Software Developer

Booz Allen Hamilton•Alexandria, VA

8d•$86,800 - $198,000•Onsite

About The Position

As a software sustainment engineer, you play a pivotal role in an application’s functional life. From troubleshooting to fixing bugs, you use your operations and maintenance skills to ensure that things run smoothly. We’re looking for an experienced software sustainment engineer like you to apply your knowledge to our clients’ challenges and their legacy enterprise systems. As a software sustainment engineer at Booz Allen, you’ll have an operational impact from day one. With a team of professionals, you’ll maintain applications and keep systems working. You and your team will use programming and scripting languages as you continuously enhance and maintain applications, troubleshoot any issues that arise operationally, and upgrade systems to meet security requirements. Most importantly, you’ll advise our clients on the best ways to improve and modernize existing systems. Work with us to help us secure crucial systems while watching them grow and modernize.

Requirements

5+ years of experience developing and sustaining Python applications, including concurrent or multi-process systems, in an Agile environment
3+ years of experience working with real-time or event-driven architectures such as queues, and producer or consumer pipelines, or distributed or microservices systems
Experience with AWS cloud services, including S3, Batch, Lambda, or Step Functions
Experience with containerization such as Docker, and Infrastructure-as-Code such as CDK, Terraform, or CloudFormation
Experience with scientific or geospatial Python libraries such as NumPy, SciPy, pandas, and pyproj, for processing scientific data
Experience designing, debugging, and testing software components against design specifications, including unit or integration testing
Knowledge of source control such as Git, and CI/CD pipelines in a DevSecOps environment
TS/SCI clearance
Bachelor's degree

Nice To Haves

Experience with AWS Batch, ECR, Step Functions, OpenSearch, SQS/SNS, or Kinesis
Experience applying statistical or optimization methods in code such as similarity or distance scoring, probabilistic matching, or optimal assignment or matching algorithms
Experience with Flask or another lightweight Python web framework
Experience with JavaScript for web-based visualization or front-end development
Knowledge of shell scripting and build or deployment automation
Ability to comprehend scientific algorithms and the theories backing them

Responsibilities

Maintain applications and keep systems working.
Use programming and scripting languages to continuously enhance and maintain applications.
Troubleshoot any issues that arise operationally.
Upgrade systems to meet security requirements.
Advise clients on the best ways to improve and modernize existing systems.
Lead design and code reviews.
Collaborate cross-functionally.