Sr Software Developer
Cherokee Federal3 days ago
Chantilly, VA, USASenior
Base Salary
$150k - $170k/yr
Responsibilities
- Translate business requirements into technical solutions with product owners, business analysts, and other teams.
- Develop backend applications and services using Java, Spring Boot, and Amazon Web Services.
- Analyze and decompose complex software systems and design for scalability, testability, and performance.
- Create RESTful APIs and manipulate XML, JSON, and YAML data formats.
- Write scripts to install and configure code on EC2 instances.
- Plan deliverables, groom the Jira backlog, and participate in Scrum team activities.
- Participate in the team’s O&M rotation and provide after-hours on-call support approximately one week every three months.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Minimum of six years of relevant experience.
- Experience with Java, Spring Boot, Amazon Web Services, low-latency systems, high-throughput distributed systems, Git, Jenkins, Rundeck, RESTful APIs, and deployment scripting for EC2.
- Experience analyzing and decomposing complex software systems and designing for scalability, testability, and performance.
- Experience working on a team using the Scrum framework and manipulating XML, JSON, and YAML.
- U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
- Preferred qualifications include CloudFormation, AWS certification, Docker or Kubernetes, Python, Elasticsearch, Kibana, tokenization, IAM, Zero Trust, AI concepts, prompt engineering, large language models, microservices, Katalon Studio, Selenium, and multi-region AWS resilience.
- Must pass Cherokee Federal pre-employment qualifications and be able to work prolonged periods at a computer.
Benefits
- Starting annual salary range of $150,000–$170,000.
- Up to a 6% 401(k) company match.
- Paid time off and paid holidays.
- Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
- Basic life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program, FSA, and HSA options.
- Professional development, training, and certification support.
- Voluntary accident, critical illness, and identity theft protection benefits.
- On-site work in Chantilly, Virginia, with periodic after-hours on-call support.
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About Cherokee Federal
Cherokee Federal delivers professional and technical services to U.S. government customers across defense, IT, health, logistics, and intelligence under federal contracts. As the federal contracting division of Cherokee Nation Businesses, it supports work for more than 60 federal agencies, and its success helps fund programs for the Cherokee Nation. The privately held company is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.