Software Engineer ; GHOSTGEM

Software Engineer 2 (GHOSTGEM)

Location:

Annapolis Junction, MD

Compensation Range: $170 -$190K

Clearance: Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply.

Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.

If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

• Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• Generous PTO Policy
• 401(k)
• HSA and FSA options
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement and Training
• Perks at Work Discount Program
• Referral Program
• Leads Generation Program
• College America 529
• Fitness Reimbursement Program
• Travel Assistance
• Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions
• Life Planning Financial & Legal Services

• Master’s degree in computer science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus three (3) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus five (5) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Seven (7) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.

The Software Engineer shall be responsible for developing, sustaining, and troubleshooting GHOSTGEM's software suite of applications including JEDIPOWER/DINO and possibly future capabilities as mission needs arise. Software development activities include implementation, testing, and integration with other COTS and FOSS products, packages, and libraries. The Software Engineer must have a demonstrated understanding of the software development life cycle.

• Experience using the Linux CLI
• Experience developing scripts using Bash/Python
• Recent experience developing Java in a Linux environment
• Recent experience developing with the Spring Framework including Spring Boot, Spring Data and Spring Integration
• Experience with SQL databases including PostgreSQL
• Experience with No
  
  SQL databases including MongoDB
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and containerd
• Familiar with Messaging Frameworks such as Rabbit
  
  MQ and Kafka
• Familiar with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools such as Bamboo and Git Lab CI
• Familiar with IaC principles, methodologies, and tools such as Ansible
• Experience using Git Source Control System

• Familiar with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes
• Experience creating Helm Charts to deploy containerized services on Kubernetes
• Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite including Jira and Confluence