Poly clearance is required - ID - 541

Halogen Engineering Group, Inc•Fort George G Meade, MD

19h•$212,000 - $225,000•Onsite

About The Position

Halogen Engineering is seeking a DevOps Software Engineer to oversee and monitor live production operations and help ensure the availability, reliability, and performance of GHOSTGEM's software application suite, including DINO. The role includes identifying, diagnosing, and responding to service disruptions, performance degradation, and operational issues; carrying out basic troubleshooting and corrective actions; supporting system sustainment; and collaborating with development and operations teams to maintain system health, improve operational efficiency, and support continuous service delivery. The engineer designs, develops, tests, deploys, documents, maintains, and enhances complex software systems based on documented requirements. Systems may include processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithms, very large data sets, real-time systems, business management information systems, data repositories, data transport services, and application or systems development and monitoring. The engineer may work individually or on a team, reviews and tests software components against design requirements, documents test results, resolves software problem reports, and applies software development and design methodologies appropriate to the environment. The role also contributes to system design, including hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, OSS/COTS/GOTS use, and analysis and synthesis of requirements from system level to software components. The position is onsite in Fort Meade, Maryland, on the day shift, with no travel required. A current TS/SCI clearance and a polygraph less than seven years old are required.

Requirements

Current TS/SCI clearance.
Polygraph required and must be less than seven years old.
Experience using the Linux CLI and tools.
Experience developing scripts using Bash.
Recent Python 3.x software development experience.
Experience with NoSQL databases, including MongoDB.
Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and containerd.
Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools, including GitLab CI.
Experience with distributed logging and monitoring tools such as the ELK Stack and Prometheus/Grafana.
Familiarity with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes.
Familiarity with Helm Charts for deploying containerized services on Kubernetes.
Familiarity with messaging frameworks, including RabbitMQ.
Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code principles, methodologies, and tools such as Ansible.
Experience using Git source control.
Unix development experience and shell scripting ability.
Working knowledge of configuration management tools and web services implementation.
One of the following education and experience combinations: a master's degree in computer science or a related discipline and three years of SWE experience on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity; a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related discipline and five years of such SWE experience; or seven years of such SWE experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with SQL databases, including PostgreSQL.
Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite, including Jira and Confluence.

Responsibilities

Oversee and monitor live production operations to support the availability, reliability, and performance of GHOSTGEM's software application suite, including DINO.
Identify, diagnose, and respond to service disruptions, performance degradation, and operational issues; perform basic troubleshooting and corrective actions.
Support system sustainment and collaborate with development and operations teams to maintain system health and continuous service delivery.
Design, develop, test, deploy, document, maintain, and enhance software systems based on documented requirements.
Review and test software components for adherence to design requirements and document test results.
Resolve software problem reports and apply appropriate software development and design methodologies.
Provide input to system design, including hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, OSS/COTS/GOTS selection, and requirements analysis.
Analyze user requirements and derive software design and performance requirements.
Debug existing software, correct defects, and design or modify software to add features or improve performance.
Write or review software and system documentation; integrate software into new or modified systems or operating environments.
Develop data queries and relational or non-relational database applications.
Develop and execute test procedures for software components and perform quality control on team products.
Analyze system performance, data usage, workflows, and problem areas to develop software solutions.
Develop or implement algorithms that meet system performance and functional standards, including constraints on timing, resources, and interfaces.
Coordinate software installation and monitor system performance against operational specifications.
Recommend improvements to technologies, documentation, and software development processes and standards.
Confer with system and hardware engineers to establish software requirements, limitations, capabilities, performance requirements, and interfaces.
Lead or oversee software development teams as appropriate, delegate programming and testing responsibilities, and monitor team performance.
Select the software development process in coordination with the customer and system engineering, and ensure developed and modified software meets quality requirements.

Benefits

CareFirst medical plans, including two Platinum PPO plans with a $0 deductible and one HSA plan with a $1,500 deductible.
Halogen pays 100% of medical premium costs up to $25,000.
CareFirst Wellness Rewards Program.
Dental plan; Halogen pays 50% of plan costs.
Vision plan; Halogen pays 100% of plan costs.
401(k) retirement plan with a 10% company contribution, automatically vested and paid each pay period.
Life insurance, AD&D, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
20 paid time off days.
6 federal holidays.
5 floating holidays.
Performance- and billable-hours-based bonuses.