Software Developer (Systems Software)

Acuity • Chantilly, VA

7d

About The Position

Acuity is growing and looking to hire an additional Software Developer (Systems Software) to support a team specializing in designing, engineering, implementation, development, and maintenance of enterprise-quality mission systems, networks, and applications. If you are passionate about using your skills in IT Modernization, Data Enablement, and Hyperautomation to make a positive impact, you might find a good fit at Acuity. We serve federal agencies as a trusted digital strategy and technology consulting firm, providing innovative technical leadership to support our customers’ critical missions.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience writing, testing, and maintaining Infrastructure as Code with Terraform (required) and CloudFormation (required).
• Hands-on experience configuring, managing, and troubleshooting AWS services including EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, VPC, Security Groups, NACLs, IAM, CloudWatch, and other core services.
• Hands-on experience implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins preferred, but experience with GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar acceptable).
• Strong proficiency in Bash (required) and Python (required) scripting.
• Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (Docker required).
• Hands-on experience integrating and deploying diverse software systems: AWS cloud services, open-source applications, COTS/GOTS products, and custom applications.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, security best practices, IAM policies, and AWS architecture best practices.
• Hands-on experience with Git-based workflows, branching strategies, and version control best practices.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (Prometheus/Alertmanager, CloudWatch, or similar).
• Hands-on experience with database self-hosting including installation, configuration, backup/recovery, high availability, and performance tuning (PostgreSQL and MySQL).
• TS/SCI w/Poly Clearance

Nice To Haves

• Experience with secrets management solutions (AWS Secrets Manager, or similar).
• Knowledge of disaster recovery, backup strategies, and continuity planning.
• Familiarity with API gateways and modern microservices patterns.
• Experience with cost optimization practices in AWS.
• Experience deploying and managing data platform components: Apache Spark, Trino, Apache Ranger, Apache Iceberg, Apache Superset, data catalogs.
• Familiarity with data lakehouse architectures and supporting infrastructure.
• Background deploying and supporting AI/ML workloads or model serving infrastructure.
• Experience mentoring team members on DevOps and cloud best practices.
• Familiarity with additional monitoring tools (Grafana, ELK stack).
• Experience integrating customer's Enterprise services (SSO, etc.).
• Experience with NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, MongoDB, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Designing, engineering, implementation, development and maintenance of enterprise quality mission systems, networks, and applications.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Health/Dental/Vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Up to $3,000 annually for training and certifications
• Up to $3,000 for degree seeking programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed