Open-Source Developer
Railroad Retirement BoardThis position is located in the Railroad Retirement Board's Bureau of Information Services. The incumbent will be responsible for the design, development, modernization, and maintenance of enterprise software systems that support agency-wide business operations and information technology modernization initiatives. This job announcement may be used to fill one or more vacancies. This is a bargaining unit position. This position is represented by the Council of AFGE Locals in the Board.As an Open-Source Developer, you will: Design, develop, modify, secure, test, and maintain complex applications using Open-Source technologies, Microsoft stack technologies, microservices architecture, and application programming interfaces (APIs). Design, implement, and modernize cloud-native applications in multi-cloud environments. Evaluate Open-Source software components and ensure compliance with software licensing agreements, government acquisitionrequirements, government securityrequirements, and intellectual propertyrequirements. Design, maintain, and optimize databases using Microsoft Structured Query Language Server (SQL Server) or IBM Database 2 (DB2). Apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) software development tools and technologies to support capabilities and limits (code completion, test generation, refactoring, doc synthesis).
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