Intermediate Software Developer

Type of Requisition:

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

MBI (T2)

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Kubernetes, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

USPS is seeking an Intermediate Software Developer to support our software development. This role will work with the development team to support business requirements, application fixes, and SDF remediation. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing and unit testing to meet business requirements and application functionality. This role requires a strong understanding of software development practices.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As an Intermediate Software Developer, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of USPS. You will play a crucial role in optimizing the business functions at USPS.

We are seeking an Intermediate Software Developer to join our team. This candidate will play a critical role in project planning, designing, coding and testing programs, standards adherence and updating computer programs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in the project planning process that determines programming and hardware needs. Assist or lead in preparing programming specifications and in developing coding logic. Prepare charts, diagrams, and other documentation as needed.
• Design, code, test, and debug computer programs, independently or as part of a team, using computer languages identified and available in the Infrastructure Tool Kit (ITK).
• Oversee the consistent utilization of USPS development standards, procedures, and processes. Ensure systems compatibility. Follow data security procedures and identify potential data security risks.
• Maintain contact, as designated, with the team leader, customers, contractors, and equipment vendors to monitor progress and coordinate varied project stages.
• Maintain computer programs and systems. Revise and update computer programs, procedures, and systems; including rewrites to the systems documentation and instructions as necessary.
• Performs other job-related tasks as assigned or required to support the duties outlined above.
• Agile Methodologies: Utilize iterative development methodologies and participate in Agile ceremonies to improve project delivery and collaboration.
• USPS Business Processes: Acquire comprehensive knowledge of USPS system environments and associated business processes.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills for collaboration across disciplines.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Intermediate Software Developer must have:
Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field from an accredited College/University is preferred.
• Alternative Path: If the candidate does not possess a relevant four-year degree, an additional four years of relevant work experience will be required.

Required Experience:

• Minimum of 5-7 years’ experience, in technology or software development preferred

Required Technical Skills and Expertise:

• DevSecOps, Secure Coding practices, and the Solutions Development Framework (Docker, Jenkins, GitLab)
• Designing and developing event/message-based application services using a message queue (e.g. Apache, Kafka)
• Using automated unit testing and user interface testing tools, ideally in a test-driven-development approach
• Use of source code management tools, ideally in a continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD pipeline) SecDevOps environment
• API centric, microservices, serverless applications, or similar cloud-friendly application designs
• Cloud Development with Dataflow, PubSub, or Redis
• Microservices design
• Kubernetes
• Security
• Performance tuning
• High Observability Principle
• Multi-threading
• Java, SQL, Python, React, JavaScript

Preferred Qualifications (2+ years experience) of one or more of the following:

• Knowledge/experience with Agile Methodologies
• Knowledge/experience of SDLC practices
• Change Management and Configuration Management (VersionOne, ServiceNow,