Full Stack Developer (Senior) - Tech Lead - Linthicum, MD

Full Stack Developer (Senior) * Tech Lead* 

About us 

Creative Information Technology Inc (CITI) is an esteemed IT enterprise renowned for its exceptional customer service and innovation. We serve both government and commercial sectors, offering a range of solutions such as Healthcare IT, Human Services, Identity Credentialing, Cloud Computing, and Big Data Analytics. With clients in the US and abroad, we hold key contract vehicles including GSA IT Schedule 70, NIH CIO-SP3, GSA Alliant, and DHS-Eagle II.

Join us in driving growth and seizing new business opportunities.

Role and Responsibilities 

• The Applications Development Expert provides design recommendations based on long-term IT organization strategy. The position shall use a variety of platforms to provide automated systems applications to customers. This individual will be viewed both internally and externally as a technical expert and critical technical resource across multiple disciplines. His/her responsibilities include performing the following tasks: 
• Developing enterprise level application and custom integration solutions including major enhancements and interfaces, functions and features; 
• Providing expertise regarding the integration of applications across the business; 
• Determining specifications, then plans, designs, and developing the most complex and business critical software solutions, utilizing appropriate software engineering processes (either individually or in concert with a project team); 
• Assisting in the most difficult support problems; 
• Developing programming and development standards and procedures as well as programming architectures for code reuse; 
• Understanding and consistently applying the attributes and processes of current application development methodologies; 
• Researching and maintaining knowledge in emerging technologies and possible application to the business; and 
• Acting as an internal consultant, advocate, mentor and change agent. 
• Candidate should be able to design, develop and implement complex solutions based on Java technology and related frameworks.
• Candidate should be able to assist in the system integration of components.
• Candidate should be to translate application requirements into web-based solutions using the recommended frameworks and technology.
• Should be able to integrate the components using Web Services, EJB, REST SOAP and other techniques.

Minimum Qualification

• Education: This position requires a Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field or equivalent work experience. (Note: A Master’s degree is preferred.) 
• General Experience: The proposed candidate must have at least seven (7) years of IT and business/industry work experience. 
• Specialized Experience: The proposed candidate must have at least three (3) years as a technical expert in an IT organization. This individual coaches and mentors the junior technical staff. The position will also provide technical input into the most complex and high impact IT decisions. This individual will be accountable for the most complex enterprise-wide applications and issues, translating highly complex concepts for peers and customers. The position must have in-depth knowledge of state-of-the art programming languages and object-oriented approach in designing, coding, testing and debugging programs.
• At least eight (8) years of experience in designing and developing applications in Java, scripting languages such as Python, JavaScript and web technologies such as Node.js and Angular. 
• At least three (3) years of experience in developing and consuming RESTful APIs. 
• Experience in Java/J2EE, REST web services, JPA and unit testing code coverage. 
• Extensive experience in Framework such as spring, Hibernate.
• Experience in building front-end applications using JavaScript, Angular JS, JSON, jQuery.
• Experience in building back-end application code that interfaces with other systems, services and APIs/RESTful APIs. 
• Knowledge in developing shell scripting.
• Knowledge in application servers such as JBOSS/Tomcat.
• Experience in build and integration tools such as Maven and Jenkins etc. and source control tools like Git. 
• Experience writing business rules and business logic. 
• Must have knowledge in building applications with concurrency. 
• Must have knowledge of Spring Components and Spring Framework. 
• Experience in Child Support programs, Integrated Eligibility and/or Health & Human Services domain.