Software Engineer with Security Clearance

• *A SECURITY CLEARANCE AND POLYGRAPH ARE REQUIRED**
• The Software Engineer designs, develops, tests, deploys, documents, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems based upon documented requirements. These systems might include, but are not limited to, processing  intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, business management information systems, and systems which incorporate data repositories, data transport services, and  application and systems development and monitoring. Works individually or as part of a team. Reviews and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results. Resolves software problem reports. Utilizes software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment. Provides specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of Open Source Software (OSS) and/or Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Government Off-The-Shelf (GOTS) software in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components. Experience developing in UNIX. Ability to perform shell scripting. Working knowledge of Configuration Management (CM) tools and Web Services implementation.  Requirements
• Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus three (3) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.

OR

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus five (5) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity

OR

• Seven (7) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.

Task Description The Software Engineer shall be responsible for software development activities for a tiered Zero-touch provisioning (ZTP) and infrastructure automation (IA) solution for the bring-up and hands-off automation of complex High Performance Computing Systems. Software development activities include requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, and sustainment. The primary focus is on integrating COTS and FOSS products, packages, and libraries. The Software Engineer must have a demonstrated understanding of the software development lifecycle.

Required Skills

• Experience using the Unix CLI
• Experience with scripting using Bash/Python
• Experience developing with multiple programming languages such as C, Java, and Python in a Unix environment
• Experience with software frameworks used for searching, monitoring, and analyzing big data such as Splunk and Elastic Stack
• Experience with SQL technologies such as MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL
• Experience with NoSQL technologies such as MongoDB and Elasticsearch
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker
• Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools such as GitLab CI and Jenkins
• Experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) principles and automation tools such as

Ansible, SaltStack, and Terraform

• Experience with designing, implementing, and using REST and/or RPC APIs

Desired Skills

• Experience with Messaging Frameworks such as Kafka, ActiveMQ, and RabbitMQ  EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER VETERANS DISABLED