Software Engineer - Java; TS​/SCI Clearance Required

Job Overview

North Point Technology is looking for a TS/SCI Cleared Software Engineer to support a critical mission. The GEOINT Collection neXt (GCX) Program, awarded May 25 as a 7‑year contract, is dedicated to sustaining and advancing the GEOINT Information Management Services (GIMS) system. GIMS is a mission‑critical enterprise platform that serves as the primary gateway for submitting and adjudicating GEOINT Information Needs (GINs) and related requirements.

It enables users to search, discover, and retrieve imagery and other GEOINT data while centrally managing collection, exploitation, dissemination, and production tasks across a broad network of commercial and national providers.

The program employs Dev Sec Ops  and Agile practices, emphasizing communication, collaboration, integration, automation, and performance measurement between software developers and IT professionals. Operational stability is the top priority.

• Plan, execute, and coordinate Agile software development tasks.
• Design, build, document, test, and debug software solutions that address critical mission needs through logical and mathematical methods.
• Implement established standards, processes, procedures, and tools across the full development life cycle.
• Leverage knowledge of computer hardware/software, mission/business application domains, information processing techniques, and user input to design and develop software.
• Identify and correct program errors, create and maintain development documentation, and analyze system functionality to clarify program intent, output requirements, data inputs, techniques, and controls.
• Define, apply, and validate compliance with software standards.

• 2–10 years of experience in Java development
• Proficiency in troubleshooting across multiple operating systems, including Linux and Windows
• Strong diagnostic and problem‑solving skills
• Demonstrated background in integrating and supporting COTS/FOSS solutions
• Ability to quickly learn and apply new technologies
• Must hold an active TS clearance (with a current background investigation). Candidates will be required to complete an NGA crossover and receive a briefing prior to starting on the program.

• Large‑scale software development experience, including:
  • Developing, modifying, and troubleshooting Java code
  • COTS integration
  • Agile development with familiarity in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) using Version One
  • Experience with Angular, DOJO, Oracle Web Logic, Tomcat
  • Databases:
    Oracle DBMS, Postgres DBMS, SQL, PL/SQL
  • Operating systems: UNIX/Linux
  • Web/automation technologies: HTML, Selenium, JavaScript, EJB, Web Services, Microservices (Docker & Kubernetes), REST, XML, UML
  • Development tools:
    Eclipse or Net Beans
  • Deployment architectures and CI/CD pipelines using Docker, Git/JIRA, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Conductor, Kafka/Zookeeper, Consul, CMDB
• Big data technologies, including:
  • Data ingest: JSON, Kafka, Microservices, Elasticsearch
  • Analytics:
    Hive, Spark, R, Pig, Oozie workflows
  • Hadoop ecosystem:
    Hive data, Oozie, Spark, Pig, Impala, Hue
  • COTS integration:
    Knowi, Mongo
    
    DB, Oracle, MySQL RDS, Elastic, Logstash, Kibana, Zookeeper, Consul, Hadoop/HDFS
  • Containerization/configuration tools:
    Docker, Chef

• Excellent compensation and benefits
• Flexible work‑life balance