Dashboard Developer U.S. Secret Clearance Required

TEKsystems•Fort Meade, MD

1d•$60 - $75•Hybrid

About The Position

Seeking a Kibana Dashboard Software Engineer to support the Innovations Group as a member of the End to End Visualization Team. The candidate must be within driving distance of Fort Meade, MD. A Secret clearance is required upon the start of employment, and within 14 days following the start date, the employee must obtain their Security+ certification. As a key End to End Visualization team member, you will work as part of a fast-paced, Agile development and implementation team to architect, design, and develop a unified User Experience / User Interface (UX/UI) that provides a holistic single-pane-of-glass interface for an integrated solution on the Kibana platform. You will also work with operational end users and support teams to perform requirements analysis, as well as design, develop, and demonstrate UI mockups and wireframes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in a relevant technical discipline and 2+ years of related experience obtained through any combination of coursework and internships.
1+ years of demonstrable experience designing, developing, and deploying dashboards and reports using the Elastic stack, including Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Beats.
2+ years of UX/UI architecture, design, development, and delivery experience.
Strong documentation skills with a proven ability to develop architecture diagrams and wireframes.
Software development experience with Python, Java, and SQL.
Working knowledge of HTML and JavaScript.
Experience with distributed version control software such as Git and Bitbucket.
Knowledge of and ability to apply principles, theories, and concepts of Software Engineering.
Experience developing software on a UNIX command line platform.
Strong communication skills that enable proactive and effective collaboration with a virtual team.
Ability to obtain interim Secret DoD Security clearance prior to start date.
Ability to obtain Security+ certification or equivalent DoD 8570 IAT II certification within 60 days of start date.
Must be able to commute to Ft. Meade, MD for full-time onsite support.
Experience in architecture, design, develop, and delivery of data-driven operations capabilities, within a DoD environment.
Experience working with a highly technical team and in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Experience with JIRA, Confluence and Git repo.
Strong written and verbal communication skills are required to collaborate with customer representatives, domain experts, systems engineers, and architects.
Candidate to be able to work with strict deadlines.
Ability to work well/collaborate with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience.
Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and practices.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with data Visualization and dashboards.
Elastic/Kibana Engineer.
Software design and development experience with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and JSON/REST APIs in a cloud environment (AWS is a plus).
Experience developing, building, and deploying software using Bitbucket, Git, Jenkins, Artifactory, and Ansible (or equivalent tools).
Experience with big data applications.
Experience with cloud-based AWS services.
Knowledge of designing, developing, and deploying solutions using DevOps/DevSecOps concepts.
Experience developing and deploying software in a DoD environment (DISA experience is a plus), including experience building and deploying software applications that meet DoD security standards.
Experience or familiarity with Agile development and testing methodology.
Experience with DISA and DoD Networks.
Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps, Configuration as Code, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD implementation.
Understanding of network routing devices and network device configurations.

Responsibilities

Researching, designing, developing, and user-testing experiences and making strategic user-experience decisions while working closely with product owners, engineers, and stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle.
Conducting usability studies and proactively identifying and devising solutions for issues with the existing experience. Tracking success of experience-focused changes and iterating as necessary to improve performance.
Independently conducting UI requirements interviews, prototype reviews, surveys, and usability sessions.
Developing personas, user flows, scenarios, user stories, goal/task analysis, system workflows, and other key tools of user-centered design that simplify and enhance the insights acquired from complex data analytics platforms.
Translating concepts into user flows, wireframes, and collaborating to create mockups and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experience.
Applying the basics of visual design (i.e. UI) principles in their design work such as visual hierarchy, proximity, similarity, font selection, and color theory and demonstrating an understanding of visual, layout, content organization, and accessibility guidelines.
Designing, supporting development, documenting, testing, and deploying applications and UI prototypes to be written by the software team in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
Designing, developing, and deploying dashboards and reports using the Elastic stack, including Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Beats.