Job Description

LightFeather is currently seeking talented Full Stack Software and DevOps engineers who are well versed in Cloud, DevOps, Security and Agile. This is a long-term project. Successful candidates must thrive in a people-based corporate culture.

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, Math, Engineering, or IT-related field preferred or equivalent experience.
• Experience in one or more of the following:
• iOS for Mobile Operating Systems (including mobile Safari)
• React & AngularJS for responsive web design
• JBoss & Tomcat for application servers
• Spring/Hibernate for Java MVC framework
• Apache ActiveMQ for message queuing
• National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) & JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) standard formats for data representation based on NIEM data model.
• Microservices software architecture
• Representational State Transfer (REST) and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) web service protocols
• Oracle (Transactional) / PostgreSQL or similar (Data Stores and Warehouses)
• Security Assertion Mark-up Language (SAML) and KERBEROS Single Sign-On Standards
• Container technologies (OpenShift, Docker, or similar) to build, run, and scale applications
• DevOpsSec (Development Operations Security) tools and resources such as but not limited to Jenkins, Terraform, Chef, Ansible, Vault, SonarQube, OKTA, AWS Lambda and DynamoDB to deliver Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) for ERO applications
• Java, Spring Boot
• Experience with Agile and CI/CD tools like Jenkins, SonarQube, GitHub, JUnit, Selenium, Confluence, Jira, etc.
• Experience with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Kafka, and developing in/for a containerized (OpenShift) AWS environment.
• Experience with developing Windows Services in C#, is a plus.3+ years of progressively responsible software engineering.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming principals.
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery techniques.
• Experience with test-driven development and automated testing practices.
• Demonstrated growth mindset, enthusiastic about learning new technologies quickly and applying gained knowledge to address business problems.
• Ability to communicate with clients on a business level and translate their needs into a technical solution.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, build, test, and deploy highly scalable and resilient cloud-based applications on private and public clouds by building APIs and microservices.
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation.
• Take ownership of key architecture decisions.
• Provide Knowledge and expertise in the tools and techniques necessary to design software and deploy using automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Work on an integrated team that embraces an Agile methodology with an emphasis on automation, continuous integration, and continuous delivery.
• Support the design and development of secure microservices, and responsible for writing high quality, defect-free, secure, extensible, and reusable code, and ensuring that code is protected and tested through rigorous automated testing practices.
• All candidates must demonstrate a high degree of initiative, passion for innovation, a solid understanding of software engineering, and a willingness to work in a highly collaborative Agile and DevOps culture.

ABOUT US

LightFeather is a fun, forward leaning, edgy startup that is ready to change the world and improve the federal government, one organization at a time. We truly believe in empowering our people to be leaders and contributors. We have been putting people first since day one. We offer variety, fulfillment, challenge, depth, and balance. Be ready to flex your skills across the industry to do great things and make a powerful value-driven impact. We attract the best in the business. People from enterprises, consultancies, agencies, and startups—all drawn to building a career that is both exciting and sustainable.

LightFeather’s services cover a wide range of business and technology capabilities. The breadth in capabilities assures that LightFeather can support organizations with an enterprise and forward-thinking vision. We collaboratively design, build, and implement business strategies and solutions to help solve complex client problems to drive business value. Specifically, we partner with customers to provide Management Consulting, Cyber Security, User Experience, Cloud, DevOps, Custom Software Development and Engineering, Data Analytics, and Security Solutions.

Company Description

LIGHTFEATHER IO LLC is a newly formed WOSB and SDVOSB. Our company motto is "Always Ideating, Always Iterating, and Always Innovating." We are a fun, forward leaning, edgy startup that is ready to change the world and improve the federal government, one organization at a time. We truly believe in empowering our people to be leaders and contributors. We have been putting people first since day one. We offer variety, fulfillment, challenge, depth and balance. Be ready to flex your skills across the industry to do great things and make a powerful value-driven impact. We attract the best in the business. People from enterprises, consultancies, agencies, and startups—all drawn to building a career that’s both exciting and sustainable. LightFeather’s services cover a wide range of business and technology capabilities. The breadth in capabilities assures that LightFeather can support organizations with an enterprise and forward-thinking vision. We collaboratively design, build, and implement business strategies and solutions to help solve complex client problems to drive business value. Specifically, we partner with customers to provide Management Consulting, Cyber Security, User Experience, Cloud Based (Infrastructure, Foundation, DevOps, Custom Development, Data, Analytics, and Security) Solutions.