Job Number: R0253456 Web Developer, Mid
The Opportunity:Develop, enhance, and sustain mission-critical, media-rich web applications for the U.S. Army. Build responsive interfaces, backend services, and APIs using TypeScript in an on-premises environment. Use Redis as a primary application datastore for persistence, caching, and state management, and Nginx to host, route, and deliver reliable web and streaming media services.
Under the direction of the Engineering Manager or Technical Lead, engineer dependable, low-latency video streaming and playback while improving performance, security, and availability across browsers, services, servers, and local networks. Collaborate with software, systems, and test engineers to troubleshoot integration and delivery issues, validate fixes, and maintain solutions aligned with deployed-system configurations and mission needs. This position is located in Fort Belvoir, VA.
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You Have: - 3+ years of experience with professional web development building and supporting full-stack TypeScript applications and with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, asynchronous programming, REST APIs, and core data structures
- Experience applying secure coding practices, Git, code reviews, and automated unit or integration tests
- Experience engineering applications that use Redis as a primary datastore, not solely as a cache, including data modeling and key design, Redis data structures and applicable modules or extensions, caching and state-management patterns, persistence and recovery mechanisms, and performance tuning
- Experience implementing or integrating browser-based video streaming using HLS, MPEG-DASH, or WebRTC
- Experience deploying, configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting web applications on local or on-premises Linux infrastructure using Nginx for web hosting, reverse proxying, load balancing, and high-bandwidth streaming
- Ability to investigate network traffic, application and server performance, and service availability
- Ability to diagnose playback failures, buffering, latency, bandwidth limitations, and media delivery issues
- Secret clearance
- HS diploma or GED
Nice If You Have: - Experience supporting U.S. Army, DoD, or federal software development and sustainment programs, including secure development, restricted or disconnected environments, and government security or accessibility expectations
- Experience using FFmpeg, FFprobe, GStreamer, or media tools for transcoding, packaging, stream inspection, and troubleshooting
- Experience with React, Vue, or Angular, HTML5 video and browser media APIs, and streaming-player libraries such as Hls.js, Video.js, or Shaka Player including responsive design and Section 508 accessibility
- Experience containerizing and deploying TypeScript or Node.js applications with Docker and using CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps within Agile software development and release workflows
- Experience with logging, telemetry, and observability solutions such as Grafana, Prometheus, or Elastic, including monitoring server utilization, application errors, video startup time, buffering, streaming quality, and service availability
- Experience integrating real-time media with operational data, dashboards, or interactive web interfaces using WebSockets, Server-Sent Events (SSE), REST APIs, or Media Source Extensions
- Experience with H.264 or H.265, adaptive-bitrate streaming, and video quality optimization
- Knowledge of secure web and media delivery, including OWASP-aligned application security practices, authentication and authorization, TLS or SSL certificates, firewall and network routing, secure Nginx configuration, and common web vulnerabilities
Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.
Skills Assessment As part of Booz Allen's skills first hiring process, candidates must complete the required skills assessment to ensure they meet the Basic Qualifications for this role. Candidates must complete the assessment and meet the minimum proficiency threshold to continue in the hiring process.
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Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $69,400.00 to $158,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen's total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.
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- Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
- Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.
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