Junior Application Developer

Freedom Technology Solutions Group, LLC is seeking a Junior Application Developer to support essential services and mission critical activities across the enterprise. The role involves collaborating within an Agile team to modernize enterprise applications and troubleshoot user-reported issues.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate within an Agile development team supporting and modernizing multiple business and financial enterprise applications, including a recently modernized Corporate Management Information System (CMIS)
• Develop new features, enhance existing capabilities, and maintain applications across a modern enterprise technology stack
• Support multiple mission-critical enterprise systems with similar architectures and technologies, while contributing to future modernization initiatives
• Troubleshoot user-reported issues, resolve defects, and optimize application performance to improve system reliability and user experience
• Design and implement proactive monitoring and alerting solutions to identify potential system issues before they impact operations or availability
• Develop and maintain applications utilizing technologies such as Python, Django, Docker, AWS, Java, JavaScript, and ReactJS and/or Vue.js
• Manage and optimize Docker containers to support efficient application deployment, scalability, and streamlined development workflows
• Rapidly diagnose and resolve technical issues spanning application code, infrastructure, integrations, and data environments
• Apply best practices for security, data integrity, and compliance to safeguard sensitive business and financial information
• Participate in Agile development activities including sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand-ups, demos, and iterative delivery cycles
• Adapt quickly to evolving priorities, customer requirements, and modernization efforts within a fast-paced enterprise environment

Skills

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph required
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline, plus three (3) years of software development or engineering experience
• A master's degree in technical discipline and one (1) year of experience
• An additional four (4) years of relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree
• Experience developing and maintaining enterprise applications using Python
• Experience working with front-end technologies such as JavaScript, ReactJS, HTML, and CSS
• Experience troubleshooting and resolving application, infrastructure, and system integration issues in a production environment
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies, including participation in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and iterative development cycles
• Ability and willingness to quickly learn new technologies, tools, and enterprise platforms in support of modernization efforts
• Experience developing, updating, and maintaining technical documentation, system documentation and user support materials
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams
• Must be able to work between the core hours of Monday-Friday, 10:00AM-2:00PM. Exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis
• Experience supporting business, financial, or other enterprise applications in a secure environment is preferred
• Experience managing the full software development lifecycle (SDLC) to include requirements definition, design, development, test, deployment, and sustainment
• Experience supporting applications in cloud or containerized environments, including technologies such as AWS and Docker
• Experience with PostgreSQL
• Familiarity with the CI/CD

Benefits

• Flexible work environment
• A team mentality – work with friendly, like-minded professionals
• Work with innovative, cutting edge technologies
• Enjoy extremely competitive compensation and benefits
• A work-life balance you can count on
• Opportunities to grow and advance your career on our dime
• Amazing benefits including matching 401k, fully paid medical, and more
• Generous paid time off – including paid site closure days
• Competitive salary offerings
• Paid training and tuition reimbursement
• Referral bonuses
• Fully paid life and disability
• Annual logo wear allowance
• Company sponsored events (game nights, holiday party, summer party, happy hours)

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