Job Description

Developer position

Where: WJHTC  Atlantic City, NJ

Years of experience:  11 – 15

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The candidate will assist in the development of an approach and design for automated provisioning and testing of messaging system and user applications. Provides scientific, engineering and other technical support for the development, execution, and evaluation of programs, projects, and systems. Typical activities include, but are not limited to, developing and reviewing technical documents and plans; performing technology evaluations; provides testing and evaluation support; independent verification & validation; system modeling; developing strategic and program management plans; supporting policy development; conducting technical analyses and feasibility assessments; and providing enterprise integration support. Provide technical leadership for Contractor employees in the execution of support Operational Test (OT) activities.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under direction, assist in the development or modification of systems and subsystems including but not limited to:

            •           Collaborate across FAA projects and programs to establish procedures and automated workflows for accepting                                 software releases as configuration managed objects

            •           Manage private cloud infrastructure in the FAA System Wide Information Management (SWIM) Prototype Facility

            •           Support informal and formal operational test events, load file stability testing, and other customer driven test                                     activities.

            •          Design and deploy containerized applications into Kubernetes environment            

           •           Work with FAA and private contractors to define an automation workflow and Git strategy for configuration                                         management

            •            Generate and review of test plans, test procedures, and test analysis

            •            Develop micro-services in Java and/or Python to automate testing of FAA REST/Webservice and JMS systems

            •            Support, monitor and witness FAA informal and formal test conduct and related activities

            •            Troubleshoot with the software team to resolve issues moving software from Virtual Machines to Docker                                            Containers.

            •            Conduct Development for the FAA Continuous Testing Service (FAACTS), which is a platform developed on a                                    Kubernetes cluster to allow continuous Operational Testing for FAA ANG projects.

            •            Manage CI/CD pipeline to support deployment of testing software

REQUIREMENTS:

Must Have:

•  Bachelor’s degree (in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field is preferred) + minimum 11 years related experience
•  Knowledge of Development approach and design for automated provisioning and testing of messaging systems and user applications; background in automated testing
• Efficient in Linux environment
• Experience with Java
• Familiar with Docker and Kubernetes containers
• Experience with Python and Javascript 
• Experience with REST, SOAP, Message Broker, Enterprise integration patterns
• Experience working with agile development methodologies
• Experience with Git or equivalent version control systems
• Familiarity with DevOps methodologies as part of a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery workflow
• Possession of excellent analytical and technical writing skills

Nice to Have:

• FAA experience
• Knowledge of  Minio
• Experience with serverless functions in OpenFaas
• Experience testing using Selenium
• Experience with Spring Boot
• Experience with automated testing tools
• Experience working with Requirements analysis/definition, use case development, architecture development (SOA), system design of highly available distributed systems, middleware product trades, Cloud-based application deployment.
• Experience developing an automated testing framework(s)