Remote Full Stack Developer needed at Praxis Engineering

Job Description

Praxis Engineering has an immediate need for a Full Stack Developer. Want to join a talented team of engineers who develop, sustain, upgrade, and enhance software and full system solutions using the latest development tools, libraries, and techniques? Then this position is for you!

The Full Stack Developer will use back-end Java 8+ and DevOps skills to support the National Time Sensitive System (NTSS) tool suite which delivers critical intelligence around the world at mission speed. In this role you will work with cutting edge technology to manage high-volume and time-sensitive data throughput in response to Intelligence Community and world-wide partner needs. Support includes both sustainment of the existing tools and development of new features and functionality based on high-priority mission needs.

Responsibilities will include: developing distributed software; updating software code and fixing bugs; deploying applications; installing and configuring complex software; managing network servers and technology tools; monitoring and maintaining the system for required levels of performance; writing scripts to automate general system operations or DevOps activities; and troubleshooting and resolving issues and outages.

Candidates will be required to work a rotating pager schedule for emergency 24/7 call-in support as required (roughly 1 week out of every 4-6 weeks). Staff may charge 12 additional hours (4 hours per system with 3 systems covered) for the week they are on call in addition to hours worked.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional experience may be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree.
• Back-end Java 8+
• DevOps
• Clearance: Active TS/SCI with an appropriate polygraph is required to be considered for this role

Additional desired technical skills may include experience with:

• Spring Boot / Spring Cloud
• Kibana/Logstash
• MongoDB
• Docker / Docker Compose / Docker Swarm
• RESTful web services
• Angular/TypeScript/GWT
• Drools

Benefits

• Attractive total compensation package to include competitive salary and medical benefits with an option for FREE employee HSA medical plan!
• Office perks such as free soft drinks and snacks (both healthy and not-so-healthy)
• Praxis swag (annual gift certificate to purchase top brand Praxis apparel)
• 401k contribution/match: combination of profit share/contribution (3.5%) and employer match (up to 4.5%) for a total of 8%.
• Annual bonus plan
• 4 weeks Paid Time Off + 10 holidays + comp time eligibility. (30+ days of leave to start!)
• We reward longevity! On your 5th work anniversary – you will receive an additional week of PTO to 5 weeks of PTO. Making it 35+ days of leave altogether!
• On your 10th work anniversary – you will receive an additional week of PTO to 6 weeks of PTO. Making it 40+ days of leave altogether!
• At any time, your unused PTO can be traded in for $$$!
• Carryover a max of 380hours of leave from year to year. You can choose to have a sabbatical one year or trade in your unused PTO for something nice!
• Student loan repayment Assistance – COMING SOON!
• Training is a priority! Take advantage of our endless in-house training opportunities – or seek out vendor offered (paid) training opportunities like conferences, certification courses and seminars.
• Conferences (recently attended by Praxis employees): AWS Summit, IoT World, Black Hat and DefCon.
• Training & Certifications: Splunk, AWS, Big Data/Cloudera, VMWare, Scrum Master…the list of certifications goes on and on!
• Praxis University: Cyber Research, Data Analytics, IoT, AWS and RedHat course offerings and hands-on training.
• We truly believe the right work-life balance can exist, and it’s here at Praxis. Our work is extremely important, but your job is just a part of who you are. When you enjoy your life outside of our walls, you’re at your best the next time you walk through our doors. We do all we can to assure that happens every day.