Software Engineer (SME) - TekSynap

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Architects solutions to complex technical problems using industry best practices
• Leads the development teams to architect solutions and drive continuous improvement
• Maintains a full understanding of all aspects of the production system and the impact of future changes
• Advises the government on the best approach to complex problems
• Documents solutions and project plans in a way which can be implemented by development teams
• Guides development teams through project implementation
• Addresses problems of systems integration, compatibility, and multiple platforms.
• Responsible for project completion.

• Responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle for software development and the application in production.

• Includes the technical analysis of requirements, development of the software, automated testing, builds, deployment, monitoring, and feedback.

• Responsible for designing, testing, coding, and developing software to meet user’s needs; recommending software upgrades for current and future systems; ensuring software continues to function normally through software maintenance, upgrade, and testing; and documenting every aspects of the application, service or environment as a reference for future operations and maintenance, including version and platform upgrades.

• Engineers solutions for cloud or on-premises development and production platforms

• Assist in advancing enterprise agility and mission accountability through the constant focus on SAFe Core Values, Mindsets, and Principles.

• Support collaborative system delivery through configuration management, automated building, automated testing, automated deployment, and automated monitoring and notification

• Create and maintain code comments or inline documentation where necessary to improve the readability of the code

• Support government personnel in the creation, modification, and documentation of all enhancements efforts, to include system design documents, standard operating procedures, operations and maintenance manuals/procedures, software development plans, and related documentation

• Deliver solutions using repeatable infrastructure as code (IaC) controlled by configuration management; promoting higher quality systems that can operate in heterogeneous processing environments

• Design, develop, deliver, and sustain new and existing data analytics and forecasting solutions using data structures large and small that scale to use with large data volumes

• Develop, maintain, and improve software systems using cloud-native development approaches, utilizing the backend technologies such as the Java Spring Framework and Spring Boot Extension, and frontend technologies such as Node.js, Vue.js, and React/Redux.

• Design, develop, deliver, and maintain software systems that conform to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-220)

• Design, develop, deliver, and sustain new and existing real-time search solutions using commercial and/or open-source software technologies, such as ElasticSearch, OpenSearch, and Apache SOLR

• Utilize and have experience with Agile project management software such as Jira and Confluence to enable teams to dynamically plan, track, document, and manage workflows and system reference material

• Perform user interface, user experience, and front-end design while expediting the requirements and customer approval process by building clickable prototypes using tool such as Axure, Sketch, or Invision

• Support various data management (purging, clean-up, updates, etc.) tasks, utilizing Structured Query Language (SQL)

• Use expertise in data modeling and SQL to administer, maintain, and improve database systems and ETL data pipelines to support Big Data analytics systems.

• Utilize common development languages such as Java, JavaScript, Python, and .NET

• Support efforts to create data definition, data model, data manipulation, and data control scripts in support of large-scale data exports

• Identify emerging technologies, alternatives, and standards implementations to provide beter support for developers and application stakeholders

• Develop code that does not unnecessarily add new technical debt to a release and correct any defects identified by testers, code reviewers, automated tools, or as part of the Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) activities.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Active Top Secret Clearance
• Minimum of 15 years of experience supporting IT projects, including at least 8 years of experience leading complex IT projects and teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or other related analytical, scientific, or technical discipline
• 10 years of experience with programming and software development including analysis, design, development, implementation, testing, maintenance, quality assurance, troubleshooting and/or upgrading of software systems.
• 5 years of experience architecting software solutions based on customer requirements
• 5 years of experience leading technical teams
• 3 years of experience designing and implementing automated build and deployment pipelines and supporting platform
• Experience troubleshooting and supporting enterprise applications while maintaining 24/7 availability

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Software development and maintenance of internal/external interfaces with systems that provide data.
• ElasticSearch and OpenSearch
• .NET, C#, Javascript, and Java
• Terraform
• Experience developing and maintaining components in AWS
• SpringBoot framework
• Node.js, Angular JS, HTML, CSS, Java Script, Bootstrap, d3, AJAX, Visual Studio, other skills include RubyGems, Python, Redhat Linux
• Experience supporting users in bulk data processing with machine translation, speech to text and OCR tools to include parsing and normalizing data
• Experience in installation, configuration, and optimization of Machine Translation software - Systran, Language Weaver and MS Translator and OCR software - Tesseract and AWS Textract.
• Experience in working with AI/ML GPU technologies such as Nvidia.
• Extensive knowledge in administration of servers with embed GPUs running on RedHat Linux operating system.
• Experience with ELK stack, OpenSearch, SonarQube, Cypress, PowerShell, C#, and Databricks
• Experience with Docker, SQL, Angular, Spring Boot, Nifi, AWS, python, scala, shell scripting, and XML processing
• Experience in AWS solution architecture

We are seeking Top Secret cleared Software Engineer (SME) to join our team. TekSynap is a fast-growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers.

This team is responsible for providing IT product lifecycle management, technical expertise, and support for the development and operations lifecycle. The team is engaged in the operation and enhancement of over 80 existing IT applications, including several new applications developed annually. Team activities cover information systems operations, information systems development and modernization, and IT security.

The operation of existing applications and new application initiatives are critical to the success of the mission. Additionally, thousands of personnel in the law enforcement, intelligence, legal, and administrative communities use these services on a daily basis to perform mission-critical work. These applications require responsive, effective, and specialized technical expertise to limit disruption to operations.

TekSynap offers our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays.

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WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Location: Huntsville, AL
• Type of environment: Office
• Noise level: Medium
• Work schedule: Schedule is day shift Monday – Friday (typical shift is between 8am-5pm EST)
• Amount of Travel: Less than 10%

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK AUTHORIZATION/SECURITY CLEARANCE

U.S. Citizen

Top Secret Clearance

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. TekSynap does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as “protected status”). This nondiscrimination policy extends to all terms, conditions, and privileges of employment as well as the use of all company facilities, participation in all company-sponsored activities, and all employment actions such as promotions, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.