Staff Software Engineer

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. - Annapolis, MD

Full-time - Senior

Annapolis, MD

Telecommunications

About the position

The Staff Software Engineer will play a crucial role in developing and deploying high-performance telecom and enterprise software applications. This position requires a senior-level C++ developer with extensive DevOps experience, working within an Agile team to design, troubleshoot, and enhance various software solutions. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, contributing to the team's growth and success.

Responsibilities

• Develop and test C++ code for high performance, distributed and scalable applications utilizing best engineering practices.
• Work on complex development assignments and deliver architectural solutions for highly available and containerized telecommunication applications.
• Instantiate, configure and write necessary scripts to deploy applications on containerized Linux based compute elements (on-premise).
• Monitor and troubleshoot issues relating to system resources like CPU/memory, FDs, network, disk I/O, etc. on virtualized platforms.
• Write scripts that perform application health check polling, alarming, healing, etc.
• Create CICD pipelines for automated testing and deployment of applications.
• Evaluate feasibility of design/architecture by developing rapid prototypes or a minimum viable solution.
• Create and execute unit, integration and performance test cases.
• Diagnose, debug, and fix application operational issues in a timely manner.
• Assist deployment and production support teams to work through customer escalated issues and provide resolutions and root cause analysis.
• Participate actively in Agile software development activities, including scrums, planning, and retrospectives.
• Comply with organizational policies and procedures to meet ISO guidelines adopted by the company.

Requirements

• 12+ years of professional IT experience with one or more programming/scripting languages.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience using C/C++.
• 3-5 years of DevOps related experience on Linux based cloud native environments.
• Expertise in Python and bash scripting required.
• Experience with containerization technologies like Kubernetes, Docker required.
• Experience using infrastructure automation technology (Ansible, Helm, jinja2, etc.).
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, SCTP networking (IPv4 and IPv6) and DNS.
• Experience with Openstack and/or VMWare cloud deployments is preferred.
• Understanding of ONAP architecture and experience with components like dMaap, TICK, ELK is a plus.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, PostgreSQL and REDIS preferred.
• Experience with GitLab runners and/or Jenkins is a plus.
• Experience working with Atlassian Tools (JIRA, Confluence, Bamboo, FishEye, Crucible).
• Proficient in Scrum/Agile methodologies.
• Knowledge of distributed messaging services like Kafka, RabbitMQ is a plus.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment to meet aggressive goals with high-quality standards.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Openstack and/or VMWare cloud deployments is preferred.
• Understanding of ONAP architecture and experience with components like dMaap, TICK, ELK is a plus.
• Experience with GitLab runners and/or Jenkins is a plus.
• Knowledge of distributed messaging services like Kafka, RabbitMQ is a plus.

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer
• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities