Polygraph

Sunayu•Contractor Site, MD

1d•$87,100 - $157,450•Onsite

About The Position

The ideal candidate is a Software Engineer first, but the role requires being comfortable working across the software development life cycle, including deployment, automation, cloud infrastructure, and production support. We are not looking for a pure application developer, nor are we looking for a traditional system administrator. The ideal candidate has software engineering experience and can also support cloud-native deployments and DevOps-related activities. We are trying to optimise for software engineers who have operational ownership experience. We want candidates who build software and are comfortable deploying, automating, troubleshooting, and supporting it in production environments. The Software Engineer develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems (e.g., processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems) based upon documented requirements. 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 tradc-offs, software reuse, use of Commercial Off-the-shelf (COTS)/Government Off-the-shelf (GOTS) in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components.

Requirements

Candidate would be expected to be “On call” to support system operations.
Fourteen ( 14) years' experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

Nice To Haves

CI/CD Tools: Familiarity with continuous integration frameworks such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
Infrastructure Tools: Experience with IaC tools like Terraform or Ansible.
Container Platforms: Working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
Cloud Experience: Proficiency with major cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)

Responsibilities

We are seeking a DevOps Software Engineer II who is comfortable working across the software development life cycle, including deployment, automation, cloud infrastructure, and production support.
This role also requires software engineering experience who can support cloud-native deployments and DevOps-related activities.
Experience in designing, building, testing and deploying changes to existing software
Experience in enhanced infrastructure security protocols
Knowledge in Identifying manual processes that can be automated
Experience in maintaining and improving cloud infrastructure
Automate code integration, testing, and deployment to deliver product features to production securely and efficiently.
Provision and manage environments using automation tools instead of manual server configurations.
Configure logging, monitoring, and alerting systems to proactively detect bottlenecks and resolve production issues.
Manage containerised applications to ensure seamless scaling across platforms.
Work directly with the infrastructure and platform team to remove workflow barriers and streamline technical processes.
Debug existing software and correct defects
Provide recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards
Builds reliable, maintainable automation that can be executed consistently in CI and local environments.
Collaborates effectively with engineering and QA stakeholders to ensure automation aligns with product and release needs.
Analyse user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements
Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features
Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments
Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories
Write or review software and system documentation
Serve as team lead at the level appropriate to the software development process being used on any particular project
Design or implement complex database or data repository interfaces/queries
Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards
Assist with developing and executing test procedures for software components
Develop software solutions by analysing system performance standards, confer with users or system engineers; analyse systems flow, data usage and work processes; and investigate problem areas
Modify existing software to correct errors, 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 outcome and consequences of design
Design or implement complex algorithms requiring adherence to strict timing, system resource, or interface constraints: Perform quality control on team products
Implement recommendations 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 system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure operational specifications are met