Cloud Software Engineer, Level 3

Avalore, LLC•Annapolis Junction, MD

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About The Position

Avalore is seeking a Cloud Design Engineer, Level 3. The Cloud Software Engineer develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse Big-Data Cloud systems based upon documented requirements. Directly contributes to all stages of back-end processing, analyzing, and indexing. Provides expertise in Cloud Computing, Hadoop Eco-System including implementing Java applications, Distributed Computing, Information Retrieval (IR), and Object Oriented Design. 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 Commercial Off-the-shelf (COTS)/Government Off-the-shelf (GOTS) in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components. Provide in-depth knowledge of Information Retrieval; assisting the software development team in designing, developing and testing Cloud Information Retrieval Implement complex workflows that manage Cloud MapReduce analytics Implement code that interacts with Cloud Distributed Coordination Frameworks Oversee one or more software development tasks and ensures the work is completed in accordance with the constraints of the software development process being used on any particular project Make recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards Serve as a subject matter expert for Cloud Computing and corresponding technologies including Hadoop – assisting the software development team in designing, developing and testing Cloud Computing Systems Debug problems with Cloud based Distributed Computing Frameworks Manage multi-node Cloud based installation Delegate programming and testing responsibilities to one or more teams and monitor their performance Select the software development process in coordination with the customer and system engineering Recommend new technologies and processes for complex cloud software projects Ensure quality control of all developed and modified software Architect solutions to complex Cloud Software Engineering Problems such as efficiently processing and retrieving large amounts of data Make recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards

Requirements

Twelve (12) years’ experience software engineering experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required;
Four (4) years of which must be in programs utilizing BigData cloud technologies and/or Distributed Computing.
Four (4) years of cloud software engineering experience on projects with similar Big-Data systems may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
Master in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university may be substituted for two (2) years of experience.
Cloudera Certified Hadoop Developer certification may be substituted for one (1) year of Cloud experience.
Clearance: Active TS/SCI with an appropriate current polygraph is required to be considered for this role; Ability to receive privileged access rights.
Two (2) years of Cloud and/or Distributed Computing Information Retrieval (IR).
One (1) year of experience with implementing code that interacts with implementation of Cloud Big Table.
One (1) year of experience with implementing code that interacts with implementation of Cloud Distributed File System.
One (1) year of experience with implementing complex MapReduce analytics.
One (1) year of experience with implementing code that interacts with Cloud Distributed Coordination Frameworks.
One (1) year of experience in architecting Cloud Computing solutions
One (1) year of experience in debugging problems with Cloud based Distributed Computing
One (1) year of experience in managing multi-node Cloud based installation
Five (5) years of experience in Utility Computing, Network Management, Virtualization (VMWare or VirtualBox), Cloud Computing
Multi Node Management and Installation: Management and installation of Cloud and Distributed Computing on multiple nodes, Python, CFEngine, Bash, Ruby or related technologies.
Five (5) years of experience in securing Cloud Based and Distributed applications through industry standard techniques such as Firewalls, PKI Certificate and Server Authentication with experience in Corporate authentication service(s)
Five (5) years of experience in Object Oriented Design and Programming, Java, Eclipse or similar development environment, MAVEN, RESTful web services.
Cloud and Distributed Computing Technologies: at least one or a combination of several of the following areas - YARN, J2EE, MapReduce, Zookeeper, HDFS, HBase , JMS, Concurrent Programming, MultiNode implementation/installation and other applicable technologies.
Cloud and Distributed Computing Information Retrieval: at least one or a combination of several of the following areas - HDFS, HBASE, Apache Lucene, Apache Solr, MongoDB
Ingesting, Parsing and Analysis of Disparate Data-sources and formats: XML, JSON, CSV, Binary Formats, Sequence or Map Files, Avro and related technologies
Aspect Oriented Design and Development
Debugging and Profiling Cloud and Distributed Installations: Java Virtual Machine (JVM) memory management, Profiling Java Applications
UNIX/LINUX, CentOS
Five (5) years of experience in Experience with at least one SIGINT collection discipline areas (FORNSAT, CABLE, Terrestrial/Microwave, Overhead, and ELINT)
Geolocation, emitter identification, and signal applications.
Joint program collection platforms and dataflow architectures; signals characterization analysis
Five (5) years of experience in CentOS, Linux/RedHat,
Configuration management tools such as Subversion, ClearQuest, or Razor
Eligibility requirements apply.

Responsibilities

Provide in-depth knowledge of Information Retrieval; assisting the software development team in designing, developing and testing Cloud Information Retrieval
Implement complex workflows that manage Cloud MapReduce analytics
Implement code that interacts with Cloud Distributed Coordination Frameworks
Oversee one or more software development tasks and ensures the work is completed in accordance with the constraints of the software development process being used on any particular project
Make recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards
Serve as a subject matter expert for Cloud Computing and corresponding technologies including Hadoop – assisting the software development team in designing, developing and testing Cloud Computing Systems
Debug problems with Cloud based Distributed Computing Frameworks
Manage multi-node Cloud based installation
Delegate programming and testing responsibilities to one or more teams and monitor their performance
Select the software development process in coordination with the customer and system engineering
Recommend new technologies and processes for complex cloud software projects
Ensure quality control of all developed and modified software
Architect solutions to complex Cloud Software Engineering Problems such as efficiently processing and retrieving large amounts of data
Make recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards