Mid-level Full Stack Developer

Introduction
As an Application Developer you will lead IBM into the future by translating system requirements into the design and development of customized systems in an agile environment.  The success of IBM is in your hands as you transform vital business needs into code and drive innovation. Your work will power IBM and its clients globally collaborating and integrating code into enterprise systems. You will have access to the latest education tools and technology and a limitless career path with the world’s technology leader. Come to IBM and make a global impact!

Your Role and Responsibilities

Octo an IBM company is an industry-leading award-winning provider of technical solutions for the federal government. At Octo we specialize in providing agile software engineering user experience design cloud services and digital strategy services that address government’s most pressing missions. Octo delivers intelligent solutions and rapid results yielding lower costs and measurable outcomes.

Our team is what makes Octo great. At Octo you’ll work beside some of the smartest and most accomplished staff you’ll find in your career. Octo offers fantastic benefits and an amazing workplace culture where you will feel valued while you perform mission critical work for our government. Voted one of the region’s best places to work multiple times Octo is an employer of choice!

You…

As a m id-level Full Stack Developer with Octo you will join an Agile program responsible for the development maintenance security and operational support of new and existing applications. You are a cross-functional DevOps Engineer skilled in developing open source cloud-ready microservice based applications using serverless frameworks. You have a passion for high-quality reliable and maintainable code. You are agile fearless enthusiastic empathic and relentless in the pursuit of continuous improvement.

Us…

We were founded as a fresh alternative in the Government Consulting Community and are dedicated to the belief that results are a product of analytical thinking agile design principles and that solutions are built in collaboration with not for our customers. This mantra drives us to succeed and act as true partners in advancing our client’s missions.

Program Mission…

This program will support the agency’s Information Technology mission to provide development and operational support of new and existing legacy mission-enabling applications. The team will work to modernize current applications by breaking them down into loosely coupled micro-services and leveraging a continuous integration / continuous delivery pipeline to enable an agile DevOps Strategy.

Years of Experience : 5+ years of experience or more

Education : Bachelor’s Degree

Location : D.C. Metro / Remote

Clearance : Must be a United States Citizen; able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust; active Public Trust highly desired

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years of experience
• Experience working with Java Javascript Angular Keycloak and Spring Boot
• Experience with unit and integration testing of code with an understanding of JavaScript testing frameworks like Karma Mocha
• Experience with Angular 2 + jQuery and other JavaScript frameworks
• Experience with relational databases like Postgres and Oracle.
• Experience with Bootstrap or other responsive fluid design frameworks
• Strong knowledge and experience with HTML5 and CSS3
• At least two years of experience with agile development methodology preferably SAFe or Scrum.
• At least two years of experience developing applications for enterprise business customers
• Clearance : Must be a United States Citizen; able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust; active Public Trust highly desired

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience with automated build tools continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD)
• Experience with JIRA or Redmine Agile Lifecycle Management software
• Experience with development and deployment into cloud environment
• Good oral and written communications skills with experience in delivering/presenting to the customer are a plus.
• SAFe certification
• Other related experience with fielded systems and mission/system operations along with system sustainment for high system availability requirements a plus