Cloud-based Architecture Engineer

Join a team working in Cloud-based architecture leveraging enterprise-level services. The technical environment includes DEVSECOPS platform supporting SAFe/Agile development. You'll join a team accelerating mission planning and execution across all cyber echelons. This position is onsite in Fort Mead, MD, five days a week, and requires a TS/SCI security clearance.

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides subject matter proficiency for work described in the task.
• Responsible for providing analytical skills to support process improvement, specialized studies, and definition of requirements.
• Typical duties include analysis, planning, developing requirements documents, building functional models, developing procedures, developing functional architecture, and other related management and technical duties.
• Requires expertise in specialty areas.
• Shall perform engineering tasks for back-end design and development efforts including, but not limited to, developing back-end architectures to support current and new system capabilities and integrations, RESTful API development and modification, database management, and data model development and optimization.

Job-Specific Minimum Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance is required.
• Must be able to report on-site in Ft Meade, MD up to five days per week based on customer requirements.
• Bachelor’s degree in related field required.
• A Master’s degree may substitute for 2 years of experience.
• 10 years of software development experience in object-oriented and scripted languages with the ability to apply several tool suites related to DevSecOps, microservices and containers.
• 5 years of experience performing back-end web design and development.
• 10 years of experience in relational databases, RESTful API development and integration.
• 5 years of experience in Python and PostgreSQL.
• 5 years of experience with bug tracking software (e.g., Jira).
• 5 years of experience testing web-based applications.
• 5 years of experience leading software development programs or projects.
• 3 years of experience with the following: AWS Infrastructure, Kubernetes, and RedHat Linux.
• 5 years of experience with at least five (5) of the following:
  • Postgress
  • RDS
  • Exodus
  • Python
  • Luna
  • Java
  • Docker
  • OpenJDK
  • Ansible
  • Packer
  • Maven
  • Kubernetes
  • Red Hat
• Demonstrated experience in preparing, conducting, and documenting various systems tests and results to verify system operability and compliance with project standards and requirements.
• Practical experience developing in a cloud environment.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Experience with integrating data from unclassified to classified application deployments.
• 5 years of experience with DoW software development.
• Experience using Agile Test-Driven development.
• Experience integrating into DoW DevSecOps environments.
• 5 years of experience with CI/CD software development.
• Demonstrated experience in utilizing UX design tool suites (e.g., Sketch, InVision).
• Experience structuring data so it can be integrated into machine learning technologies or AI capabilities.