Cloud Software Engineer

Position Overview

The team is seeking a Cloud Software Engineer to join a product development team supporting a highly cleared government customer at Fort Meade (Laurel, MD). This role focuses on building and deploying mission-critical capabilities within large-scale AWS Cloud environments, with a primary emphasis on agile software design, development, and integration into operational systems that directly support national security missions.

Duties

• Design and development of new capabilities
• Testing
• Optimization and performance tuning
• Ongoing operations and sustainment

Basic Qualifications

• At least eight (8) years of experience in software development/engineering, including requirements analysis, development, integration, testing, and troubleshooting
• (6) years of experience developing in high-level languages such as Java, C, or C++
• (5) years of experience developing on UNIX/Linux (RedHat-based) systems
• (3) years of experience in software integration and testing, including test plan and script development

Required Certification (one of the following)

• AWS Certified Developer – Associate
• AWS DevOps Engineer – Professional

Desired Qualifications

• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• Active TS/SCI clearance with a current polygraph is required
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or in a related technical field is highly desired which will be considered equivalent to two (2) years of experience. A Master's degree in a Technical Field will be considered equivalent to four (4) years of experience.
• NOTE: A degree in Mathematics, Information Systems, Engineering, or similar degree will be considered as a technical field.

Core Required Competencies and Skills

• Proficiency using AWS SDKs and APIs
• Strong experience designing and implementing AWS Cloud architectures
• Hands-on experience with AWS Cloud, including serverless architectures and cloud-native application development/deployment
• Deep understanding of AWS services, including Lambda functions
• Experience working in Agile environments with modern source code management tools
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and monitoring practices
• Experience developing and integrating RESTful APIs
• Proficiency in Python scripting
• Experience developing Angular applications
• Familiarity with Git
• Strong Linux experience

Benefits

• 280 hours of annual leave (5 weeks of PTO & 2 weeks of holiday)
• Health Benefits (medical, dental & vision) – very low to no cost employee contributions
• Annual Critical Skills Bonus