Cloud Software Engineer (OpenStack, Python), Intelligence Community Mission Program, Fort Meade, MD

Cloud Software Engineer (OpenStack, Python), Intelligence Community Mission Program, Fort Meade, MD

Summary:

• Job Title: Cloud Software Engineer, Level 3 (OpenStack, Python)
• Openings: 1
• Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph (FSP) required.
• Work Type: Onsite at Fort George G. Meade, MD, in a secure government facility
• Job Type: Full-time
• Benefits: Our client provides full benefits
  
• Program Name: Enterprise engineering program for SIGINT mission systems, covering cloud infrastructure, AI/ML software, and data dissemination process modernization
• Agency name: Intelligence Community (IC) customer, Fort George G. Meade, MD
• Start Date: Immediate, upon offer acceptance and clearance transfer

BizFirst is assisting our client with recruiting a skilled and experienced Cloud Software Engineer. This position supports the following program: an enterprise engineering program that supports signals intelligence (SIGINT) mission systems through cloud infrastructure, AI/ML-driven software, and modernization of data dissemination processes for an Intelligence Community customer. The position is onsite at Fort Meade, MD, and the role is open now for an immediate start.

Our client is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business that has supported U.S. defense and intelligence missions since 2012. Its systems, software, and data science engineers work side by side with government teams to model, design, integrate, and deploy complex mission systems, and the company also builds rugged RF hardware for specialized SIGINT applications. Led by a U.S. Navy veteran with more than 30 years of DoD mission experience, the company supports programs alongside many of the largest national security integrators and has a long-established presence in Maryland near Fort Meade.

What will you do

Build and enhance software for intelligence mission systems while designing and managing the cloud infrastructure it runs on. You will develop, maintain, and enhance complex software systems to documented requirements, review and test components against design requirements, and help decide when commercial or government off-the-shelf (COTS/GOTS) products should replace new development. You will analyze usage and work processes to find and fix problem areas, and design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure using OpenStack and comparable platforms. This role suits an experienced software engineer with strong Linux, scripting, and Python skills and hands-on private cloud experience.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse software systems based on documented requirements.
• Review and test software components for adherence to design requirements, and document test results.
• Provide design decision support on using COTS and GOTS products in place of new development.
• Analyze usage and work processes, and investigate problem areas.
• Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure using OpenStack and comparable platforms.
• Automate tasks on Linux with Bash, shell, and Python scripts.

Requirements:

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science and twelve (12) years of software engineering experience. Sixteen (16) years of software engineering experience may substitute for the degree.
• Experience designing, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructure using OpenStack and other comparable platforms.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and enhancing complex software systems based on documented requirements.
• Experience reviewing and testing software components and documenting test results.
• Proficiency with the Linux/Unix command line and scripting (Bash, shell).
• Python programming skills.
• Solid understanding of cloud technologies.
• Ability to work onsite at Fort Meade, MD.

Desired Skills

• AWS or Azure certification.
• Experience working in a DevOps environment with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience building or operating cloud environments for Intelligence Community or DoD customers.

Benefits (provided by our client):

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employee and family, 100% employer-paid (HMO HSA Silver plan), plus a Health Savings Account
• Five weeks (200 hours) of paid leave per year
• Eleven (11) paid federal holidays per year
• 401k with an employer contribution equal to 10% of salary
• Reimbursement for approved training, up to three days (24 hours) per year, including books and related conference or class travel
• Reimbursement of professional fees, such as IEEE membership and licenses
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Term life insurance equal to annual salary, up to $100K
• Referral matching bonus program