The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) requires an API Developer to design, develop, and maintain Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for secure and efficient communication between software systems, ensuring seamless system integration and performance optimization.
Requirements
- Advanced proficiency with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Git, Java REST Web Services, Spring Boot, and SQL.
- Strong understanding of API design principles, data modeling, and secure coding practices.
- Intermediate experience with Docker, Helm, and Kubernetes.
- Intermediate proficiency with Python and Ruby.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and container orchestration best practices.
Responsibilities
- Define and document API specifications, endpoints, data models, and protocols such as REST and GraphQL.
- Design, develop, and implement APIs using programming languages and frameworks such as Java and Python.
- Integrate APIs with internal and external systems, applications, and third-party services to ensure reliability and scalability.
- Write and maintain unit, integration, and end-to-end tests for APIs, ensuring performance and stability.
- Create and maintain clear documentation for API consumers, including usage examples and best practices.
- Implement and maintain authentication, authorization, encryption, and other security best practices.
- Monitor and optimize API performance, scalability, and reliability.
Other
- The candidate must reside within the continental US.
- U.S. Citizenship required, with the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
- Experience working in Agile development environments.
- Selected candidates will be required to complete fingerprinting at a government facility and undergo a background check as part of the hiring process.
- Sorry, we are unable to offer sponsorship at this time.
