative team.

If you want to grow your career and make a difference while doing it, AnaVation is the perfect fit for you!