Software Engineer – (Hybrid-Remote) – McLean, VA; position requires a TS/SCI Clearance with polygraph

Synertex LLC

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Synertex LLC is seeking a Software Engineer to support a U.S. Federal Government Agency in McLean, VA / Pentagon. We are expanding work on a current contract and need a Software Engineer with experience in both front and back-end development to provide innovative solutions to the client's most pressing requirements. Additionally, the Software Developer will have a keen understanding of open-source data development tools and processes. This is a hybrid remote position based in the Northern Virginia area. The candidate will be required to travel to the classified work site in McLean, VA and/or the Pentagon up to 3 times per week. Join our team of data visualization experts to focus on delivering practical and efficient solutions in support of our client's incredibly important mission. Benefits include competitive PTO, 11 Paid Government Holidays, a 401k with 6% match, and a comprehensive list of health care options.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph
6–10 years of software development experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline
Experience and knowledge of web application development using Python and Django
Experience with modern front-end frameworks (React.js, TypeScript, JavaScript) and UI component libraries (Material UI, ElasticUI)
Experience using Docker / Docker Compose for containerization and deployment
Knowledge and experience of classified government networks and Amazon Web Services (AWS) including RDS Aurora, ECS/EKS, VPC, ALB, S3, EC2, and CloudFormation
Linux / UNIX experience (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu)
Familiarity with Government ATO application compliance, approval, and deployment
Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and search/analytics platforms (ElasticSearch, Kibana)

Nice To Haves

Experience with Golang for REST/RPC microservices development
Experience with FastAPI, Flask, or Next.js/Nest.js frameworks
Experience with message queuing and event-driven architectures (Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ)
Experience with CI/CD tools and workflows (Jenkins, GitHub Actions/Workflows, GitLab CI/CD, Artifactory)
Infrastructure as Code experience with Ansible, CloudFormation, or Terraform
Data science or machine learning exposure (Jupyter Notebooks, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Pandas, NumPy)
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
CompTIA Security+ or equivalent IA baseline certification
Experience with geospatial visualization libraries (OpenLayers, ESRI)
Ability to provide technical guidance to team members, lead application architecture discussions, and mentor less experienced developers

Responsibilities

Work within a team environment to develop a software-based platform that will facilitate rapid decision making and increased situational awareness across a variety of users, disciplines, and geographic locations.
Build robust, maintainable, well documented, and well tested enterprise-level applications.
Design and engineer front-end UI components using React.js, TypeScript, Material UI, and modern JavaScript frameworks to deliver intuitive data visualization interfaces.
Develop and maintain back-end services using Python, Django, FastAPI, and/or Golang, including RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.
Design and implement asynchronous data ingest and processing pipelines leveraging message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ), database triggers, and multi-threaded/multi-process architectures to aggregate data from multiple sources.
Containerize applications using Docker / Docker Compose and support CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Workflows, GitLab CI/CD) for automated build, test, and deployment.
Work on developing, integrating, and operationalizing full-stack advanced analytic web applications through the Authority to Operate (ATO) process on classified networks.
Integrate with relational and NoSQL database technologies including PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch/ELK Stack, and AWS RDS Aurora.
Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with the customer and other team members, including managers, data scientists, DevOps engineers, and other senior and junior/midlevel developers.
Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies and collaborate using JIRA, Confluence, and Git-based version control workflows.
Read, write, speak and understand English.