Software Engineer SME

General Dynamics Information Technology

1d • Remote

About The Position

GDIT is looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer SME to support a major project within Veterans Affairs. As a member of the team, you will be involved with the development and delivery of an enterprise software solution for Veterans Affairs developed by GDIT. Our software platform provides the information needed to deliver on the VA mission to best serve our Veterans. This is a major scale platform developed in a high paced environment and GDIT is in need of senior software developers to support our current VA projects. A successful candidate needs to have a strong programming background with experience on large scale enterprise applications. As a member of the team, you will participate in the development and delivery of our software platform that is based in Java/Grails and is in active development with components in python. We are looking for a self motivated high performer that will be able to join our team and have the background needed to quickly become a productive member of our Veterans Affairs team! As the Senior Software Engineer SME, you will: Assist with the development and implementation and modernization of an existing platform consistent with enterprise architecture reference standards. Work closely with the technical team and leadership to actively identify and log technical issues or risks associated with a project, escalating them, as appropriate, and possibly support the implementation of mitigation strategies for risk prevention and timely resolution. You will have the opportunity to contribute on an individual basis as well as demonstrate your strengths as a team player.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree and 15+ years of experience in Full stack development in Java\Grails
• Experience in an Agile team environment
• Experience with SaaS solution delivery
• Experience with migration and modernization of large scale software products
• Experience developing cloud ready solutions
• Must be able to obtain a Position of Trust and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting

Nice To Haves

• AI development tooling
• Python development
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Team leadership
• Support of strategic planning and implementation

Responsibilities

• Assist with the development and implementation and modernization of an existing platform consistent with enterprise architecture reference standards.
• Work closely with the technical team and leadership to actively identify and log technical issues or risks associated with a project, escalating them, as appropriate, and possibly support the implementation of mitigation strategies for risk prevention and timely resolution.
• You will have the opportunity to contribute on an individual basis as well as demonstrate your strengths as a team player.

Benefits

• Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
• To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year.
• Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire.
• The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.
• To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
• We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level