Full Stack Developer - Developer Lcat (Digital Gi Bill)

Position: Full Stack Developer - Developer LCAT
Job Type: Full-Time
Length of Contract: 1 year
Mode of Work: Hybrid
Location: Candidates must be local to Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, or San Antonio, TX, to accommodate working onsite at the Accenture Office in Chantilly, VA, or San Antonio, TX, at least one (1) week per month.
POSITION OVERVIEW
SteerBridge Strategies is supporting a national-level program for the Veterans Benefits Administration (“VBA”) to modernize its delivery of educational benefits to Veterans. The Digital GI Bill (DGIB) is a top priority for our strategic partner, Accenture Federal Services (AFS). As partners, SteerBridge and AFS are looking for the most talented IT professionals to join this dynamic, multi-year opportunity.
The VBA is responsible for administering the department's programs that provide financial and other forms of assistance to veterans, their dependents, and survivors. Claims are currently processed at Regional Processing Offices by Claims Examiners. The VBA envisions improved customer service and mission accomplishment by digitizing the process. This project will provide a user-friendly service for beneficiaries to apply, withdraw, amend, transfer or perform other actions with improved timeliness and accuracy of award decisions. Due to the technical deficit in the VBA’s application and IT infrastructure, implementing these changes will be challenging and under an aggressive timeline.
REQUIRED

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering or other Engineering or Technical discipline is required plus a minimum of five (5) years related work experience. Eight (8) years of may be substituted for education, for a total of thirteen (13) years of work experience.
• Must be eligible and able to pass a Public Trust Clearance background check.
• Must live in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia or in or near San Antonio, TX.
• Must be able to work onsite at the Accenture office in Chantilly, VA, or San Antonio, TX, at least one (1) week per month.
• Must be able to work East Coast business hours.

RESPONSIBILITIES
The Developer is responsible for participating in the full agile development life cycle with Java apps, Web Services (REST), and reusable components to support the overall project.
The Developer will:

• Perform detailed design, identify reusable components, configure, build, and test app and/or tech arch components.
• Analyze technical needs, develop and debug code with design objectives.
• Fix defects found during testing.
• Review and integrate all app requirements (functional, security, performance).

REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Java 11+ development
• Angular 10+ development
• Angular, Java, Spring experience is a must
• Custom development
• REST, JSON
• JPA 2.1+
• Hibernate Transactions
• Caching principles
• Aspect oriented programming

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Must have experience in analyzing customer needs and developing overall concept and design objectives.
• Must be able to create software in a variety of programming and for a variety of IT software applications.
• Must have experience in debugging and correcting errors in computer programs.

COMPENSATION
(Starting from $140,000.00) A salary commensurate with background and experience will be offered.
BENEFITS

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k) with matching
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Federal Holidays

SteerBridge Strategies is committed to equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person’s race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. SteerBridge Strategies will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities in accordance with applicable law.