Poly clearance is required - ID

Halogen Engineering Group, Inc•Annapolis Junction, MD

1d•$218,000 - $225,000•Onsite

About The Position

Halogen Engineering Group is looking for a Software Engineer who will be responsible for collaborating with Product Owners, System Engineers, and Project Software Engineers to design, develop, test, troubleshoot, and sustain a mission-focused enterprise web application deployed in a containerized Kubernetes Linux environment. This candidate will design, develop, test, deploy, document, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse software systems based upon documented requirements. These systems might include, but are not limited to, processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, business management information systems, and systems which incorporate data repositories, data transport services, and application and systems development and monitoring. Works individually or as part of a team. Reviews and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results. Resolves software problem reports. Utilizes software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment. Provides specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of Open Source Software (OSS) and/or Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Government Off-The-Shelf (GOTS) software in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components. Experience developing in Unix. Ability to perform shell scripting. Working knowledge of Configuration Management (CM) tools and Web Services implementation.

Requirements

5+ yrs of Experience
TS/SCI w/Poly clearance is required
Experience using the Linux CLI and Tool Suite
Experience developing Bash/Python scripts
Experience developing with Python in a Linux environment
Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker
Familiar with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes
Experience creating Helm Charts to deploy containerized services on Kubernetes
Experience with SQL technologies such as MySQL
Experience with designing and implementing REST interfaces
Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools such as GitLab CI
Experience with Git Source Control System

Nice To Haves

Experience with the Django Web framework
Experience with the Celery Task Scheduler
Experience with NGINX
Experience with the Atlassian Suite of Tools such as Jira and Confluence
Experience with AI Development Tools such as Claude Code

Responsibilities

Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements.
Debug existing software and correct defects.
Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features.
Write or review software and system documentation.
Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments.
Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories.
Software development using languages such as C, C++, Python, Ruby, Perl, JavaScript, etc.
Has experience with agile development processes.
Has experience with source code control systems, such as Git.
Serve as team lead at the level appropriate to the software development process being used on any particular project.
Design and development of relational and non-relational database applications.
Use of orchestration frameworks such as Spring and Kafka.
Familiarization with queue management systems
Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards.
Develop and execute test procedures for software components.
Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards and conferring with users or system engineers; analyzing systems flow, data usage and work processes; and investigating problem areas.
Modify existing software to adapt to new hardware or to improve its performance.
Design, develop, and modify software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design decisions.
Java development using the Eclipse IDE (Integrated Development Environment).
Development of Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications
Experience using collaboration and software development tools (ie. Atlassian).
Software development using continuous integration practices.
Experience with container technologies (ie. Docker).
Unix shell scripting
Development of event driven, or data driven analytics
Development of cloud-based solutions and technologies.
Design or implement complex algorithms requiring adherence to strict timing, system resource, or interface constraints. Perform quality control on team products.
Recommend and implement suggestions for improving documentation and software development process standards.
Oversee one or more software development teams and ensure the work is completed in accordance with the constraints of the software development process being used on any particular project.
Confer with system engineers and hardware engineers to derive software requirements and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements, and interfaces.
Coordinate software installation on a system and monitor performance to ensure operational specifications are met.
Recommend new technologies and processes for complex software projects.
Serve as the technical lead of multiple software development teams.
Select the software development process in coordination with the customer and system engineering.
Ensure quality control of all developed and modified software.
Delegate programming and testing responsibilities to one or more teams and monitor their performance.

Benefits

CareFirst Insurance
Medical Plans
Three available medical plans–2 Platinum PPO Plans ($0 Deductible) and 1 HSA Plan ($1500 deductible)
Halogen pays 100% Medical Premium Costs up to $25,000
CareFirst Wellness Rewards Program
Dental Plan
Halogen pays 50% of the plan costs
Vision Plan
Halogen pays 100% of the plan costs
401K Retirement Plan
10% contribution paid by the company, automatically vested and paid in each pay period.
Life Insurance, AD&D, Short and Long Term Disability Coverage
Paid Time Off
20 Paid Time Off Days
6 Federal Holidays
5 Floating Holidays
Bonuses
Based on performance and billable hours