Level 1 Software Engineer (Swe)

Fort Meade, MD (On site)

Experience level: Mid-senior

Experience required: 7 Years

Education level: Bachelors degree

Job function: Information Technology

Industry: Information Technology and Services

Compensation: $131,000 - $160,000

Due to the nature of work performed, U.S. citizenship is required.

Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI FS Poly is required at the time of hire.

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.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality control of all developed and modified software.
• Software development using continuous integration practices
• Development of Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications
• Has experience with agile development processes.
• Unix shell scripting
• Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards.
• Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories.
• Design and development of relational and non-relational database applications.
• Experience using collaboration and software development tools (ie. Atlassian).
• Select the software development process in coordination with the customer and system engineering.
• Confer with system engineers and hardware engineers to derive software requirements and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements, and interfaces.
• Design or implement complex algorithms requiring adherence to strict timing, system resource, or interface constraints. Perform quality control on team products.
• Familiarization with queue management systems
• Oversee one or more software development teams and ensure the work is completed in accordance with the constraints of the software development process being used on any particular project.
• Has experience with source code control systems, such as Git.
• Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards and conferring with users or system engineers; analyzing systems flow, data usage and work processes; and investigating problem areas.
• Software development using languages such as C, C++, Python, Ruby, Perl, JavaScript, etc.
• Recommend new technologies and processes for complex software projects.
• Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features.
• Develop and execute test procedures for software components.
• Development of event driven or data driven analytics
• Development of cloud-based solutions and technologies.
• Debug existing software and correct defects.
• Recommend and implement suggestions for improving documentation and software development process standards.
• Write or review software and system documentation.
• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements.
• Coordinate software installation on a system and monitor performance to ensure operational specifications are met.
• Serve as team lead at the level appropriate to the software development process being used on any particular project.
• Java development using the Eclipse IDE (Integrated Development Environment).
• Design, develop, and modify software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design decisions
• Delegate programming and testing responsibilities to one or more teams and monitor their performance.
• Experience with container technologies (ie. Docker).
• Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments.
• Serve as the technical lead of multiple software development teams.
• Use of orchestration frameworks such as Spring and Kafka.
• Modify existing software to adapt to new hardware or to improve its performance

SWE-2 Qualifications: Master'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

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus seven (7) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity

OR

Nine (9) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.

Position Description

The Software Engineer shall be responsible for the design, development, test, deployment, and sustainment of a mission-focused enterprise web application. This a full stack software development position. The Software Engineer must have experience with all the various stages of the software development lifecycle.

Position Required Skills

• Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML and CSS
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and containerd
• Experience developing and maintaining scripts using Bash/Python
• Experience with Git Version Control System
• Experience using the Linux CLI
• Experience developing with Python in a Linux environment
• Experience developing with the React JavaScript framework and NPM
• Experience with REST API Design and Implementation

Position Desired Skills

• Familiar with AWS
• Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools such as GitLab CI
• Familiar using Helm Charts to package and deploy applications to a Kubernetes environment
• Familiar with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) concepts, principles and automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform
• Experience installing, configuring, and supporting COTS/GOTS/FOSS software, libraries, and packages in a Linux environment
• Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (JIRA, Confluence)
• Familiar with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes
• Familiar with system monitoring tools such as Grafana/Prometheus