Poly clearance is required - ID - 534

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

3d•$227,000 - $241,000•Onsite

About The Position

Halogen Engineering is seeking a Software Engineer responsible for implementing access controls and permission mechanisms for securing access to critical HPC system resources through robust permission management, ensuring compliance with the Agency’s security policies and industry standards. The candidate will design, develop, test, deploy, document, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse software systems based upon documented requirements. These systems might include processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, business management information systems, and systems that incorporate data repositories, data transport services, and application and systems development and monitoring. The role involves working individually or as part of a team, reviewing and testing software components for adherence to design requirements, documenting test results, and resolving software problem reports. The engineer will utilize appropriate software development and design methodologies, provide input to software components of system design including hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of Open Source Software (OSS) and/or Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Government Off-The-Shelf (GOTS) software, and requirements analysis and synthesis. Experience developing in Unix, ability to perform shell scripting, and working knowledge of Configuration Management (CM) tools and Web Services implementation are essential.

Requirements

7+ years of Experience
TS/SCI w/Poly clearance is required
Experience developing in Unix
Ability to perform shell scripting
Working knowledge of Configuration Management (CM) tools
Working knowledge of Web Services implementation
Experience using the Linux CLI
Proficiency in scripting (Bash) to automate tasks and processes
Experience developing software solutions using the Python programming language
Experience implementing RBAC/ABAC for HPC systems
Experience with advanced Linux security administration including PAM, SELinux, file permissions, ACLs, and audit logging.
Experience developing IAM solutions using Keycloak
Experience implementing identity federation and SSO (SAML, OIDC, OAuth2)
Experience developing and maintaining secret management integrations using HashiCorp Vault
Experience developing Ansible playbooks to orchestrate the automation of provisioning HPC hardware and software components
Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, PodMan, containerd
Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools including GitLab CI
Experience with Git Source Control System
Master’s degree in computer science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus five (5) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
OR Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus seven (7) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity
OR Nine (9) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.

Nice To Haves

Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (JIRA, Confluence)
Familiar with Agile, Scrum, or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies
Software development using languages such as C, C++, Python, Ruby, Perl, JavaScript, etc.
Has experience with agile development processes.
Has experience with source code control systems, such as Git.
Design and development of relational and non-relational database applications.
Use of orchestration frameworks such as Spring and Kafka.
Familiarization with queue management systems
Java development using the Eclipse IDE (Integrated Development Environment).
Development of Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications
Development of event driven, or data driven analytics
Development of cloud-based solutions and technologies.

Responsibilities

Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements.
Debug existing software and correct defects.
Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features.
Write or review software and system documentation.
Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments.
Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories.
Serve as team lead at the level appropriate to the software development process being used on any particular project.
Design and development of relational and non-relational database applications.
Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards.
Develop and execute test procedures for software components.
Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards and conferring with users or system engineers; analyzing systems flow, data usage and work processes; and investigating problem areas.
Modify existing software 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 outcomes and consequences of design decisions.
Experience using collaboration and software development tools (ie. Atlassian).
Software development using continuous integration practices.
Design or implement complex algorithms requiring adherence to strict timing, system resource, or interface constraints.
Perform quality control on team products.
Recommend and implement suggestions 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 installation on a system and monitor performance to ensure operational specifications are met.
Recommend new technologies and processes for complex software projects.
Serve as the technical lead of multiple software development teams.
Select the software development process in coordination with the customer and system engineering.
Ensure quality control of all developed and modified software.
Delegate programming and testing responsibilities to one or more teams and monitor their performance.

Benefits

CareFirst Insurance
Medical Plans
Three available medical plans–2 Platinum PPO Plans ($0 Deductible) and 1 HSA Plan ($1500 deductible)
Halogen pays 100% Medical Premium Costs up to $25,000
CareFirst Wellness Rewards Program
Guardian Insurance
Dental Plan
Halogen pays 50% of the plan costs
Vision Plan
Halogen pays 100% of the plan costs
401K Retirement Plan
10% contribution paid by the company, automatically vested and paid in each pay period.
Life Insurance, AD&D, Short and Long Term Disability Coverage
Paid Time Off
20 Paid Time Off Days
6 Federal Holidays
5 Floating Holidays
Bonuses
Based on performance and billable hours