Cloud Software Engineer at Criterion Systems in Hyattsville, MD

Overview

At Criterion Systems, we developed a different kind of business—a company whose real value is a reputation for excellence built upon the collective skills, talents, perspectives, and backgrounds of its people. By accepting a position with Criterion Systems, you will join a group of professionals with a collaborative mindset where we share ideas and foster professional development to accomplish our goals. In addition to our great culture, we also offer competitive compensation and benefit packages, company-sponsored team building events, and advancement opportunities. To find out more about how Criterion can help you take your career to the next level please visit our website:

Criterion Systems is looking to hire a Cloud Software Engineer with polygraph to support our government customer with options to work in

Responsibilities

Seeking a motivated Software Engineer with experience developing enterprise cloud applications supporting the U.S. Government.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 4+ years of full-stack development experience in cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud computing concepts and fundamentals (serverless, scalability, high availability, and durability).
• Relational and NoSQL database design, implementation, configuration, and query experience (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining data indexes (ElasticSearch or Lucene).
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, Node.js, Angular.js, and React.
• Comfortable working with Linux or Unix-based operating systems (i.e. command line operations, bash scripting).
• Demonstrable Configuration Management (CM) experience using Git and familiarity with branching strategies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience building automation and Infrastructure as Code (i.e. CloudFormation).
• Demonstrable knowledge of AWS services such as Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, CloudFormation, EC2, ALB, IAM, and SQS.
• Familiarity with RMF+ security accreditation process and experiencing coding to security standards and best practices (i.e. end-to-end encryption).
• General awareness of / experience with popular open source frameworks, libraries, and packages.
• Ability to determine technical direction from high-level requirements.

Required Clearance:

TS//SCI with CI Polygraph

Education/years of experience:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university with 8 years of experience is required. High School diploma/GED with 12 years of experience will be accepted in lieu or a degree. Other acceptable educational equivalents include an Associates degree with 10 years of experience, or Masters degree with 6 years of experience, or PhD with 4 years of experience.