Ruby Developer

Overview

Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking a Ruby Developer to support a major national laboratory.

The succesful candidate will work with a team developing and/or maintaining web-based applications using tools such as Ruby on Rails. You will analyze functional business applications and design specifications for functional activities; translate detailed design into application systems; test, debug, and refine applications to produce the required product; prepare required documentation, including both program-level and user-level documentation; enhance applications to improve performance and add functionality; and provide technical direction to engineers to ensure program deadlines are met.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members to investigate, plan, gather requirements, design, develop, test, document, analyze problems, and support software systems and applications.
• Support the design of software tools and subsystems that support reuse and domain analysis
• Assisting Applications Engineers and Programmers in interpreting software requirements and design specifications, coding, integrating, and testing software components to ensure they meet project objectives.
• Analyze functional business applications and design specifications across various areas, including finance, accounting, personnel, manpower, logistics, and contracts. Develop block diagrams and logic flow charts, translating detailed designs into computer software, testing, debugging, and refining software to produce high-quality products.
• Prepare comprehensive documentation and enhance software to improve efficiency while providing technical direction to programmers to ensure project deadlines are met.
• Experience in information system design, including application programming on large-scale database management systems and the development of complex software to satisfy design objectives.

Qualifications

• BS/BA and five years of experience in Linux environments, relational database, experience in Software Development ( HTML, CSS, Javascript, Data Structures, and Algorithms).
• Candidate must be able to obtain a DOE Q clearance.
• U.S. citizenship is required per Contract to obtain and maintain U.S. Department of Energy Clearance
• Candidate must reside in the Albuquerque area as onsite work is required.

Required SKills:

• Knowledge of, and desire to follow IT Operations best practices and procedures such as issue management and incident response.
• Five years’ experience working in full stack application development
• Six years’ experience developing web-based applications using tools - Ruby on Rails
• Experience using Agile development methodologies
• Effective oral and written communications skills along with a strong customer service commitment
• Familiar with information security best practices

Desired skills:

• Experience integrating front end and back-end APIs to allow agnostic use of other front-end frameworks
• Experience with Rails testing frameworks such as Rspec and Git

About Us: 

Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies for 2018 through 2025.

It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other statuses protected by applicable law. #LI-KM1

- Collaborate with team members to investigate, plan, gather requirements, design, develop, test, document, analyze problems, and support software systems and applications. - Support the design of software tools and subsystems that support reuse and domain analysis - Assisting Applications Engineers and Programmers in interpreting software requirements and design specifications, coding, integrating, and testing software components to ensure they meet project objectives. - Analyze functional business applications and design specifications across various areas, including finance, accounting, personnel, manpower, logistics, and contracts. Develop block diagrams and logic flow charts, translating detailed designs into computer software, testing, debugging, and refining software to produce high-quality products. - Prepare comprehensive documentation and enhance software to improve efficiency while providing technical direction to programmers to ensure project deadlines are met. - Experience in information system design, including application programming on large-scale database management systems and the development of complex software to satisfy design objectives.