Software Engineer (TS/SCI with Poly Required)

GCI embodies excellence, integrity and professionalism. The employees supporting our customers deliver unique, high-value mission solutions while effectively leverage the technological expertise of our valued workforce to meet critical mission requirements in the areas of Data Analytics and Software Development, Engineering, Targeting and Analysis, Operations, Training, and Cyber Operations. We maximize opportunities for success by building and maintaining trusted and reliable partnerships with our customers and industry.

At GCI, we solve the hard problems. As a Software Engineer, a typical day will include the following duties:

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Software Engineer will design, develop, code, test, and debug complex software products to be deployed in a mission critical environment. The ideal candidate is a hands-on developer with significant experience in scalable data platforms, with experience in business intelligence, Analytics and Data science and data products. They must have strong, firsthand technical expertise in a variety of data ingestion/computation technologies and the proven ability to fashion robust scalable solutions that can manage large data sets. They must be at ease working in an agile environment with little supervision. This person should embody a passion for innovation and continuous improvement.

 

 

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

 

    Work with a team to write new cloud-based applications and tools and recommend new technologies and methodologies to improve system performance and usability.

 

    Design, develop, test, debug, and deploy new software tools that extend or replace existing capabilities.

 

    Write and update technical documentation such as user manuals, system documentation, training materials, processes and procedures.

 

    Collaborate cross-functionally with data scientists, analysts, project managers and other engineers and technical SMEs.

 

    Deploy new software into an AWS-based data ingest pipeline.

 

    Design and develop a processing platform using various configuration management technologies.

 

    Troubleshoot complex problems and provide support to mission areas for software systems and application issues. 

 

    Maintain good documentation for new software written and new procedures to be followed.

 

    Provide recommendations for continuous improvement. 

 

    Work alongside other engineers on the team to sustain and advance our organization’s capabilities.

 

 

 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

 

    Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or other related technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education, technical certifications, training, and work/military experience.

 

 

 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

 

    Demonstrated hands-on experience with modern programming languages including, Java, JavaScript, and Python.

 

    Demonstrated hands-on experience Integrating and developing code of visualization of data (e.g. using D3.js or React libraries or developing Tableau or Kibana dashboards) 

 

    Demonstrated hands-on experience with building APIs and services using REST. 

 

    Demonstrated hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka and Elasticsearch

 

    Demonstrated hands-on experience with Linus.

 

 

 

 

 

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

 

    Demonstrated hands on experience PostgreSQL and Apache NiFi.

 

    Demonstrated hands-on experience working with Hadoop, Apache Spark and their related ecosystems.

 

    Demonstrated hands-on experience Building and deploying infrastructure with technologies such as Ansible and Puppet.

 

    Demonstrated hands-on experience with monitoring technologies like ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.

 

    Demonstrated hands-on experience with building automation technologies like Maven, Jenkins etc.

 

    Demonstrated hands-on experience with Linux-based systems and shell scripting.

 

 

 

 

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