Software Engineer; Level 1- TS​/SCI POLY

Software Engineer (Level
1)- TS/SCI POLY

Annapolis Junction, MD

Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph required
Discipline: Software Engineering
Work Type: On-site
Salary
: $131,-- $146,000

We are seeking a Software Engineer to provide cloud-based software research, development, and engineering support for mission‑critical systems. This role supports the full software lifecycle—from requirements analysis and design through development, integration, testing, deployment, and sustainment—within a secure, data‑intensive environment.

The ideal candidate has strong experience with high‑level programming languages, big data technologies, distributed systems, and cloud‑enabled analytics, and can operate effectively on complex systems with large‑scale data processing requirements.

• Perform requirements analysis, design, development, integration, testing, deployment, and sustainment of software solutions
• Develop and maintain software supporting cloud and big‑data processing environments
• Design and implement RESTful services
• Develop software solutions leveraging object‑oriented design principles
• Integrate and extend FOSS and COTS products
• Support software integration and testing, including development of test plans and test scripts
• Diagnose and resolve software defects and performance issues
• Produce and maintain technical documentation supporting software development efforts
• Collaborate with engineers, analysts, and mission stakeholders across multidisciplinary teams

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph
• At least five (5) years of experience in software development/engineering, including:
  • Requirements analysis
  • Software development and integration
  • Installation, enhancement, and maintenance
  • Testing and validation
  • Problem diagnosis and resolution
• At least four (4) years of experience developing software using high‑level languages such as Java, C, or C++
• Demonstrated experience working with Open Source No
  
  SQL technologies supporting massively parallel computation (e.g.,
  HBase, Accumulo, Big Table
  )
• Experience with the Map Reduce programming model and technologies such as Hadoop, Hive, and Pig
• Experience with Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)
• Experience using serialization formats such as JSON and/or BSON
• Experience developing software on UNIX/Linux (Red Hat versions 3–5) operating systems
• Demonstrated experience in object‑oriented system design
• At least three (3) years of experience in software integration and testing
• Demonstrated technical writing skills supporting software development projects
• Possession of a Hadoop/Cloud Developer Certification

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field (Mathematics, Information Systems, Engineering, or similar)
  • Bachelor’s degree may be substituted for two (2) years of experience
• Master’s degree in a technical field may be substituted for four (4) years of experience

• Experience deploying applications in a cloud environment
• Understanding of big‑data cloud scalability (e.g., Amazon, Google, Facebook architectures)
• Experience designing and developing automated analytic software, algorithms, and techniques
• Experience with taxonomy construction for analytic disciplines and knowledge domains
• Experience developing and deploying:
  • Data‑driven analytics
  • Event‑driven analytics
  • Analytics orchestrated through rules engines
• Experience with linguistics (grammar, morphology, concepts)
• Experience developing analytics to discover and exploit social networks
• Experience documenting ontologies, data models, schemas, APIs, and technical specifications
• Experience deploying analytics in heterogeneous schema environments

• Our client offers a comprehensive, flexible benefits package supporting financial security, health, and work‑life balance.
• Retirement
• 15% automatic company 401(k) contribution (3% safe harbor + 12% discretionary profit sharing)
• No vesting – 100% immediately vested
• Pre‑tax and Roth options; contributions deposited every payroll
• Paid Time Off & Flexibility
• PTO accrued at 13% of hours worked (≈ 6 weeks / 30 days annually for full‑time employees)
• Up to 240 hours…