Software Engineer

Northstrat • Chantilly, VA

19h

About The Position

We are seeking Software Engineers to join a dynamic team supporting the development and delivery of a Major Systems Application (MSA) including the associated operations and maintenance (O&M) support to modernize space domain awareness (SDA) and flight safety tools. The modernization effort includes designing and developing containerized microservices within a modern AWS-based architecture. Engineers will work in an agile development environment, leveraging established development environments to build and maintain services running on a modern framework using continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practices. The ideal candidate holds a bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science, information systems or equivalent field developer with experience in Java development utilizing various libraries such as SpringBoot, Mockito, Lombok, OpenAPI (Swagger) and other similar libraries developing RESTFul services. The software application is managed through Git and built using Gradle. Other third-party applications that are utilized are Kafka, MongoDB, ActiveMQ and/or NiFi. Applications are containerized and deployed to a Kubernetes cluster using Helm Charts. Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) is also desired.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science, information systems, or equivalent field, or equivalent experience.
• Must have at least 5+ years of experience in software engineering or software development for information technology systems
• Experience with object-oriented programming languages, including Java, JEE, C++, or Python
• Experience utilizing various libraries such as SpringBoot, Mockito, Lombok, OpenAPI (Swagger) and other similar libraries developing RESTful services
• Experience in working with microservices and containerization technologies
• Experience with supporting systems engineering efforts in system design, solution engineering, and software development
• Required in order to be considered an active or current Top-Secret clearance with SCI access (TS/SCI) and a polygraph (CIP)

Nice To Haves

• Experience developing software applications managed through Git and built using Gradle
• Experience with Kafka, MongoDB, ActiveMQ, Nifi, and/or other third-party tools
• Experience with integration and development tools for containerized applications deployed to a Kubernetes cluster using Helm Charts
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Experience with Linux OS and command line interface
• Security+ and/or DoD 8570 IAT Level II or above certification

Responsibilities

• Utilize best practices to support, plan and execute the program’s software development approach
• Support the software design, development, testing and performance analysis of the software services and system
• Develop capabilities supporting space domain awareness such as observation scoring using the developed scoring process truth” data generation using the developed fusion process development and integration of the scoring and fusion process into the overall system workflows to update the RSO database as a source of “truth” for use by the system

Benefits

• Work/Life Balance
• power of choice benefits designed to best meet the needs of you and your lifestyle
• benefits programs are designed to support and encourage wellness, healthy living, retirement investment, and lifetime learning
• competitive compensation, benefits, and professional development opportunities
• Flex Time
• Individual Benefits Account (IBA)
• Profit Sharing Plan (PSP)
• Lifelong Learning
• employee referral incentives

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees