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Our technologists and consultants are passionate about solving complex challenges that impact millions of lives. We take a Mindful Modernization® approach in delivering our services, including application modernization, grants management, case management systems, government data analytics, and advisory services. This approach, the REI Way, ensures mission impact by aligning our clients' strategic objectives with measurable outcomes through people, processes, and technology. We offer the same commitment to our employees by providing professional development, meaningful projects, and flexibility to spend time with family and friends. We believe employees are at their best when fulfilled in both their professional careers and their personal lives. Learn more at www.REIsystems.com. Employees voted REI Systems a Washington Post Top Workplace in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025!\nResponsibilities\nAt REI Systems, we deliver innovative technology solutions that help federal agencies achieve their missions and improve the lives of millions of people. Through our Mindful Modernization® approach, we combine technical expertise, agile delivery, and emerging technologies to modernize mission-critical government systems.\nREI Systems is seeking a highly motivated and technically skilled Operations Developer to support enterprise applications and mission-critical systems for the FDA.\nThe ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Java, Oracle Database, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Oracle WebLogic Application Server, along with a solid understanding of enterprise application architecture, production operations, troubleshooting, and application maintenance.\nThis role focuses on maintaining, supporting, troubleshooting, enhancing, and optimizing existing enterprise applications to ensure operational stability, reliability, performance, and continuous improvement.\nThe Operations Developer will collaborate with application development teams, database administrators, system administrators, architects, quality assurance teams, and federal stakeholders to resolve complex technical issues, implement application enhancements, and support ongoing modernization initiatives.\nThis is an application operations and development position, not a traditional DevOps engineering role.\nResponsibilities\nApplication Operations & Production Support\nProvide day-to-day operational and technical support for enterprise applications supporting FDA business and regulatory operations.\nMonitor application health, availability, performance, and operational stability across development, testing, staging, and production environments.\nInvestigate, troubleshoot, and resolve application incidents, production defects, performance degradation, and system integration issues.\nPerform root cause analysis (RCA) for recurring application failures and implement sustainable technical solutions.\nAnalyze application logs, server logs, database errors, and system behavior to identify and resolve technical issues.\nSupport incident management, problem management, change management, and application maintenance activities.\nCollaborate with development and infrastructure teams to resolve application-level issues and minimize service disruptions.\nSupport application releases, production deployments, patches, upgrades, and post-deployment validation.\nDevelop and maintain operational documentation, troubleshooting guides, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).\nParticipate in production support rotations and after-hours maintenance activities as required by the project.\nJava Application Development & Troubleshooting\nDevelop, maintain, debug, and enhance enterprise applications using Java and Java EE technologies.\nTroubleshoot Java application errors, exceptions, memory issues, connectivity failures, and performance bottlenecks.\nAnalyze existing application code to identify defects and implement corrective fixes.\nDevelop and maintain RESTful APIs, backend services, and application integration components.\nSupport Java-based applications deployed on Oracle WebLogic Application Server.\nTroubleshoot application configuration, deployment, authentication, session management, and connectivity issues.\nPerform code reviews, unit testing, debugging, and technical validation of application fixes.\nCollaborate with development teams to implement enhancements that improve application reliability, maintainability, and performance.\nApply secure coding practices and follow established federal application development standards.\nOracle Database Support & Optimization\nSupport enterprise applications utilizing Oracle relational databases.\nDevelop, troubleshoot, and optimize SQL queries, PL/SQL procedures, functions, packages, and database operations.\nInvestigate database connectivity issues, query failures, data inconsistencies, and application-related database errors.\nAnalyze SQL execution plans and identify opportunities for query and application performance optimization.\nWork closely with Oracle DBAs to troubleshoot database performance, locking, transaction, and connection pool issues.\nSupport database-related application changes, data validation, and production issue resolution.\nAssist with data analysis, troubleshooting scripts, and operational reporting as needed.\nEnsure application database interactions follow established security, integrity, and performance standards.