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Entry-Level Java Developer

SAIC
Full Timeentry
Ashburn, Virginia, USPosted March 8, 2026

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Job Description

Description

SAIC is currently seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Java/JEE Developer (Entry Level) to join our team to begin an exciting and challenging career in Ashburn, VA.

This position is 100% on-site for the first year of employment.

Job Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and unit test REST microservices with Java, Spring, and JUnit
  • Develop web applications with Angular that communicate with backend microservices
  • Write complex SQL queries and perform data modeling
  • Work collaboratively within a large, Agile development team

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related engineering field with 0+ years of technical experience

  • Spring Boot
  • Spring REST/SOAP web services
  • Angular
  • React
  • HTML/Javascript/CSS
  • XML/JSON
  • SQL
  • JPA/Hibernate
  • 2+ yrs Java web application development required

Desired Skills and Experience

  • Experience with Spring WebFlux and R2DBC
  • Experience with microservices architecture
  • Experience with JMS and/or Kafka
  • Familiar with AWS
  • Comfortable with Eclipse and Visual Studio Code
  • Agile development approach
  • Good communication skills (writing and presenting)
  • Strong initiative: must be able to take a high-level requirement, ask questions/seek clarifications, and get the job done
  • Ability to work in a high-pressured, tight-deadline environment
  • Superior written and oral communication skills are essential
  • Must be able to multitask efficiently and progressively and work comfortably in an ever-changing data environment
  • Must work well in a team environment as well as independently
  • Excellent verbal/written communication and problem solving skills; ability to communicate information to a variety of groups at different technical skill levels
  • Master’s degree in computer science or related field is a plus

Customer Requirements

  • Clearance – Ability to obtain and hold a public trust position and favorable suitability based on a CBP Background Investigation
  • Citizenship – Must be a US Citizen
  • Location – Required to be on-site in Ashburn, VA 5 days per week for the first year of employment. After their first year, they will have the option to work a hybrid schedule (2-3 days on-site) depending on the needs of the team.

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