Node.js Developer Backend

Description of Work:

• Provide development support to the government client and enable design, development, and implementation for a Disability System.
• Participate in the full life cycle of an agile project and design and develop user interfaces/back-end applications and conduct testing
• Understand the business problem statement, user scenarios, and technical constraints
• Plan for and conduct implementation activities
• Participate in planning, retrospectives, demos and daily stand-ups
• Continuously develops knowledge and skills on pertinent systems
• Perform thorough unit and functional testing of the code to ensure high quality bug free code
• Provide weekly and monthly status to the management
• Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical topics to management and non-technical audiences, as well as interface with the customer on a daily basis
• Become knowledgeable on the HIPAA policies and procedures for the program and ensure awareness of HIPAA breach process. Understand your role in HIPAA compliance and be able to execute that role in an effective manner

• Bachelor s degree and 7 years of relative experience, Master's degree and 5 years of relative experience, or 11 years of relative experience in an IT field in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum of 5 years of JavaScript development experience
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in at least two of the following technologies: Node.js, Express.js, NGINX, and Redis
• Minimum of 3 years of experience using Node.js and Express.js with a SQL database (e.g. MySQL or PostgreSQL)
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in Agile/Scrum methodology and tools (e.g. such as Rally, JIRA, or Version One)
• Minimum of 2 years of experience with Extensible Markup Language (XML) & JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)
• Minimum of 1 years of experience developing complex Web applications using .NET, C#, Visual Studio, and MVC framework
• Must be or US Permanent Resident ( holder)
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a US Public Trust clearance

• Candidates with these skills will be given preferential consideration.
• Prior federal government experience
• Experience with relational database systems including PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB and DB2; and writing complex SQL queries
• Experience with popular Node.js web frameworks and/or utility libraries such as: Express, Hapi, Underscore/Lodash, Async, Bluebird, and Grunt.
• Experience with front-end development using JavaScript
• Experience with React.js frameworks (e.g. MOBX or FLUX)
• In-depth knowledge of HTTP protocol
• Experience building RESTful APIs
• Experience with ECMAScript 6
• Experience with designing and developing distributed systems
• Experience with microservices and respective architecture design principles and scalability best practices
• Experience with Container Technologies (e.g. Docker Swarm/Compose)
• Experience with scheduling and orchestration technologies (kubernetes, zookeeper, etcd, consul)
• Experience in creating API design/technical documentation (Raml, swagger)
• Experience in using debugging and observability tools for live systems dtrace, strace dtruss
• Experience in post-mortem analysis of a node process
• Experience in messaging protocols such as AMQP (Rabbitmq, Kafka, Nats).