Application Developer

Wyetech is seeking an Application Developer (SWE2) to support the Eurasia & Western Hemisphere mission. This position will collaborate directly with mission stakeholders, data scientists, and analysts to capture requirements and design, develop, and deploy end-to-end technical solutions that deliver immediate operational impact to mission workflows. The developer will leverage cloud environments and customer-specific data repositories to create user-facing applications, develop and maintain RESTful APIs, incorporate data visualizations, and establish CI/CD pipelines for secure application deployment.

Required Skills/

Experience:

• Proficiency in Python, PySpark, Java, and JavaScript.

• Experience developing end-to-end applications that integrate front-end user interfaces with back-end services.

• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining RESTful APIs.

• Experience developing applications within cloud environments and integrating with customer-specific data repositories.

• Experience creating user-facing applications that support analyst workflows and mission operations.

• Experience incorporating data visualizations into applications to support analytical activities.

• Experience establishing and maintaining Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for secure software deployment.

• Experience collaborating directly with mission stakeholders, data scientists, and analysts to gather requirements and develop technical solutions.

• Strong knowledge of customer corporate tools and data repositories.

• Experience with XKS, Mission Data Repositories, GM, LABBENCH, and PRESSURE WAVE.

• Experience using Elasticsearch for data indexing, searching, and retrieval.

• Experience using Git repositories for source code management and version control.

• Ability to develop, test, integrate, and deploy software solutions that provide immediate operational value to analysts.

Desirable

Skills:

• Experience with Docker containerization.

• Experience with Kubernetes container orchestration.

• Knowledge of the intelligence collection cycle.

• Experience developing and executing database queries.

The Software Engineer develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems, including processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large datasets, real-time systems, and business management information systems, based upon documented requirements.

Works individually or as part of a team. Reviews and tests software components for adherence to design requirements and documents test results. Resolves software problem reports. Utilizes software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment.

Provides specific input to the software components of system design, including hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, the use of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) and Government Off-the-Shelf (GOTS) solutions in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from the system level to individual software components.

Capabilities:

(U) Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements.

(U) Debug existing software and correct defects.

(U) Provide recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards.

(U) Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features.

(U) Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments.

(U) Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories.

(U) Write or review software and system documentation.

(U) Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards, conferring with users or system engineers, analyzing systems flow, data usage, and work processes, and investigating problem areas.

(U) Modify existing software to correct errors, adapt to new hardware, or improve its performance.

(U) Design, develop, and modify software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design.

(U) Design or implement complex database or data repository interfaces and queries.

(U) Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards.

(U) Assist with developing and executing test procedures for software components.

(U) Implement recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards.

(U) Confer with system engineers and hardware…