Role: JAVA API Developer - Remote Position

About iWorks:

iWorks Corporation, founded in 2005, is a leading provider of information technology and professional services to the federal government. We are a recognized leader in personnel security and vetting solutions, Agile, DevOps, DevSecOps, data analytics, and cloud solutions. Our continuous process improvement approach, combined with our business and technology expertise, results in innovative solutions. We are a company people like working for and with. Our staff has recognized iWorks as Washington Post Top Workplace for several years.

Summary:

We are seeking a technical, self-motivated Software Developer to join our team to support an essential modernization program for the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Federal Student Aid. As a member of our Agile development team, you will support several complex and high-volume customer systems. The ideal candidate would have experience developing in Java and building Representation State Transfer (REST) Application Programming Interface (API) solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Creating maintainable, adaptable, scalable, defect-free code using software development best practices and coding standards (i.e., software reuse, refactoring, continuous integration, test automation, secure development, and test-driven development).
• As a member of a scrum team, actively participates in daily scrum meeting to report on development status on assigned stories/tickets and raise impediments impacting delivery
• Participates in Program Quarterly Incrementation Planning sessions to assess work and establish development goals.
• Develops and executes automated tests (interface and unit), analyzes test results, take corrective action and/or recommends moderately complex corrections to more experienced software engineers.
• Supports integration, functional, system, and customer acceptance testing to provide troubleshooting support during development phases.

Required Skills/Experience:

• 2+ years of related experience in software development.
• Experience with JAVA and developing/maintaining backend APIs.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience.
• U.S. Citizen with existing or the ability to pass a Public Trust background investigation.

Desired Skills/Experience:

• Knowledge of REST API, JSON.
• Experience using API test cases in SOAP UI, PostMan, or ReadyAPI.
• Experience with common web development frameworks (Angular, Docker, React, Spring, Node.js, jQuery, Microservice Design, etc.)
• Experience with GitLab DevOps/CI/CD platform
• Experience with an IDE such as eclipse.
• Experience with SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) or Agile/Iterative software development methodology
• Interpersonal skills including courtesy, professionalism, and a cooperative attitude.
• Critical thinking, problem solving skills, written, and oral communication skills.
• Personal accountability, organized, self-motivated, and demonstrates initiative.

FLSA & EMPLOYMENT STATUS: FLSA EXEMPT AND FULL-TIME POSITION

iWorks Corporation 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.