Software Engineer

Ardent Principles, Inc.•Chantilly, VA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

In this role, you’ll build and maintain secure web applications, engineer and optimize ElasticSearch/AWS OpenSearch clusters, and write high‑performance queries across structured and unstructured data. We offer advanced services in data science, data engineering, software engineering, AI solutions, cybersecurity, staff augmentation, and IT program management. Ardent Principles offers a competitive salary range and a comprehensive, industry‑leading benefits package designed to support long‑term stability and employee well‑being. We provide more than a position—we offer a workplace committed to excellence, integrity, and mission‑focused impact. Our mission is to act as a bridge between satisfied clients and fulfilled employees, ensuring that your job and well-being are our top priorities because your satisfaction leads to the success of our clients. Join us as we continue building the future of secure, high‑impact solutions.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph

Nice To Haves

Tools, such as IDA Pro, Ghidra, JADX, or APKtool.
Multiple cloud providers.
Other programming languages besides Python.

Responsibilities

Experience in System Administration
Building and maintaining secure web applications on the Sponsor’s network JWICS C2S network
Designing, developing, querying and maintaining ElasticSearch/AWS OpenSearch and related technologies
Writing and tuning complex queries against structured and unstructured data sets using both SQL and ElasticSearch/OpenSearch languages
Integrating Services C2S services including Lambdas, SNS, SQS, etc.
Integrating AWS services including Lambdas, SNS, SQS, etc., in the sponsor’s classified environment
Leveraging a background in programming, software tools and packages, operating systems, and networking to solve collection needs in cloud environments.
Ability to listen and transcribe from mission need to technical requirements for the client's consideration.
Ability to reflect back an understanding of the mission need described and convey how a technical solution will deliver mission results.
Prioritizing work based on mission need.
Documenting and communicating technical and non-technical mission requirements for all audiences.
Working with other technical teams across multiple organizational boundaries.
Assessing project requirements and making informed recommendations.
Python.
Linux shell scripting.
Building Docker containers and images.
Cloud services, including Lambda functions and layers, S3, Batch, EC2, EventBridge, SQS, SNS, IAM roles, DynamoDB, and container services.
Using AWS Cloud Development Kits (CDK). (CloudFormation, Terraform or similar are NOT substitutes for CDK experience)
Transforming data in various file formats into common formats, such as JSON, CSV, or XML.
Working with application developers to identify and implement infrastructure and deployment requirements.