Software Developer (Systems Software)

Overview

Acuity, Inc. seeks dynamic, self-motivated individuals with experience as a Software Developer (Systems Software). The Client is a leading provider of systems development and deployment, targeting and intelligence analysis, systems engineering and integration, and training capabilities and solutions for the Intelligence Community (IC) and is seeking creative and dedicated professionals to fulfill their career goals and objectives, while delivering mission excellence on programs of national importance. The Client is seeking a Software Developer that is part of an integrated team to create, update, and maintain a federated search and discovery software system to integrate data related to financial information from a variety of data providers within a cloud environment. The developer will utilize an Agile Scrum development methodology throughout this process.

 

Why Acuity? 

 

We’re building more than careers—we’re building a place people genuinely love to work. At Acuity, you’ll get:

• Strong work-life balance and a people-first culture• Competitive compensation + Health/Dental/Vision coverage• 401(k) with company match• Up to $6,000/year for training & professional development

 

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Why Acuity?

Are you ready to use your expertise in the areas of IT Modernization, Data Enablement, and Hyperautomation to make a real difference? Join Acuity, Inc., a technology consulting firm that supports federal agencies. We combine industry partnerships and long-term federal experience with innovative technical leadership to support our customers’ critical missions.

Responsibilities

What you’ll be doing: 

 

Responsibilities:

• Java Full Stack Web Development.
• Developing a user-friendly web application.
• Developing new features and enhancements to web application to allow users to search and correlate financial information related to their mission.
• Developing APIs and web services.
• Creating and maintaining AWS Cloud infrastructure.

Qualifications

Required Skills:

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph.
• Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Management Systems, or a related discipline. Note that years of experience can be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Five (5) or more years of demonstrated experience in  in the following:
  • Working within an Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environment and utilizing tools such as SMS, Data Pipeline, Relational Database (RDS), Cloudwatch, EC2, EBS, S3, KMS, or SMS.
  • Developing in a DevOps environment and utilizing tools such as GitHub, Subversion, Jenkins, Maven, or Artifactory.
  • Utilizing web stack technologies and software design.
  • Working at all tiers of the architecture, to include Web UI, Business Logic, and Database layer.
  •  Developing software in a continuous integration, continuous deployment (CI/CD) paradigm.
  • Working with financial data sets.
  • Programming with Java and associated frameworks like SpringBoot.
  • Utilizing ElasticSearch and other big data technologies like MapReduce.
  • Scripting using JavaScript (JS) framework like Angular JS or EXT-JS..
  • Using tools such as Apache Tomcat, Apache Spark, Hadoop, SOLR, JDBC, ANT, Active Directory, LDAP, Regex, SQL, or JSON
  • Using JIRA tracking system.
  • Employing Agile development methodology.
  • Employing the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

Preferred Skills:

• Demonstrated experience with security accreditation process.
• Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise software development efforts.
• Demonstrated experience working with commercial financial data sets.
• Demonstrated experience integrating software with LDAP, PKI and must use services.
• Demonstrated experience integrating with various applications using web services and APIs.

Clearance Requirements:

• TS/SCI w/Poly

 

 

 

About Acuity

At Acuity, your work matters—and so does your experience. We’re a management and technology consulting firm supporting critical federal missions, where you’ll have the opportunity to solve meaningful challenges, work alongside high-performing teams, and make a real impact from day one.

 

 

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

 

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