Software Developer Java Platform & Security Remediation Engineer

Vich, Lisa

Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

6 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Temporary contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

7 years minimum

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.dice.com

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing Continuous Integration DevOps Elasticsearch Github Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language) Apache Maven Node.Js

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Systems Development Life Cycle Apache Camel ReactJS Large Language Models Spring-boot Git AngularJS Npm(Software) NestJS Terraform Docker Jenkins Microservices

Job description

We’re hiring a developer to proactively remediate vulnerabilities across our Java/Spring Boot platform services on a twice-per-week cadence. This isn’t firefighting - it’s disciplined, recurring upgrade work that keeps our platform ahead of security findings before they become blockers. You’ll work primarily in Java/Spring Boot codebases but will also touch Python services that live within the same platform ecosystem. You’ll leverage AI-assisted tooling and CI/CD pipelines to accelerate the remediation cycle., * Remediate library vulnerabilities across platform services on a twice-weekly cycle

Upgrade and manage dependencies (Maven BOMs, parent POMs, transitive dependencies)
Analyze Mythos and Snyk findings, assess severity/impact, and apply fixes
Validate upgrades don’t introduce regressions (build, test, deploy)
Maintain compatibility across shared libraries consumed by multiple services
Work with AI-assisted remediation tooling to accelerate upgrade workflows
Coordinate with security and release teams on vulnerability SLAs
Occasionally remediate Python dependencies (pip/requirements.txt) in platform services

Requirements

Relevant Experience*

7 - 10 Years Have played a lead role and have deep technical understanding

Mandatory skills*

Java, Springboot, Angular, NodeJS, AWS

Desired skills*

AI , Python, Primary (Must-Have)

Java 17/21
Maven
Spring / Spring Boot
GitHub
Jenkins pipelines

Secondary

Python 3.x
pip / requirements.txt / Poetry
React
Node.js / NPM

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS (ECS, Lambda, IAM)
Docker
Terraform
Git

AI & Automation

AI-assisted coding (AWS Kiro or similar)
Familiarity with LLM-driven workflows
Automation mindset

Security & Compliance

SCA tools (Mythos, Snyk, or similar)
Vulnerability lifecycle management
CVSS scoring & risk assessment
Compliance awareness, * Strong experience with SDLC, DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines
Experience managing upgrades at scale across 10+ microservices
Familiarity with Apache Camel or integration-heavy Spring services
Background in financial services / insurance (regulated environment)
Experience with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch library upgrades
Comfort with NestJS/Node.js (some platform tooling uses this)