\nOracle WebLogic Application Server\nSupport and troubleshoot enterprise Java applications hosted on Oracle WebLogic Application Server.\nAssist with application deployment, configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting within WebLogic environments.\nInvestigate application server errors, JVM issues, thread utilization, connection pools, and deployment failures.\nAnalyze WebLogic server logs and application logs to identify and resolve operational problems.\nSupport WebLogic application configurations, JDBC data sources, and integrations with Oracle databases.\nCollaborate with middleware and infrastructure teams on application server upgrades, patching, and environment maintenance.\nAssist in resolving application availability, scalability, and performance issues.\nAWS Cloud Application Support\nSupport Java-based enterprise applications hosted in AWS environments.\nTroubleshoot application issues related to AWS infrastructure, connectivity, configurations, and cloud services.\nWork with AWS services such as EC2, S3, CloudWatch, RDS, IAM, and related application hosting components, as applicable.\nUtilize Amazon CloudWatch and other monitoring tools to investigate application logs, performance issues, and operational incidents.\nCollaborate with cloud infrastructure teams to resolve application deployment, networking, security, and connectivity issues.\nSupport application configurations and operational activities across AWS-hosted environments.\nAssist with cloud application performance optimization, operational reliability, and security compliance.\nContribute to application modernization and cloud migration efforts as needed.\nOperational Improvements & Collaboration\nIdentify recurring operational issues and recommend improvements to application performance, stability, and maintainability.\nDevelop scripts and utilities to streamline routine application support, troubleshooting, and maintenance activities.\nCollaborate with Agile development teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, architects, and technical leads.\nParticipate in technical discussions, sprint planning, defect triage, and application support meetings.\nMaintain accurate technical documentation, incident records, and knowledge-sharing materials.\nSupport continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing production incidents and improving application reliability.\nLeverage approved AI-assisted development and troubleshooting tools, where appropriate, to improve operational efficiency, documentation, debugging, and code quality.\nFollow FDA and HHS security, privacy, accessibility, and compliance requirements, as applicable.\nQualifications\n5+ years of professional experience in enterprise application development, application operations, or production application support.\nStrong hands-on development and troubleshooting experience with Java and enterprise Java applications.\nStrong experience with Oracle Database, including SQL, PL/SQL, database connectivity, and query troubleshooting.\nHands-on experience supporting applications deployed on Oracle WebLogic Application Server.\nPractical experience supporting enterprise applications in AWS cloud environments.\nExperience troubleshooting production application issues, analyzing logs, and performing root cause analysis.\nExperience debugging Java applications and resolving application performance and integration issues.\nUnderstanding of REST APIs, web services, and enterprise application integrations.\nExperience working with Linux/Unix operating systems and performing basic command-line troubleshooting.\nFamiliarity with application deployment, configuration management, and release support processes.\nExperience with source control tools such as Git.\nUnderstanding of application monitoring, incident management, and production support processes.\nFamiliarity with Agile/Scrum software development methodologies.\nStrong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, and communication skills.\nAbility to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.\nPreferred Qualifications\nPrevious experience supporting FDA, HHS, or other federal government applications.\nExperience supporting large-scale, legacy, or modernized enterprise Java applications.\nExperience with Java frameworks such as Spring, Spring Boot, or Hibernate.\nExperience with Oracle WebLogic administration concepts, including managed servers, domains, JDBC data sources, and JVM troubleshooting.\nFamiliarity with AWS services such as EC2, S3, CloudWatch, RDS, and IAM.\nExperience with Oracle SQL performance tuning, execution plans, and PL/SQL optimization.\nExperience using application monitoring and logging tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, or similar solutions.\nExperience with Shell scripting, Bash, or Python for application support and operational automation.\nFamiliarity with ITIL-based incident, problem, and change management processes.\nUnderstanding of application security, access controls, vulnerability remediation, and federal cybersecurity requirements.\nFamiliarity with FISMA, NIST security guidelines, and federal application compliance requirements.\nExperience supporting application modernization, cloud migration, or legacy system enhancement initiatives.\nExperience with AI-assisted code analysis, troubleshooting, and development tools in approved enterprise environments.\nCore Technical Skills\nProgramming: Java, Java EE, SQL, PL/SQL\nDatabase: Oracle Database, SQL Query Optimization, Stored Procedures, Database 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