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Founded in 2002, VMD is an award-winning provider of Agile Software Engineering, Digital Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and Transportation Security Services to numerous U.S. Federal Government clients including projects across both DoD and Civilian agencies. We specialize in high-level, tip of the spear engagements with a significant impact on mission success for our clients.

Why Join VMD Corp?

VMD fosters a culture that is founded on Eight Core Values and you can watch what our Core Values mean to our Vision Mission Driven employees.

VMD Employees envision the future. We hold ourselves accountable and hold each other to equally high standards. Our people recognize and reward greatness and are humble in doing so. VMD Employees understand big accomplishments take a team. Our people learn from both our mistakes and successes; we pursue improvement relentlessly, objectively and without bias. We share our thoughts and ideas with purpose and transparency. We commit to the mission, the customer and to each other. We love being nimble and producing results.

Our team is one of the best in the business.

About the Mission You Will Join:

The team supporting the EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) Fuels IT systems is seeking a full-stack developer to support exciting technical transformation and modernization efforts currently underway. The team is currently focused on supporting and modernizing complex software systems that support industry fuel registration, reporting and compliance activities while using the Agile/SAFe framework.

Your Impact to the Mission:

The Full Stack Developer will perform the following responsibilities:

• Participate in an agile team, including all agile ceremonies, contributing in all aspects of the development lifecycle, including requirements, architecture, design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance of software solutions.
• Design, develop, and maintain code that meets requirements, is high quality, and performs efficiently and effectively to provide a great customer experience.
• Incorporate standards and best practices, including performance, security, scalability, and maintainability.
• Update and maintain system design documents.
• Review and provide feedback on functional and technical requirements.
• Contributing to improvements in the software development lifecycle (SDLC) utilizing practices such as test-driven development (TDD), static code analysis, code reviews, continuous integration, continuous delivery, and automated security scanning.
• Working closely with technical architects to ensure system design follows the industry best practices and standards that align with federal security requirements
• Provide operational support expertise, including the following:
• Debugging software to investigate production issues, including performing systematic assessments for identifying root causes of faults or problems
• Understanding production environments including security hardening, performance tuning, and access control
• Reproducing failures in development environments
• Recommending coding solutions for other developers to implement

Experience Needed to Be Successful:

• Expertise in core Java
• Experience with RESTful web services.
• SQL and data modeling experience, including experience working with ORM tools/frameworks such as Hibernate (including a working knowledge of JPA).
• Experience developing applications and working collaboratively in an agile environment
• Outstanding communication, organization, time management, and interpersonal skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills coupled with strong listening skills
• Experience with Git or other distributed source control system
• Working knowledge and experience in Federal IT security guidelines and practices and Section 508/ Accessibility.
• Working knowledge and experience in cloud-based environments (AWS/Azure)
• Ability to contribute on an individual basis as well as demonstrate your strengths as an agile team member
• Experience communicating and collaborating with other software developers, business owners, and management.
• Independent worker
• Good team player
• Good communicator
• Collaborative
• Analytical
• Dependable internet service

Desired Qualifications and Experience:

• Single Page Application Frameworks (SPA) VueJS/Angular/ReactJS
• Experience with modern microservice (API) architectures
• KnockoutJS
• Docker (or other container technologies)
• Experience building Cloud Native Applications and an understanding of secure cloud architectures
• DevOps/DevSecOps (CI/CD, Jenkins, GitLab, Maven, automation scripting)
• Experience with NoSQL database technologies (MongoDB, DynamoDB)

Basic Qualifiers:

• Education Requirement: Bachelor’s degree
• Can Additional Years of Experience Substitute for Degree? Yes
• Required Certification(s): None
• Desired Certification(s): None
• Minimum Years of Overall Experience: 5
• Minimum Years of Specific Experience in Field: 5
• Minimum Clearance to Start: Interim Public Trust
• Work Status Allowable: US Citizenship

The Type of Person That Will Excel:

• You are curious, inquisitive, and have demonstrated a constant eagerness to learn through actions.
• You have high attention to detail.
• You demonstrate personal accountability and integrity in all actions.

Travel and Telecommuting:

• Travel: None
• Telecommute Options: Expected available hours are 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST.

VMD provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable Federal, state and local laws. VMD maintains a drug-free workplace.