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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** J5 Consulting
- **Location:** Herndon, VA, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Computer-Aided Design, Amazon Web Services, Software Applications, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Computer Clusters, Code Reuse, Information Systems, Elasticsearch, Ext JS, Github, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Network Information Services, Scrum Methodology, Logstash, Ansible, Webui, Requirements Management, Software Engineering, Subsystems, Workflow Management Systems, Scripting, ReactJS, Cloudformation, Information Technology, Kibana, Terraform, Docker, Elk Stack, Jenkins
- **Published:** October 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/software-engineer--a7bba758-5223-4e91-b464-a08a33141048

## About the Role

Software Engineering, Consulting, Information Technology & Information Systems, Government, Network Performance/Analysis, Computer Services, NIS (Network Information Service), Ecosystems, Requirements Management, Alumni Relations, * Demonstrated experience translating detailed design into computer software.

 * Demonstrated experience developing and conducting software compatibility tests with programs, hardware, operating systems, or network environments.
 * Demonstrated experience ensuring the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
 * Demonstrated experience preparing documentation such as program-level, user-level, and security documentation.
 * Demonstrated experience performing as an Agile Scrum Master.
 * Demonstrated experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and MS Azure cloud technologies.
 * Demonstrated experience with Jenkins, Github, Docker, and orchestration tools such as Ansible, CloudFormation, or Terraform.
 * Demonstrated experience with Linux administration and scripting languages including Bash and Python.
 * Demonstrated experience with full ELK stack such as ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Filebeat.
 * Demonstrated experience with JavaScript/HTML/CSS web user interfaces.
 * Demonstrated experience with web UI frameworks, such as React and/or Extended JavaScript (ExtJS).

Highly Desired Skills and Demonstrated Experience:

 * Demonstrated experience analyzing customer requirements and providing technical expertise on cloud cluster computing techniques and technologies.
 * Demonstrated experience designing software tools and subsystems to support software reuse and domain analyses and manage their implementation.
 * Demonstrated experience working with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.
 * Demonstrated experience designing and customizing software for client use in a cloud environment with the aim of optimizing operational efficiency.
 * Demonstrated experience providing technical support during software installation or configuration., * The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance with a Full Scope Polygraph.

## Description

The Sponsor serves as the principal conduit between CIA and former CIA officers (alumni) to facilitate continued contributions to mission, mitigate counterintelligence risks, honor service, and streamline communications. The Sponsor seeks to enhance and refine the Alumni Relations TS and Unclassified Ecosystem to further meet ongoing and developing requirements. This ecosystem, once fully operational, will meet mission requirements for alumni engagement, provide a secure bidirectional communication to enable the Sponsor to disseminate important guidance, reduce alumni security concerns, and enable the alumni to comply with reporting requirements.