OverviewSoftware Engineer
Herndon, VA
TS/SCI with Poly
Do you want to join a team that is building tailored technical solutions to modernize our government27s mission and our client27s business? Do you have a desire to change how people work? Are you interested in helping to protect our nation27s cyber interests? Join our growing team supporting customer missions as a Software Engineer in Herndon, Virginia.
Responsibilities
We are seeking a skilled Software Developer with expertise in DevOps to join our technology-based program supporting a key Government customer. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing and automating our customer27s in support of this customer27s mission, ensuring the smooth operation of all systems within the virtual environment (Nutanix, VMs,) to optimize performance, scalability and automation.
Provides development engineering and programming support to projects and infrastructure support activities. Develops, creates, and modifies general computer applications software or specialized utility programs. Analyzes user needs and develops software solutions. Designs software or customizes software for client use with the aim of optimizing operational efficiency. May analyze and design within an application area, working individually or coordinating development as part of a team.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
We are looking for experienced Software Developers to join our technology-based program supporting a key Government customer.
- A Bachelor27s or Master27s degrees are preferred with a minimum of eleven (11) year27s relevant experience with the following skillsets:
- Serve as part of a software development team to deliver automated solutions for standard network services support of a large IT infrastructure project.
- Must have hands 2D on programming and scripting experience in Python with 5 to 7 years of experience with a minimum of 2 years on network automation
- Must be a self-starter that can lead complex automation projects and guide junior developers
- Experience operating in a CI/CD/DevOps/Agile fast paced environment
- Experience in network automation tools Ansible and Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO)
- Experience with IP Address Management tools such as NetBox
- Experience in Development of automated testing scripts with integration to a CI/CD pipeline with Python PyATS or similar testing framework and Jenkins
- Experience in developing data models and understanding of Yang
- Exposure to Cisco IOS, IOS XR. NX 2D OS and Junos operating systems desired
Desired Qualifications:
The ideal candidate would also have IT project management experience, and be familiar with Scrum, Lean, Agile and DevOps.
- Familiar with network concepts (VLAN, Interfaces, Virtual Chassis, etc)
- Familiar with configuring docker/podman containers on Linux
- Familiar with AWS (EC2 and RDS)
- Familiar with Python to make REST API or Postgres
- Db calls (desired / nice to have)
- Familiar with NetBox and/or Forward Networks
What you can expect from us
- The expected salary range within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $175,000 - 195,000. Final compensation is unique to each individual and will be determined based on factors such as experience, education, geographic location, and contractual requirements. This is not a guarantee.
- Benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k), Paid Time Off, STD/LTD/Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance, Stipends, Referral Bonuses, and more.
