Software Engineer

Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Que Technology Group, Inc., is seeking a motivated Software Engineer to join an Agile development team supporting a mission-critical enterprise data processing application. The team builds and maintains a Spring Boot application with a MariaDB backend that processes terabytes of operational data each week, and is preparing the platform for containerized deployment on Kubernetes. This is an opportunity to influence technical design decisions and help modernize a high-impact system using Java, RESTful APIs, relational databases, and container technologies.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Analyze user and system requirements and help drive the technical design, implementation, and modernization of software solutions
Develop, test, debug, and maintain Java and Angular applications using modern software engineering practices
Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and service integrations
Develop and optimize MariaDB and other relational database interactions, queries, and data access components
Develop software that efficiently processes and manages large volumes of enterprise data
Support modernization efforts including application containerization, Kubernetes deployment, and continued evolution of the application architecture
Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, troubleshooting, technical design, and continuous process improvement
Develop and maintain unit, integration, and automated tests in support of CI/CD processes
Use GitLab CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment activities
Create and maintain technical documentation in Confluence and track planning and work in Jira
Provide backup database administration support for Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB, including routine maintenance, monitoring, troubleshooting, and backup and recovery during DBA absences
Cross-train across application, database, and deployment technologies to ensure continuity of operations

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline with at least seven (7) years of software engineering experience on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
An additional four (4) years of Software Engineering experience may be substituted for the degree.
Experience developing Java enterprise applications using Spring Boot or similar modern frameworks.
Experience developing web applications using Angular or similar modern front-end frameworks.
Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs.
Experience developing applications using Oracle, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, or similar relational databases.
Experience with container technologies such as Docker or Podman.
Experience deploying and supporting containerized applications in Kubernetes environments.
Experience with application modernization and software architecture evolution.
Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience designing and implementing microservices architectures.
Experience deploying applications to Kubernetes platforms such as Rancher, Amazon EKS, OpenShift, or other CNCF-compliant distributions.
Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts including Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Ingress, Persistent Volumes, and Helm charts.
Experience designing or supporting applications that process large volumes of enterprise data.
Experience implementing and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
Experience using Jira and Confluence in a software development environment.
Experience providing operational support for Oracle, PostgreSQL, or MariaDB databases.
Experience with automated testing, DevSecOps practices, and modern software delivery pipelines.

Security Clearance:

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required.

BENEFITS:

Competitive salary
Company Medical/Dental/Vision plans – Company paid
Short-term Disability, Long-term disability and Life Insurance – Company paid
Business/ First Class travel upgrade for 7 hour or longer flights & company card will be provided for expenses
Vacation / Personal days granted at 25 days per year
Paid Federal Holidays – 11 days
$5,000 Annual Professional Development Fund plus 40 paid hours if in class
401K with 6% company match; all contributions are immediately vested by Employee
Employee will be paid a bonus of $10,000 per employee hired based on their referral
Up to 3 paid Code Red days due to customer closure

Que Technology Group, Inc., is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.