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Java Developer Junior
Location
Ashburn, VA, United States
Experience
Entry
Posted
Jul 30, 2026
Apply by
August 29, 2026
Applicants
0
Early applicantEasy applyFull-timeHybrid
Job Description
SAIC is currently seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented junior-level Java/JEE Developer to join our team in Ashburn, VA to begin an exciting and challenging career.
This position will be 100% on-site in Ashburn, VA for the first year of employment. 2 days per week on-site after the first year.
Job Responsibilities
- Design and implement microservices using the Spring framework
- Use modern software engineering tools including Eclipse, VS Code, and Atlassian Suites for design, development, and testing the software
- Present the solution at formal and informal design reviews, and document the design according to the Government’s system lifecycle methodology
### Qualifications
Required Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related engineering field with 2+ years of technical experience
- 2+ years of Java J2EE/JEE design and software development experience including designing, developing, and documenting large-scale enterprise software systems.
- 2+ years of working with Applications on Cloud utilizing serverless hosted services like AWS lambda.
- Experience with HTML, CSS and JavaScript, Angular, React, React-Native, NodeJS
- Development of microservices using Spring. Primarily Spring Boot.
- Experience wiring up code to perform highly efficient CRUD operations on DBMS such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB with JDBC, JPA, Hibernate etc
- Experience with NoSQL DBs like MongoDB, DocumentDB, DynamoDB etc.
- Developing and debugging complex SQL queries
- Some experience and familiarity with Unix, Linux systems and commands along with some shell scripting
- Experience with object-oriented analysis and design techniques
- High level of self-motivation, desire to deliver stellar solutions and willingness to work in a distributed team environment
Desired Skills and Experience
- Master’s degree in computer science or related field
- First-hand experience working with large project teams (working with the Federal Government a strong plus)
- Experience working on an agile team such as Scrum
- Experience writing code to interact with AWS services (e.g., S3, SQS, Lambda, Elasticache, MongoDB etc)
- HTML and CSS
- Docker, Konvoy, Kubernetes
- Jenkins, Gitlab, Monitoring Tools
Customer Requirements
- Clearance – Ability to obtain and hold a public trust position and favorable suitability based on a CBP Background Investigation
- Citizenship – Must be a US Citizen
- Location – This position will require on-site work in Ashburn, VA 5 days per week for the first year of employment. All candidates must be within the GWA/commut
### About the Company
[SAIC®](http://www.saic.com/) is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.
We are approximately 23,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.3 billion. For more information, visit [saic.com](http://www.saic.com/). For ongoing news, please visit our [newsroom](http://www.saic.com/who-we-are/newsroom/).
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement microservices using the Spring framework
- Use modern software engineering tools including Eclipse, VS Code, and Atlassian Suites
- Present solutions at formal and informal design reviews
- Document design according to the Government’s system lifecycle methodology
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related engineering field
Skills Required
JavaJ2EEJEESpringSpring BootAWS LambdaHTMLCSSJavaScriptAngularReactReact-NativeNodeJSOraclePostgreSQLMongoDBJDBCJPAHibernateNoSQLSQLUnixLinuxShell scriptingObject-oriented analysis and designSelf-motivationDesire to deliver stellar solutionsWillingness to work in a distributed team environmentScrumAWS S3AWS SQSAWS ElasticacheDockerKonvoyKubernetesJenkinsGitlabMonitoring ToolsExperience working on large project teams
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