Scientific Programmer IV

ECS Tech Inc

7h • $80,000 - $120,000 • Remote

About The Position

ECS is seeking a highly experienced Scientific Programmer to work remotely that
is technical and can communicate with science teams and leadership. This is a
senior and self-managed person who has a high attention to detail and ownership
of his/her tasks through closure.

Requirements

• BS/BA in Computer Science, a Technical Field, or other related disciplines.
• Excellent communication and ability to communicate clearly, respectfully, and calmly—both verbally and in writing—with a wide range of stakeholders (e.g., PhDs, scientists, developers, managers, and business stakeholders).
• Demonstrated experience migrating scientific applications from on-premise systems to a Cloud environment.
• Demonstrated experience programming in Python and experience with Docker containers and Kubernetes using CI/CD pipelines.
• Demonstrated experience working in an agile/scrum team.
• Experience building and leveraging GitLab runners.
• Experience with code-defined Infrastructure, configuration management tools, and CI/CD.
• Experience working with Cloud Service Providers, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platforms.
• Experience and understanding of large-scale infrastructure deployments in enterprise-wide environments leveraging DevOPS principles and utilizing a CI/CD pipeline.
• Excellent written, verbal, and analytical skills.
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Ability to communicate clearly, respectfully, and calmly—both verbally and in writing—with a wide range of stakeholders (e.g., PhDs, scientists, developers, managers, and business stakeholders)
• Demonstrated willingness to document actions, decisions, assumptions, and open questions in tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and similar platforms. Able to be clear, concise, and explicit about uncertainties.
• Confidence to ask questions, incorporate feedback, and respectfully push back on ideas that appear incorrect, with a focus on reaching the best possible solution.
• Working knowledge of software development and cloud concepts. Deep expertise is not required, but the candidate must be willing to learn from guidance, self-teach as gaps are identified, and continuously improve.
• Familiarity with non-serverless infrastructure such as EC2, containerized workloads, and related compute models.
• Some hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, AWS CDK, Azure Bicep, or equivalents), even if limited.
• Ability to review AWS architecture diagrams, ask clarifying questions, mentally model the system, and provide constructive, co-architectural feedback to ensure solutions are fit for purpose.
• Experience creating architecture diagrams (AWS-focused preferred) to clearly communicate ideas and designs beyond written explanations.
• Takes responsibility for their work end-to-end. Proactively monitors and fixes issues without being asked, seeks improvement independently, and treats failures as learning opportunities. Ownership is defined by accountability and growth—not perfection.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior