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General Atomics Cleared Senior Software Engineer, Object Based Custody in Chantilly, Virginia
Our mission is to “Empower decision makers by applying innovative data science, scalable software engineering, and advanced visualization to solve meaningful challenges: Data to Knowledge.”
GA-CCRi builds and develops best-in-class all domain and globally focused situational awareness capabilities that process petabytes of data from numerous streaming data sources in near real time. Our systems apply state-of-the-art techniques to extract features and fuse data from multiple phenomenologies to form a rich live view of objects in the sky, on the sea, and on the ground. These analytics are designed to determine not just where something is, but what it is, where it's been and what it's doing. All of this "data to knowledge" is made available to end users in our own browser-based application for visualization, analysis, and understanding. We do all of this at a global scale. We want to do more, and that's where you come in!
GA-CCRi is seeking Software Engineers to join our Object Based Custody team, shaping the future of situational awareness capabilities for our customers. Leverage your experience in software engineering, team leadership, and product development to ensure we deliver high-quality products on time. You will manage the execution of software development projects and assist in representing CCRi to customers. Lead and influence our growing teams to shape the future global situational awareness.
GA-CCRi values:
Create meaningful solutions: Focus on the customer's mission; Question the default; Always a better way.
Doing it together: Inclusive culture; Collaboration; Play as a team.
Doing it Well: Challenge yourself; Enthusiasm; Efficiency; Technical curiosity.
Idea Meritocracy: Ideas can come from anyone; Ideas have an advocate; Demonstrate value (Build a prototype); Ideas compete and evolve.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
With only general direction and limited review, independently determine approaches/solutions for the design, development and/or modification of specific applications or projects for enterprise-wide end-user, system level, and data management software applications.
Formulates near-term plans of application development and deployment as well as responsible for meeting software compliance standards on specific programs or projects.
Evaluates integration of software applications with the overall computing environment, including documentation, testing, maintenance, and software updates.
Communicates with domain experts, outside customers, users, and management throughout the software development lifecycle.
Maintain existing capabilities deployed to customer facilities and cloud environments including debugging and updating to keep pace with the evolving environment and technology.
Understand customer, user, and operational requirements and implement new functionality into software products.
Document and communicate highly technical concepts effectively to technical and non-technical audiences in a clear and effective manner
Plan for future applications based on new developments in computer technology.
Provide direction to less experienced developers.
Communicate with the software developer group, with users, and with management as well as with the wider community through the publishing and presentation of technical papers.
May assist in the development of additional sources of revenue.
We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.
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Job Qualifications:
We expect you to be:
Driven: Success doesn’t happen overnight. It takes hard work, discipline, and focus. We are looking for a self-motivated developer who will drive a project through completion and delivery to end users.
Mission Oriented: We will expect you to learn the mission of our users and to drive development toward solving their needs.
Collaborative: “Do it together” is one of our values. Your job is to make this happen for your project by building trust, fostering innovation, and delivering as a team.
Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in computer science, information systems or related discipline and progressive software development experience as follows; six or more years of experience with a bachelors degree, four or more years of experience with a masters degree, or two or more years with a PhD. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility and a CI poly.
Strong foundation in mathematics, computer networking, communication protocols, data exchange formats and/or user interfaces
Must have a thorough understanding of software development concepts, principles, and theory and demonstrate a thorough understanding and application of programming and analysis concepts.
Exceptional analytical skills and problem-solving skills.
Must possess the ability to develop and communicate new concepts and apply them accurately throughout an evolving environment.
Ability to organize, schedule, and coordinate work phases and determine the appropriate approach at the task level or at the project level to provide solutions to a range of complex problems.
Must have strong communication, computer, documentation, presentation, and interpersonal skills, ability to work independently and as part of a team; able to perform complex tasks in one or more software development areas.
Experience developing complex solutions in production environments.
Experience mentoring junior talent.
Experience with software development in Linux
Familiarity with AWS-hosted environments, Docker containerization and execution through Kubernetes
Experience with a variety of programming languages, such as Java, Scala, Python, and Golang.
Experience with software development lifecycle and use of associated tools.
High level of self-initiative and self-motivation
Ability to work effectively in small team settings to solve complex problems
PREFERRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Comfortable working with Linux systems on a daily basis.
Deployment technologies such as: Docker, Kubernetes, Knative, Helm, Rancher.
Cloud technologies such as: Hadoop, Kafka, HBase, Accumulo.
CI/CD pipelines and tooling (Gitlab CI/CD, ArgoCD, CircleCI, Jenkins)
AWS infrastructure and tooling.
Geospatial data and analytics.
Data fusion and data engineering tools.
Familiarity with Intelligence Community and DoD mission sets.
CompTIA Security+ certification or willingness to get certified.
Strong presentation, and interpersonal skills, ability to work independently and as part of a team; able to perform complex tasks in one or more software development areas.
Salary: $105,890 - $189,545 Travel Percentage Required 0 - 25 Relocation Assistance Provided Provided US Citizenship Required? Yes Clearance Required? Yes Clearance Level Top Secret (SCI access eligible) Workstyle Hybrid
General Atomics is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, ancestry, gender, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, transitioning status, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, medical condition, mental disability, physical disability, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law. EEO is the law. We also prohibit compensation discrimination under all applicable laws. To learn more visit https://tbcdn.talentbrew.com/company/499/v2_0/EEO Notices.pdf. U.S. Citizenship is required for certain positions.