The Role
The Software Engineer 2 role involves designing, developing, and enhancing complex back-end systems, focusing on Hadoop and microservices, while collaborating with a small team to support mission-critical applications.
Summary Generated by Built In
At Wyetech, you’ll be at the center of an award-winning corporate culture, breaking technological barriers and solving real-world problems for our federal government customers. We are committed to hiring the best of the best, and in return, we offer a world-class, truly unique employee experience that is rare within our industry.
The BH/AV PRIME program is seeking a Software Engineer 2 with strong back-end development experience—particularly in Hadoop and microservices—to join a small, high-impact software team. If taking ideas from concept to working prototype in fast, iterative cycles excites you, and you enjoy solving complex problems in distributed systems, this role will give you the opportunity to have outsized impact on how our organization operates. You will work as a hands-on engineer on a close-knit team, designing and building scalable back-end services and data-intensive systems that support mission-critical applications.
***This position is eligible for a $5k bonus! (Includes 20% SEP IRA contribution)***
Due to federal contract requirements, United States Citizenship and position appropriate security clearance is required. (e.g. Active TS/SCI security clearance with agency appropriate polygraph).
Capabilties
- Design, develop, maintain, and enhance complex back-end software systems based on documented requirements.
- Implement services and data pipelines using Hadoop and related big-data technologies.
- Build and evolve microservices-based architectures, including service boundaries, APIs, and inter-service communication patterns.
- Utilize sound software design and development methodologies to build, integrate, and execute simulations in development and test environments.
- Provide input to system and software design, including hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse strategies, and effective use of COTS/GOTS components versus new development.
- Perform requirements analysis and synthesis from system level down to individual services and modules.
- Implement and consume RESTful APIs to integrate back-end services with other systems and client applications.
- Containerize services (e.g., Podman/Docker) and deploy them to orchestrated environments (e.g., Kubernetes).
- Diagnose and resolve complex issues in distributed systems, including performance analysis, latency reduction, and scalability tuning.
- Apply strong analytical troubleshooting and performance evaluation techniques across the stack.
- Collaborate with team members and stakeholders to refine requirements, estimate work, and deliver incremental value.
- Participate in code reviews, testing, and continuous improvement of engineering practices.
- Work independently when needed, demonstrating ownership, follow-through, and clear communication.
Required Qualifications
- TS/SCI with agency appropriate poly
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, or Physics is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- Minimum 14 years of relevant experience in software engineering, modernization, or solution architecture
Required Technical Skills
- Strong Java development skills for back-end and service-layer implementations.
- Experience building and consuming RESTful services.
- Hands-on experience with containers (Podman and/or Docker).
- Experience with container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
- Practical experience designing and implementing microservices architectures.
- Back-end development experience with Hadoop or similar big-data processing frameworks.
Desired Technical Skills
- Experience deploying and operating applications in cloud environments such as AWS or on hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI).
- Familiarity with observability tools (logging, metrics, tracing) for distributed systems.
- Experience working in agile or iterative development environments.
- Processing paradigms: Machine Learning workflows, streaming data processing, and/or batch processing pipelines.
- Data stores: MongoDB, ArangoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL (data modeling, performance tuning, and operations).
Familiarity with Two or More of the Following:
The Benefits Package
- Wyetech believes in generously supporting employees as they prepare for retirement. The company automatically contributes 20% of each employee's gross compensation to a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) IRA, with no requirement for employee matching. All contributions are fully vested from day one, ensuring immediate ownership of retirement funds.
- Wyetech provides a generous PTO plan of up to 200 hours annually, aligned with applicable state leave regulations. Employees have the flexibility to adjust their PTO allocation at the start of each calendar year, ensuring it meets their evolving needs.
- A Choice of Medical Plan Options, some with Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Vision and Dental
- Life and AD&D Benefits
- Short and Long-Term Disability
- Hospital Indemnity, Accident, and Critical Illness Insurances
- Optional Identity Theft and Legal Protection Services
Additional benefits include:
Full-time employees have the option to participate in a variety of voluntary benefit plans including:
Company Environment & Perks
- Employee Referral Bonus Eligibility up to $10,000
- Mobility Among Wyetech-supported Contracts
- Various contract and work locations throughout Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, Texas, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii and OCONUS
- Various team-building events throughout the year such as: monthly lunches, summer company picnic, and an annual holiday party.
- Employees receive two complementary branded clothing orders annually.
Wyetech, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Affirmative Action Statement:
Wyetech, LLC is committed to the principles of affirmative action in all hiring and employment for minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans.
Accommodations:
Wyetech, LLC is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you need any accommodations during the application or interview process, please contact Brittney Wood. at 844-WYETECH x727 or [email protected]. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to all candidates.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, or Physics
- Minimum 14 years of relevant experience in software engineering
- Active TS/SCI security clearance with appropriate polygraph
- Strong Java development skills
- Hands-on experience with containers (Podman and/or Docker)
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience with microservices architectures
- Back-end development experience with Hadoop
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The Company
What We Do
Wyetech offers quality engineering services in the fields of Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Data Analysis, and Cyber Security to federal and commercial customers. Wyetech has qualified employees in a broad spectrum of engineering disciplines; however, it is our quality that sets us apart from the rest. Candidates are internal referrals and are thoroughly scrutinized. The result of this has been tremendous, our customers recognize the level of quality and professionalism that Wyetech staff offer. Wyetech is always seeking new quality engineering talent. Please refer to our website for inquries and applications.
