Software Engineer; Manager Security Clearance

Position: Software Engineer (Manager) with Security Clearance
Careers at Software Engineer (Manager)

REQUIRED:

Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph

LOCATION:

Full-time onsite in Herndon, VA We’re hiring a Software Engineer with strong back-end development skills in Python, Java and front-end development in Angular, and cloud‐native development in AWS/C2S. You’ll build and deploy microservices, work extensively in Linux, and support data‐driven solutions using SQL/No

SQL, ETL pipelines, and search technologies like Elasticsearch/Solr/Open Search.

Who We Are:

We offer advanced services in data science, data engineering, software engineering, AI solutions, cybersecurity, staff augmentation, and IT program management. Passionate Integrity, Driven by Excellence
Ardent Principles offers a competitive salary range and a comprehensive, industry‐leading benefits package designed to support long‑term stability and employee well‑being. We provide more than a position—we offer a workplace committed to excellence, integrity, and mission‑focused impact. Our mission is to act as a bridge between satisfied clients and fulfilled employees, ensuring that your job and well‑being are our top priorities because your satisfaction leads to the success of our clients.

Join us as we continue building the future of secure, high‑impact solutions. Department
Data Analysis and Technology Services

Employment Type

Full Time
Location
Herndon, VA
Workplace type
Onsite

Key Responsibilities In this challenging yet rewarding role, you are an integral part of what brings our Company's mission to life. The following required skills, certifications and demonstrated experience in and/or with:
* 4-6 years in backend development - must be proficient in both Python and Java
* 4-6 years in frontend development like Angular
* 6-8 years of AWS Architecture design proficiency
* Significant proficiency 6-8 years in Linux - shell scripting, mounting drives, text editing with vi or emacs, system diagnostic checks [memory management, process running]
* 2-3 years working with AI/ML development and data science understanding
* Working with Agile software development teams following Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban.
* Using Jira, Confluence, and Git Hub for documenting work and team collaboration.
* Minimum 6-8 years of experience with SQL and NOSQL databases
* Minimum 6-8 years of demonstrated experience with development and deployment of applications in the Commercial Cloud Services (C2S) environment or an Amazon Web Services cloud environment.
* Minimum 6-8 years of demonstrated experience with search & analytic tools. Examples to include Elastic Search, Solr/Lucene, Open Search.
* Minimum 2-4 years of demonstrated (Extract, Transform, Load - ETL) with large structured and unstructured raw data sets.
* Minimum 6-8 years of demonstrated ability to design, develop, test and implement new applications based on project requirements.
* Ability to work individually as well as the ability to work in project teams. Proven ability in decomposing concepts to discrete development tasks and managing your work to a deadline.
* Minimum 6-8 years of demonstrated ability in microservices up to and including docker, podman, and or containerization services.
* Minimum 6-8 years in Object Oriented programming. Python is preferred software development language. Highly Desired Qualifications Other skills and demonstrated experiences that are highly desired but not mandatory to perform the work, include:
* Using text analytics and its applications/role/use in business intelligence/business analytics (i.e. search, entity extraction, sentiment analysis, document summarization, document categorization) whether through education or experience.
* Developing proof of concepts of new technologies and evaluating the state of the art in machine learning algorithms for text analytics whether through education or experience.
* Working with Machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch, Keras, Tensorflow whether through education or experience.
* Data visualization tools (i.e. Tableau, Pandas, D3.js, ggplot, etc) whether through education or experience.
* Relational or Non-Relational data stores such as MySQL, Postgres, Mongo

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