Additional InformationRequires Bachelor's Degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6-10 years of prior relevant experienceMust possess an Active Top Secret/SCI clearance and ability to obtain and maintain a PolygraphExperience with containerization, especially with DockerExperience with DevOps practices and tools including Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools and practices, especially Gitlab or JenkinsAt least 8 years of experience with the following:PythonAPI developmentExperience in Extraction, Transformation, and Load (ETL)Experience with enterprise search capabilities (such as Elasticsearch) to solve Big Data challengesExperience with PostgreSQL and SQL serverExperience with Agile practicesHands-on development and/or scripting experience, especially Python and Bash in Linux environmentExperience with AWS cloud-based architecture, services (Lambda, etc.), and software developmentExperience with ArtifactoryStrong verbal and written communication skillsEnthusiastic with the ability to work well in a team and a self-starter who can work on their ownMandatory SkillsRequires Bachelor's Degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6-10 years of prior relevant experienceMust possess an Active Top Secret/SCI clearance and ability to obtain and maintain a PolygraphExperience with containerizationAn exciting opening for you as our next TS/SCI w/ CI Polygraph cleared Software Engineer supporting a long-term DIA-NEMC DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP) contract. You will work closely with Systems Engineers, Software Engineers, Architects, and Operations Engineering/Manager on a broad scope of activities extending across the development of systems to include middle-tier and backend engineering tasks.Have impact as part of a mission focused, solutions oriented, and adaptive team that values innovation, collaboration, and professional development. While most work is conducted on-site at our client location in Bethesda, MD, we offer a flexible schedule and, occasionally, some tasks may be performed remotely. The percentage of remote work will vary based on client requirements/deliverables.Key ResponsibilitiesDevelop, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse software systems (e.g., processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems) based upon documented requirementsProvide specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of COTS/GOTS in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software componentsDesign, implement, and integrate software applications or perform software engineering tasksUtilize software engineering and design methodologies appropriate to the development, integration, and production environmentParticipate in test, staging, and production deploymentAssist in the maintenance of services and procedures for a big data pipeline which includes Kafka, Elasticsearch, and several in-house written Python/Java micro services running on KubernetesDevelop and integrate Docker containers to be deployed to KubernetesMonitor automated system integration tests to identify failed modules and componentsManage individual project priorities, deliverables, and deadlinesFoster an environment of collaboration with the different team members in the goal of providing quality service and product to our customersRequired SkillsRequires Bachelor's Degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6-10 years of prior relevant experienceMust possess an Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with CI PolygraphExperience with containerization, especially with DockerExperience with DevOps practices and tools including CI/CD tools and practices, especially Gitlab or JenkinsAt least 8 years of experience with the following:PythonAPI developmentExperience in Extraction, Transformation, and Load (ETL)Experience with enterprise search capabilities (such as Elasticsearch) to solve Big Data challengesExperience with PostgreSQL and SQL serverExperience with Agile practicesHands-on development and/or scripting experience, especially Python and Bash in Linux environmentExperience with AWS cloud-based architecture, services (Lambda, etc.), and software developmentExperience with ArtifactoryStrong verbal and written communication skillsEnthusiastic with the ability to work well in a team and a self-starter who can work on their ownPreferred Skills (Nice to Have)Active Security+ certificationActive CE certificationAbility to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification by the GovernmentGraphQL ServiceApache NiFiExperience with systems at scaleKafka or other message passing systemsExperience with a production/enterprise systemAppian low-code application development platformExperience with any of the following technologies:GPU-based KubernetesSALT for deployment automationElasticsearch, Kibana, and Logstash