Senior Back-End Developer – Azure

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

MBI (T2)

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Agile Software Development, Application Programming Interface (API), Back-End Development, Microsoft Azure, Web Applications

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Transform technology into opportunity as a Senior Back-End Web Developer at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.

Join GDIT as a Senior Back-End Developer to build and integrate services for a new healthcare portal hosted on a modern Azure-native stack. You will develop and optimize serverless APIs using Azure Functions, manage integrations through Azure API Management, and implement secure data workflows backed by Azure SQL.

This role requires hands-on expertise in API design, database development, and Azure services within a FedRAMP/HIPAA-compliant environment. You’ll collaborate closely with front-end developers, architects, and DevOps engineers to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient backend services.

This role is fully remote!

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain Azure Functions to support business logic and data workflows.
• Build and manage APIs with Azure API Management (APIM), including versioning, throttling, and policy enforcement.
• Develop and optimize Azure SQL stored procedures, queries, and schema design for high performance and scalability.
• Implement authentication/authorization using Microsoft Entra ID External (Azure AD B2C) for backend services.
• Integrate backend services with front-end applications and external healthcare data systems.
• Contribute to unit and integration testing, supporting automated testing pipelines.
• Ensure compliance with FedRAMP, HIPAA, and FISMA security and data handling standards.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to support CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, including automated deployments and monitoring.
• Document APIs, workflows, and backend processes to support maintainability and onboarding.
• Troubleshoot and resolve backend performance, scalability, and reliability issues.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in backend development, with at least 3+ years building solutions on Azure.
• Strong experience with Azure Functions and API Management (APIM).
• Proficiency in Azure SQL development (stored procedures, indexing, query optimization).
• Hands-on experience with authentication and authorization using Entra ID (Azure AD B2C).
• Familiarity with event-driven and serverless architectures.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.
• Strong understanding of secure coding practices, data protection, and compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, HIPAA).
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate or Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
• Experience with unit testing, mocking frameworks, and integration test automation.
• Familiarity with SonarCloud or similar code quality tools.
• Experience in Agile development with JIRA for backlog and sprint management.
• Background in healthcare application development or other regulated industries.

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The likely salary range for this position is $83,429 - $103,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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