Sr Software Developer

Software Developer - Senior

Chantilly, VA, United States (On-site)

Job Title: Software Developer - Senior

Job Code: TC1393

Location: Chantilly, VA

Reports to: Program Manager

FLSA Status: Exempt

Supervisory: No supervisory/management authority

Prepared Date: 10/30/2026

A government contract requires that this position be restricted to U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. You must provide documentation that you are a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident to qualify.

This position requires an active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.

Position Summary:

Cherokee Preting is seeking a Software Developer to support our government client. The Software Developer will work with a large team of developers, software engineers, and data engineers.  The Developer will be part of a team of developers and cloud engineers that create new features for legacy applications as the mission continues to expand and evolve.

Compensation & Benefits:

Starting Salary Range for Software Developer - Senior: $150,000 – $170,000

Benefits That Set Us Apart

When considering your next opportunity, compensation is only part of the picture. We offer a benefits package designed to invest in your future and support your life outside of work.

Highlights include:

• Up to a 6% 401(k) company match to help you build long-term financial security

• Paid time off as part of our comprehensive benefits package, so you have the flexibility to rest, recharge, and enjoy what matters most

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus prescription drug coverage

• Basic life and AD&D insurance, with supplemental life options

• Short-term and long-term disability coverage

• Paid holidays

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options

• Professional development, training, and certification support

• Voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, and identity theft protection

Because taking care of our employees isn’t just a promise, it’s part of who we are.

Benefits are subject to change and eligibility requirements apply.

Essential Functions, Duties & Responsibilities:

Includes the following:

• Works closely with product owners, business analysts, and other teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions

• Participate in planning deliverables and grooming the Jira backlog

• Participate in a team rotation of O&M responsibilities

• Required to be on-call for after hours support approximately one week every three months

• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

No supervisory/management authority

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree

• Minimum of six (6) years of relevant experience

• Experience creating applications with Java, Springboot, and Amazon Web Services for backend components, focusing on low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems

• Experience analyzing and decomposing complex software systems and creating designs for scalability, testability, and performance

• Experience writing custom scripts to install and configure code in EC2 instances

• Experience using Git, Jenkins, and Rundeck

• Experience creating RESTful API

• Experience working on a team that used the Scrum agile framework

• Experience manipulating data using XML, JSON and YAML formats

• Must be a US Citizen.

• This position requires an active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer; may occasionally require standing or moving about the office for extended periods.

• Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience using CloudFormation scripts

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification

• Experience delivering containerized applications with services similar to Docker and Kubernetes

• Experience creating applications/services using Python

• Experience with Elasticsearch and/or Kibana

• Experience creating applications that rely on tokenization

• Experience writing custom scripts to install and configure code in EC2 instances

• Understanding of Identity Access Management (IAM) and Zero Trust concepts

• Understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) concepts such as prompt engineering and large language models (LLM)

• Experience building microservices

• Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Katalon Studio or Selenium

• Experience building solutions designed to continue operation even if one AWS region is unavailable

Work Environment:

Work is performed primarily in a climate-controlled environment.