Senior Cloud Application Developer

Overview

To design, develop, implement and maintain new IT solutions, or changes/enhancements to existing solutions that align with business initiatives and corporate strategies. Complete complex/unusual tasks under minimal supervision requiring advanced analysis. Cloud Development: The Cloud Computing focus specializes in the delivery of the computing services and the duties associated with it such as designing, planning, administering, developing, or maintaining applications in the cloud-based environments.

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Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day support for assigned Navy Federal development efforts in compliance with NFCU standards, processes and procedures following the System Development Life-cycle (SDLC) or applicable Agile Methodology
Identifies, analyzes, designs, develops and maintains cost-effective information technology solutions that align with business initiatives and corporate strategies
Analyzes, defines, and documents requirements for data, workflow, logical processes, hardware and operating systems environment, interfaces with other systems, internal and external controls and output
Provides subject matter expertise and mentorship in developing system software code using commonly known best practices while adhering to NFCU standards and policies regarding software development
Responsible for ensuring the security and integrity of all NFCU systems
Participates in enhancing performance and availability of designed system solutions
Supports/leads the preparation, execution and documentation of development tests and evaluations
Supports/leads the preparation and maintenance of all project documentation in accordance with the Systems Development Life-Cycle (SDLC) phases. Mentors team members in developing these artifacts
Ensures all revisions and refinements of software account for all changes in functional system requirements and equipment configurations that may occur during the product life-cycle
Supports/leads the implementation of systems/applications into test and production environments. Prepares implementation plans and change requests required for system migration
Supports and leads team of peers and junior level software engineers through the software development life-cycle
Supports/leads the effort to provide technical support to customers during software warranty period
Responsible for consistent, concise, relevant, reliable and timely information to all appropriate internal and external stakeholders through a variety of communication channels
Supports/leads the training of peers and junior level engineers in new or modified systems/applications

Additional Responsibilities

May be tasked with the Technical Leader role of a project with the responsibility of full software life-cycle development from requirements analysis to project closeout
Works independently, regularly communicating with project stakeholders on project progress and status
Responsible for ensuring compliance with SDLC, Application Development, EA, CCRM, DBA, Data, and Security standards and procedures
Supports the Requirements Analysts team in the development of the Software Requirements Document (SRD)
Applies functional knowledge to analyze and resolve complex project solutions
Capable of designing, coding, debugging and maintaining complex software solutions
Able to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical personnel
Effectively communicates information in line with the target audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience
Proactively accumulates and maintains knowledge of current and emerging/evolving technologies, concepts, and trends in the IT field. Mentors others as knowledge increases
Provides input on improving or enhancing existing organizational processes based on lessons learned and experiences from project work
Performs root cause analysis to quickly identify and resolve issues causing recurring technical problems
Ensures accuracy of information communicated to effectively support project leadership decision making
Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems Technology, Computer Science
Four (4) years plus of recent experience migrating existing Java EE applications to SpringBoot and/or building green field cloud native applications for both on premise and off premise cloud environments
Develop and deploy Java applications utilizing Azure Cloud services
Five (5) plus years of recent advanced experience and programming knowledge in distributed Java, Java EE and Servlets, Struts, JSP, JSF, JSTL, JMS, JNDI, JDBC, JAXB, ORMs (Hibernate, Ibatis, Mybatis), build automation scripts (Maven, Ant) and automated testing (Junit, Mockito)
Two (2) plus years of advanced experience/knowledge in Web Services, including: WSDL; SOAP/XML based web services, RESTful web services and Micro Services
Knowledge and experience in using IntelliJ, Visual Studio Code and/or Eclipse as a development IDEs. Recent experience using GIT or GITHUB for source control
Strong knowledge of network concepts such as DNS, Firewalls, SSL certificates and protocols like HTTP, HTTPS and SSH. Knowledge and demonstrated experience in building secure applications
XML technology experience such as XSD, XPath, XQuery, XSLT, etc.
Expert experience/knowledge of the Systems Development Life-cycle (SDLC)
Strong analytical, planning and technical problem solving skills
Advanced experience/knowledge in systems, workflow and procedural analysis
Advanced ability to prioritize, plan, and organize tasks
Advanced interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
Effective research, analytical and problem solving skills
Effective skills in resolving conflicting requests and meeting changing requirements
Ability to lead independent teams, exercise initiative and use good judgement
Effective Skill in using Microsoft Office suite: MS Word; MS Excel; MS PowerPoint; MS SharePoint, etc.

Desired Qualifications

Two (2) years of technical leadership experience leading software teams through the entire software development Life-cycle
Recent experience using Test Driven development in an agile environment
Experience with IBM Datapower, IBM MQ and IBM Integration Bus (IIB)
Familiarity with financial industry
Exposure and knowledge to agile tools such as JIRA, Pivotal Tracker, Azure ADO and other collaborative tools.
Experience in building applications with scripting frameworks like Angular, React.js and Vue.js.
IT Industry Certifications in good standing
Effective skills with Microsoft .NET Framework and C , VB.NET.
Knowledge of NFCU operations, processes, and procedures

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM

Location: 820 Follin Lane, Vienna, VA Heritage Oaks Drive, Pensacola, FL 32526

About Us

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