Job Category: Information Technology
Schedule: Full-Time
Relocation: N
Remote: N
Salary: $50-95/hr
Location: Dulles, VA
Clearance: Top Secret
Job Description:
We are seeking Software Engineers with Cloud Development, Agile Development, Java or Project Leadership expertise to support the design, development, and deployment of advanced cybersecurity capabilities.
Qualifications:
- Required Education: BS Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, OR a related field.
- Desired Certifications: DoD 8570.1 IAT Level II Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP). SAFe certification (SA, SP, SSM/SASM, RTE, POPM, SPD, ASE, or SPC)
- Must be a US Citizen
- Must have an active Top-Secret clearance and be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
- Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability prior to starting employment
- Must have at least 6+ years of directly relevant experience.
- Experience with cloud-oriented development using Amazon Web Services (AWS) and/or Microsoft Azure
- Experience and familiarity with AWS and Azure Service offerings
- Ability to create well-modularized, maintainable software and willing to follow group coding standards and design.
- Possesses or quickly develop a comprehensive understanding of Government Information Security policies, regulations, and guidelines
- Experience working on projects that implement analytic models into production systems
- Must be able to work collaboratively across agencies and physical locations.
Desired Skills:
- Certifications related to Agile development and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) such as Scrum Master, Product Owner, SAFe Agilist (SA), SAFe Practitioner (SP) or SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)
- Basic understanding of cybersecurity attack techniques and associated mitigation techniques
- Strong experience and/or familiarity with one of more of the following program languages: Java, Perl, Ruby, Python and Javascript
- Experience and/or familiarity with DevOps, Continuous Development/Continuous Integration concepts, and automated test tools such as Docker, Jenkins, Rational Team Concert, JIRA, Git, Chef, Ansible, Puppet, Junit, JMeter, RSpec, and/or Cucumber
Responsibilities:
- Providing Systems Engineering expertise and leadership in support of a large cybersecurity system
- Assisting the Chief Engineer and the Development teams in the development, integration, and testing of advanced leading-edge cybersecurity capabilities
- Collaborating within Agile Scrum teams as a key contributor responsible for the system design and implementation of advanced cybersecurity capabilities
- Interfacing directly with the Customer, stakeholders, and end-users regarding capability architectures, requirements, use cases, and stories to derive, develop and decompose next-cycle updates and specifications
- Supporting risk assessments and developing risk mitigation countermeasures
- Conducting trade studies to determine improvements to system capabilities and system delivery processes (hardware, software, architecture, automated deployments, training).