Software Engineer I — TS/SCI w/poly clearance required

CyberTrend Engineering • Annapolis Junction, MD

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About The Position

The Software Engineer develops, maintains, and enhances complex software systems based on documented requirements, including analytics, algorithm development, large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems. The role may be performed individually or as part of a team. The engineer reviews and tests software components against design requirements, documents test results, resolves software problem reports, and applies development and design methodologies appropriate to the environment.

The position contributes to system design decisions involving hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, COTS/GOTS use versus new development, and the analysis and decomposition of system-level requirements into software components. The role also includes software design, implementation, debugging, integration, testing, documentation, performance analysis, and database or data-repository work. A TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

CyberTrend is a technology provider serving defense projects and programs, government agencies, the intelligence community, and defense contractors. The company was formed in 2010 and has partnerships and clients including AWS and IBM.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.
• Seven years of experience as a Software Engineer on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline from an accredited college or university; four additional years of SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may substitute for the degree.
• Experience with Python, PySpark, and AWS services, including Lambda, AWS Glue jobs, and DynamoDB.

Nice To Haves

• One year of demonstrated work experience with distributed scalable NoSQL Big Data Stores such as HBase, CloudBase/Accumulo, or Bigtable.
• Demonstrated work experience with the MapReduce programming model and technologies such as Hadoop, Hive, or Pig.
• Demonstrated work experience with the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS).
• Demonstrated work experience with serialization formats such as JSON and/or BSON.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance complex software systems based on documented requirements.
• Review and test software components for adherence to design requirements and document test results.
• Resolve software problem reports.
• Use software development and design methodologies appropriate to the development environment.
• Provide input to system design, including hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, COTS/GOTS use, and requirements analysis and synthesis.
• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements.
• Design and code new software or modify existing software to add features, correct errors, adapt to hardware, or improve performance.
• Debug existing software and correct defects.
• Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments.
• Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories.
• Recommend improvements to documentation and software development process standards.
• Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards.
• Assist with developing and executing test procedures for software components.
• Write or review software and system documentation.
• Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards, consulting with users or system engineers, analyzing systems flow, data usage and work processes, and investigating problem areas.
• Serve as team lead at the level appropriate to the software development process used on a project.
• Design, develop, and modify software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences.
• Design or implement complex database or data-repository interfaces and queries.

Benefits

• Paid time off scaled based on time in service.
• Eleven paid annual holidays.
• Employer-paid medical base plan, dental, vision, disability, life, and EAP benefits for full-time employees.
• Employer contribution of 10% of monthly gross salary to a non-contributory SEP-IRA with no vesting period; the account is 100% owned and managed by the employee.
• Educational assistance of up to $5,250 annually for work-related activities, subject to prior approval.
• Training assistance of up to $3,000 annually for work-related activities, subject to prior approval.

What This Job Offers

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