Senior JAVA Developer at Noblis
Philadelphia, PA
$120,700–$188,725from the description
Jul 10, 2026
Philadelphia, PA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level Java development role embedded within a software team supporting U.S. Navy systems at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Day-to-day work centers on building, maintaining, refactoring, and modernizing large Java codebases, along with code reviews, build and release activities, and some mentoring of other developers. Suits an experienced Java engineer comfortable working in a government defense environment and willing to obtain a Secret clearance.
Senior level · 8+ years · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $135,966 (middle half $106,205–$168,771). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
This is a strictly onsite role at the Philadelphia Navy Yard — remote/hybrid is explicitly subject to change based on government requirements, but the posting describes it as an onsite position.
The clearance requirement is 'ability to obtain a Secret clearance' (not an active clearance in hand), but it is framed as a hard gate in the Required Qualifications section.
Gradle, Bash, and Python appear in the role narrative as 'other languages' used on the project, not in a formal requirements section; they are treated as preferred context rather than hard gates.
Docker, RHEL, JGroups, and CompTIA Security+ all appear under Desired Qualifications and are preferred.
SonarQube and GitLab CI/CD are listed in the Required Qualifications section with 'or similar' qualifiers, meaning the capability is required but the specific tool is interchangeable; they are marked as required accordingly.
A Master's degree is listed under Desired Qualifications and is therefore not a hard degree requirement.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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