Application Engineer 4
About The Position
At Wyetech, you’ll be at the center of an award-winning corporate culture, breaking technological barriers and solving real-world problems for our federal government customers. We are committed to hiring the best of the best, and in return, we offer a world-class, truly unique employee experience that is rare within our industry. Designs software tools and subsystems to support software reuse and domain analyses and manages their implementation. Manages software development and support using formal specifications, data flow diagrams, other accepted design techniques and Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools. Estimates software development costs and schedule. Reviews existing programs and assists in making refinements, reducing operating time and improving current techniques. Formulates and defines specifications for software applications or modifies and maintains existing applications using engineering releases and utilities from the manufacturer. Responsible for program design, coding, testing, debugging and documentation. Instructs, directs, and checks the work of other task personnel. Responsible for quality assurance review and the evaluation of existing and new software products. Due to federal contract requirements, United States Citizenship and position appropriate security clearance is required. (e.g. Active TS/SCI security clearance with agency appropriate polygraph). Capabilities Develop detailed guidance for cloud workloads that ensure compliance with Government security and regulatory requirements such as NIST SP 800-53 security controls Collaborate with cloud-focused teams across various organizations to design, test, and implement cloud workload security configurations and solutions. Facilitate the creation of procedures and cybersecurity guidance for migrations from legacy cloud environments or hardware environments into AWS Evaluate and research cloud services and make recommendations for security configurations of those services to ensure data is appropriately protected. Evaluate and research cloud security technologies and make recommendations for their use.
Requirements
- United States Citizenship
- Position appropriate security clearance required (e.g. Active TS/SCI security clearance with agency appropriate polygraph).
- All experience and education will be in a technical field directly related to the labor category being proposed and all diplomas, GED certificates, and degrees will be from accredited institutions.
- Twelve (12) years minimum experience and a High School Diploma/GED.
- Ten (10) years minimum experience and an Associate's Degree.
- Eight (8) years minimum experience and a Bachelor's Degree.
- Six (6) years minimum experience and a Master's Degree.
- Four (4) years minimum experience and a Doctorate's Degree.
- Customer facing skills to drive discussions with senior personnel regarding trade-offs, best practices, project management and risk mitigation
- Experience with cloud computing and virtualization platforms.
- Ability to quickly learn and shift in step with the latest cloud-computing, networking, and infrastructure management technologies.
- Excellent communication, writing, problem solving, and architectural whiteboarding skills
- Strong knowledge of application system and network architectures and associated security principles including protection of data at rest, in transit, and in process.
- Knowledge of security and compliance requirements for cloud-based solutions.
Nice To Haves
- A commercial Cloud Certification at the Associate level, a specialty, or higher; AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud are preferred
- Familiarity with the Risk Management Framework/Zero-Trust Implementation
- Experience with security-focused AWS concepts and services including IAM (Identity Access Management), SCPs (Security Control Policies), AWS Key Management Service, AWS Config, AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, and Inspector
Responsibilities
- Designs software tools and subsystems to support software reuse and domain analyses and manages their implementation.
- Manages software development and support using formal specifications, data flow diagrams, other accepted design techniques and Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools.
- Estimates software development costs and schedule.
- Reviews existing programs and assists in making refinements, reducing operating time and improving current techniques.
- Formulates and defines specifications for software applications or modifies and maintains existing applications using engineering releases and utilities from the manufacturer.
- Responsible for program design, coding, testing, debugging and documentation.
- Instructs, directs, and checks the work of other task personnel.
- Responsible for quality assurance review and the evaluation of existing and new software products.
- Develop detailed guidance for cloud workloads that ensure compliance with Government security and regulatory requirements such as NIST SP 800-53 security controls
- Collaborate with cloud-focused teams across various organizations to design, test, and implement cloud workload security configurations and solutions.
- Facilitate the creation of procedures and cybersecurity guidance for migrations from legacy cloud environments or hardware environments into AWS
- Evaluate and research cloud services and make recommendations for security configurations of those services to ensure data is appropriately protected.
- Evaluate and research cloud security technologies and make recommendations for their use.
Benefits
- The company automatically contributes 20% of each employee's gross compensation to a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) IRA, with no requirement for employee matching.
- All contributions are fully vested from day one, ensuring immediate ownership of retirement funds.
- A generous PTO plan of up to 200 hours annually, aligned with applicable state leave regulations.
- Employees have the flexibility to adjust their PTO allocation at the start of each calendar year, ensuring it meets their evolving needs.
- A Choice of Medical Plan Options, some with Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Vision and Dental
- Life and AD&D Benefits
- Short and Long-Term Disability
- Hospital Indemnity, Accident, and Critical Illness Insurances
- Optional Identity Theft and Legal Protection Services
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
