Software Engineer

ORBIS is looking for a Software Engineer that shall be responsible for developing rapid experimental prototypes of particular capabilities associated with the improvement and modernization of metrics and monitoring capabilities within the organization. Tasking shall also include demonstrations to validate concepts and to prove operational capability and scalability.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements.
• Debug existing software and correct defects.
• Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features.
• Write or review software and system documentation.
• Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments.
• Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories.
• Software development using languages such as C, C++, Python, Ruby, Perl, JavaScript, etc.
• Has experience with agile development processes.
• Has experience with source code control systems, such as Git.
• Serve as team lead at the level appropriate to the software development process being used on any particular project.
• Design and development of relational and non-relational database applications.
• Use of orchestration frameworks such as Spring and Kafka.
• Familiarization with queue management systems
• Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards.
• Develop and execute test procedures for software components.
• Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards and conferring with users or system engineers; analyzing systems flow, data usage and work processes; and investigating problem areas.
• Modify existing software to adapt to new hardware or to improve its performance.
• Design, develop, and modify software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design decisions.
• Java development using the Eclipse IDE (Integrated Development Environment).
• Development of Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications
• Experience using collaboration and software development tools (ie. Atlassian).
• Software development using continuous integration practices.
• Experience with container technologies (ie. Docker).
• Unix shell scripting
• Development of event driven, or data driven analytics
• Development of cloud-based solutions and technologies.
• Design or implement complex algorithms requiring adherence to strict timing, system resource, or interface constraints. Perform quality control on team products.
• Recommend and implement suggestions for improving documentation and software development process standards.
• Oversee one or more software development teams and ensure the work is completed in accordance with the constraints of the software development process being used on any particular project.
• Confer with system engineers and hardware engineers to derive software requirements and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements, and interfaces.
• Coordinate software installation on a system and monitor performance to ensure operational specifications are met.
• Recommend new technologies and processes for complex software projects.
• Serve as the technical lead of multiple software development teams.
• Select the software development process in coordination with the customer and system engineering.
• Ensure quality control of all developed and modified software.
• Delegate programming and testing responsibilities to one or more teams and monitor their performance.

Required Skills & Abilities

• Must be authorized to work in the US
• Active TS/SCI w/ appropriate level Polygraph required
• Experience using the Linux CLI
• Experience developing scripts using Bash/Python
• Experience developing with Java in a Linux environment
• Experience with software frameworks used for searching, monitoring, and analyzing big data such as Splunk, and Elastic Stack
• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools including Prometheus
• Experience with data visualization and analytics tools including Grafana
• Experience developing with messaging frameworks including Kafka
• Experience with noSQL technologies such as Elasticsearch and MongoDB
• Experience with Key/Value and Time-series databases such as OpenTSDB
• Experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) principles and automation tools including Ansible
• Experience with CI/CD concepts, principles, methodologies, and tools such as GitLab CI
• Experience with Git Version Control System

Education & Experience

• Master's degree in computer science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus five (5) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus seven (7) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity
• Nine (9) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.

Desired Skills & Abilities

• Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (JIRA, Confluence)
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Routine video conference and/or in-person meetings
• Ability to attend planned meetings within the Washington Metro Area region and at overseas client sites

Orbis Operations is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.