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# Secret Software Developer

- **Company:** Insight Global
- **Location:** Colorado Springs, CO, United States
- **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $200,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Server Applications, Application Integration Architecture, Oracle WebLogic Server, Data as a Services, DevOps, Enterprise JavaBeans, Java Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), IBM WebSphere MQ, IBM Websphere Application Server, Java Database Connectivity, Java Message Service (JMS), WildFly (JBoss AS), Java Naming and Directory Interface, Enterprise Messaging Systems, Oracle Databases, Systems Integration, Data Logging, Multithreading, Java Application Server, Spring-boot, Technical Debt, Backend, SC Clearance, Kubernetes, Restful APIs, Code Restructuring, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** October 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/54105E12D5D9407CB68C02A84EC24295/job/

## About the Role

* Active Secret Clearance
 * Strong Java development experience, including Java EE/J2EE, EJB, JMS, JNDI, RMI, JDBC, multithreading, and application servers such as WebLogic, WebSphere, or JBoss.
 * Experience analyzing, troubleshooting, and refactoring large legacy Java applications, including identifying dependencies, technical debt, and modernization opportunities.
 * Experience developing Spring Boot applications, REST APIs, gRPC services, and enterprise messaging solutions using IBM MQ, JMS, or similar technologies.
 * Experience integrating applications with Oracle databases and backend data services.
 * Experience with Docker, container development, runtime configuration, logging, health checks, and Kubernetes deployments
 * Working experience with C or C+- Experience supporting large-scale application modernization efforts
 * Experience migrating legacy applications into containerized or microservices-based architectures
 * Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
 * Experience supporting classified DoD development environments

## Description

One of Insight Global's clients is looking for a Secret Software Developer. This role supports a mission-critical DoD program focused on modernizing and sustaining large-scale legacy Java applications used in classified environments. The team is responsible for analyzing complex enterprise codebases, identifying technical debt and dependencies, and transforming legacy applications into modern, maintainable solutions. Day to day, you'll be deep in Java development, refactoring legacy applications, building REST and gRPC services, integrating with Oracle databases and enterprise messaging platforms, and supporting the transition to containerized architectures using Docker and Kubernetes. This is a highly hands-on engineering role where you'll own technical deliverables from design through deployment and directly contribute to modernization efforts supporting critical defense missions.