Description of Task to be Performed:
AnaVation is seeking a Lead Engineer to provide technical leadership in the planning, investigation, design, implementation, and management of a cloud-based information system, and provide guidance and oversight for our high performing technical team. The ideal candidate will be a multidisciplinary engineer with a software engineering background and a creative “figure it out” personality to help advance the state-of-the-art and ensure high availability of our mission critical system. The position requires understanding of cloud technologies, networking, and security in a government setting. Candidate will interface daily with key government personnel and stakeholders at all levels, ensure taskings are completed, and ensure overall delivery excellence.
This position will eventually be on site with our customer in Huntsville, Alabama. The selected candidate will work remotely until space is ready. Applicants who do not currently reside within commuting distance to Huntsville should describe how they would satisfy this requirement.
This position requires an existing Top Secret clearance and the ability to obtain SCI accesses with a polygraph.
Required Qualifications:
- B.S. in Computer Science or related field, plus 7 years of relevant experience with software and/or system development in high demand production environment.
- Understanding of software engineering best practices · Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code practices and tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) to support consistent, repeatable, and secure deployment of mission-critical systems
- Experience supporting and maintaining application codebases deployed across hybrid architectures (cloud and on-prem), with familiarity in network virtualization technologies.
- Familiarity with cloud solutions in federal environments
- Experience with Golang, Post Gres, Python, NodeJS, Rust, and/or Java Script.
- Experience with basic scripting
- Experience conducting code reviews (G, Kotlin, Java) and test plan reviews
- Experience designing, implementing, and integrating APIs using modern communication protocols (e.g., REST, gRPC)
- Experience troubleshooting issues and working with team to resolve
- Ability to collaborate in system design, requirements analysis, and work product review to ensure sound technical solutions
- Ability to create plans to ensure that necessary maintenance to support system health is performed regularly.
- Ability to perform system level design and configuration of products including determination of cloud computer unit, operating system, and other platform specs
- Understanding of cybersecurity best practices
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to operate successfully onsite with our customer and team in a fast pasted operational environment
- An existing Top Secret clearance and the ability to obtain SCI accesses with a polygraph
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of VoIP architectures, signaling protocols, and configuration of provider services (e.g., Vonage)
- Proficiency with Twilio APIs and associated documentation
- Experience in an agile environment
- Familiarity with government ATO process
- Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
- 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
- 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
- 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
- 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
- Competitive Pay
- Generous paid leave and holiday package
- Tuition and training reimbursement
- Life and AD&D Insurance
Skills Required
- B.S. in Computer Science or related field plus 7 years relevant software/system development experience
- Existing Top Secret clearance and ability to obtain SCI accesses with polygraph
- Understanding of software engineering best practices
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code practices and tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Experience supporting and maintaining application codebases across hybrid architectures (cloud and on-prem)
- Familiarity with cloud solutions in federal environments
- Experience with Golang
- Experience with PostgreSQL (Post Gres)
- Experience with Python
- Experience with NodeJS
- Experience with Rust
- Experience with JavaScript
- Experience with basic scripting
- Experience conducting code reviews (Kotlin, Java, Go) and test plan reviews
- Experience designing, implementing, and integrating APIs using modern protocols (REST, gRPC)
- Experience troubleshooting issues and working with team to resolve
- Ability to collaborate on system design, requirements analysis, and work product review
- Ability to create maintenance plans to support system health
- Ability to perform system-level design and configuration, including cloud compute, OS, and platform specs
- Understanding of cybersecurity best practices
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to operate onsite with customer in fast-paced operational environment (Huntsville, AL)
What We Do
AnaVation is a trusted partner that delivers high-value, cost-effective solutions to solve our customers’ most complex technical and analytical problems. AnaVation believes that the future of securing, collecting, processing, and analyzing cyber data will require the development of advanced ANAlytical technologies derived via the innoVATION of current and future technologies. AnaVation believes in the “Idea of the Possible” — that it is possible for our experts, partnering with our customers in the right environment, to create innovative technical solutions that expand our customers’ capabilities. We want to do two things for our customers. We want to resolve existing challenges and we want to prepare them for the future. Our technical expertise and innovative engineering culture enable us to do those things.
