Software Engineer
The Swift Groupover 1 year ago
Columbia, MD, USAMid Level / Senior / Staff+
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java-based applications using Spring and modern Java libraries.
- Develop and integrate RESTful web services and microservices solutions.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues in complex distributed systems.
- Participate in planning, development, testing, deployment, and other software development lifecycle phases.
- Participate in Agile activities such as daily standups and sprint planning.
- Maintain software documentation and configuration using Git, Maven, and Nexus.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Mid-level candidates require 3–8 years of relevant experience; senior-level candidates require 9–13 years; SME-level candidates require 14+ years.
- Proficiency in Java and modern Java libraries or frameworks such as Spring and Guava.
- Strong experience with RESTful web services, microservices architecture, and enterprise API design.
- Understanding of object-oriented programming principles and experience in Linux-based environments.
- Familiarity with Git, Maven, Nexus, JIRA, and Confluence.
- DoD 8140/8570 compliance certification, such as Security+.
- U.S. citizenship and an active Secret clearance; higher clearances including Top Secret, TS/SCI, and TS/SCI with CI Polygraph are accepted.
- Desired qualifications include experience with NiFi, Kafka, AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Solr, Python, Bash, and Big Data or secure data processing architectures.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring an average of 1–2 days per week in the office, with schedule flexibility.
- Locations are Columbia, Maryland, and Augusta, Georgia.
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About The Swift Group
The Swift Group is a privately held IT services and solutions firm headquartered in Reston, Virginia, founded in 2019. It delivers software development, systems engineering, data science, cyber enablement, logistics, and training to U.S. civilian, defense, and intelligence community clients, largely via federal contracts. Engagements often involve global operations and secure environments, and many positions require U.S. citizenship and high-level clearances (e.g., TS/SCI with polygraph).