Software Developer and DevOps Admininistator Job Listing at SAIC in Kamakura, Kanagawa (Job ID 2601450)

Description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Software Engineer/DevOps Administrator to support expansion of the U.S. Army Asian Studies Detachment's CITROS OSINT/DOMEX management system.

This work will be performed on site at Camp Zuma, Japan.

The Software Engineer/DevOps Administrator will be responsible for:

Application Development

• Design, implement, and maintain features across the platform using C#/.NET (Framework & Core) and Angular
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code with an emphasis on performance and scalability
• Collaborate with team members on DTOs, APIs, and database interactions
• Conduct code reviews and mentor junior developers on best practices

Database & Data Integration

• Work with SQL Server and AWS RDS for schema design, optimization, and query performance
• Implement stored procedures, views, and data access layers
• Support ingestion pipelines for structured and unstructured data sources

DevOps & Infrastructure Collaboration

• Assist in maintaining build and deployment pipelines (CI/CD)
• Support application hosting across RHEL/Kestrel and/or Windows/IIS environments
• Contribute to monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting of deployed applications
• Apply basic security and compliance practices aligned with enterprise standards

Cloud & Architecture Awareness

• Participate in discussions around AWS architecture (S3, EC2, RDS, ALB, CloudWatch)
• Assist in designing and implementing cloud-ready solutions without over-engineering
• Work with senior engineers and architects to integrate on-prem and cloud 

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree and 5+ years of software development

• Proficiency in C#/.NET (Core and Framework)

• Frontend experience with Angular (CoreUI preferred)
• Solid SQL skills (queries, indexing, optimization)
• Experience with Git and modern version control workflows
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar)
• Ability to troubleshoot across full stack (frontend, backend, DB, infrastructure)

Optional Experience:

• Exposure to AWS services (S3, RDS, EC2, ALB).
• Knowledge of Linux (RHEL) and Windows Server environments.
• Experience with containerization or service hosting (Kestrel, IIS, Docker optional).
• Understanding of networking basics (firewalls, VPNs, VLANs).
• Ability to support junior engineers and contribute to team knowledge sharing

Certification Requirement:

• Must have an active Secret clearance