Principal Software Engineer

GliaCell Technologies•Laurel, MD

2d•$200,000 - $280,000•Onsite

About The Position

GliaCell is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join one of our subcontracts. This is a full-time position supporting a U.S. Government customer by providing technical expertise to sustain critical mission-related software and systems on a large government contract. The project involves a suite of web-based applications that automate data management for Intelligence Community (IC) data custodians. These products are crucial for standardizing and simplifying data movement, reuse, and integration with downstream tools, ensuring compliance within the customer's mission space. The position offers flexible hours and is located in Annapolis Junction, MD, requiring full-time onsite work.

Requirements

Possess an active or rein-statable TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance.
U.S. Citizenship.
20 years of Professional/Education experience and a Bachelors of Science Degree, or 4 additional years in place of a BS Degree.
Works well independently as well as on a team.
Strong communication skills.
Knowledgeable with data enrichment/conversion methods, familiar with data ontologies/schemas, strong knowledge of structured data types (XML, CSV, JSON), and has database experience.

Nice To Haves

Java, analytic development experience, and working knowledge of NIFI are highly desired.
Analytic development experience using scripting languages such as Python and Scala to use statistical libraries against data.
Skilled with big data processing frameworks such as Pig, MapReduce and Spark to scale algorithms over large volumes of data.
Experience employing combination (2 or more) of analysis, computer science, mathematics, and software engineering skills to devise strategies for extracting meaning and value from large datasets.
Experience with predictive analytics, machine learning, and data mining.
Skilled with data flows, Pig scripting, Hadoop MapReduce, and various analytic tools.
Skilled working with development and SE teams, other stakeholders agencies, and leadership.
Knowledge of data indexing and analytic development.
Experience working with cloud service providers and data stewards.
Demonstrated experience in network metadata processing, manipulation, and analysis in support of intelligence analysis.

Responsibilities

Devise strategies to extract meaning and value from structured and unstructured data.
Leverage statistical methods and/or machine learning to discover patterns and behaviors of entities.
Use query and visualization tools, such as DataXplorer and GMAE, to present question focused datasets in a story-like manner.
Work with various domains of metadata to develop new methodologies and techniques for automated data characterization.
Analyze and develop requirements to support the characterization and ingestion of new and existing data types.