GRID09 Back End Software Developer with Security Clearance

Back End Software Developer Location: Reston (3 days per week in office) About Us: Our client is a world-class telecommunications consulting firm supporting clients with product development, business operations, network maintenance, and supply chain services. At Grid, we develop products and services to meet customer needs with a focus on mobile connectivity, backbone networking, and IoT solutions leveraging expertise in 3GPP 5G/4G/LTE/3G and VSAT communications technologies. About the Role: We are seeking a talented and motivated Back End Software Developer to join our Software Engineering team. You will be working collaboratively to design, develop, deploy and maintain back-end services that power our innovative solutions. This is a flexible in-office position and an excellent opportunity to contribute to solutions that power the next generation of telecommunications solutions. Responsibilities: * Design and maintain robust, scalable back-end services
* Develop clean, well-documented, and testable code, adhering to industry best practices
* Lead and participate in architectural discussions
* Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, ensuring high availability and performance
* Contribute to the automation of our infrastructure and deployments
* Contribute to improving our engineering practices and standards
Qualifications: Technical Skills * Expertise with library and web service APIs including RES
* T and gRPC
* Expertise with message-bus architectures and message queue implementations
* Proficiency in programming languages such as Golang (Go), Python or Typescript
* Experience working with microservice architectures
* Familiarity with aspect of 3GPP cellular communications (5G NR, 4G LTE, 3G WCDMA) systems such as the air interface, RAN or CoreNET
* Solid understanding of Linux operating systems
* Experience with containerization technologies and virtualization (Docker, VMware)
* Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools
* Experience with SQL and relational databases
Professional Skills * Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science or a related field
* 4+ years of professional software development experience
* Excellent written and verbal communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
* Strong time management abilities to meet project deadlines.
* Reliable and demonstrates a professional work ethic.
* Intellectual curiosity and the ability to learn new technologies quickly.
It would be even better if you have experience with: * DevOps CI/CD using GitLab, GitLab runners, or Ansible/AWXAgile/SCRUM development processes
* RabbitMQ, WAMP, AMQP or other message queue libraries
* Networking and security protocols (TCP/IP, TLS)
* AWS cloud services and general cloud computing principles
* Infrastructure-as-code tools, like Terraform or CloudFormation
* Monitoring and logging tools, like Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack