Senior Application Developer

McLean, VA
Full Time
Technology
Experienced

Job Title: Senior Application Developer (NOAA/AWIPS) 

 
Company: BLN24 
 
About Us: We find strength in teamwork-a better you is a better us 
BLN24 is an award-winning Management Consulting Firm that supports the U.S. Federal Government in successfully achieving their mission and goals. Our service and solutions delivery start with understanding each client’s end-state, and then seamlessly integrating within each Agency’s organization to improve and enhance strategic and technical operations and deployments. 
 
Position Overview: 

We are seeking Senior Application Developers to support the NOAA National Weather Service AWIPS program, a mission-critical system used nationwide to process and disseminate real-time weather data that protects life and property. 

You will contribute to the development and enhancement of a large-scale, high-availability platform supporting 24/7/365 operations. 

Key Responsibilities: 

  • Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable, secure, and maintainable software applications supporting mission-critical weather systems 

  • Support enhancements, modernization, and maintenance of the AWIPS baseline software platform 

  • Collaborate with UX, DevSecOps, QA, and product teams in an Agile development environment 

  • Develop and maintain scalable microservices, RESTful APIs, and event-driven services 

  • Ensure code quality through unit testing, code reviews, and adherence to engineering best practices 

  • Support integration with AWS cloud services and cloud-native architecture patterns (EC2, Lambda, S3, EKS) 

  • Participate in CI/CD pipeline development and support automated deployment processes 

  • Contribute to system performance tuning, monitoring, logging, and operational troubleshooting in a 24/7 environment 

  • Utilize AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity, software quality, and testing efficiency 

  • Document technical designs, implementations, and operational procedures as needed 

Required Qualifications: 

  • 5+ years of professional software development experience 

  • Strong experience in system design, architecture, and scalable application development 

  • Proven experience leading or mentoring development teams in Agile environments 

  • Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, Lambda, S3, EKS, or equivalent cloud platforms) 

  • Experience building and supporting microservices-based architectures and APIs 

  • Strong understanding of software engineering best practices including testing, CI/CD, and version control (e.g., Git) 

  • US. Citizenship Required 

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Current or recent experience with NOAA/NWS systems or federal weather-related programs 

  • Direct experience with AWIPS or similar large-scale environmental data processing systems strongly preferred 

  • Experience supporting high-availability, real-time, or mission-critical systems in production environments 

  • Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and cloud-native observability tools (logging, metrics, tracing) 

  • Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, automated testing frameworks) 

  • Exposure to Kubernetes-based deployments and containerized workloads 

  • Experience working in geographically distributed or 24/7 operational support environments 

What BLN24 brings to the Game: 
BLN24 benefits are game changing. We like our team to play hard and that means they need to be taken care of — physically, financially, and emotionally. We make sure to keep them in the game by giving them access to generous medical, dental, and vision plans. 

  • You can join one of the fastest growing companies headquartered in the Washington DC Metro Area.  We give you the opportunity to work in different sectors, so you have the chance at variety while maintaining stability. 

  • Flexibility at BLN24 allows each individual the opportunity to balance quality work and their personal lives. Depending on projects, we allow remote working opportunities so you can always be in the game no matter where you call home. 

BLN24 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe people are our strength and understand diverse talents are key to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs. 

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