Systems Engineer - DevOps Support

Technical responsibilities include software design, development, integration, testing, and operational maintenance of highly available, enterprise-level services. The web services support Attribute Based Access Control by returning attributes and access decisions, integrate with a COTS LDAP directory, and interface with other microservices and libraries. This is a full-time position (40 hours/week, normal day shift) at a Government or contractor facility in the Fort Meade, MD area., * Support software design, development, integration, testing, and operational maintenance of highly available, enterprise-level services

• Develop and maintain REST web services that return attributes and access decisions in support of Attribute Based Access Control
• Integrate services with a COTS LDAP directory and interface with other microservices and libraries

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer engineering or a related computer engineering or computer science discipline plus 8 years of software engineering experience. An additional 4 years of software engineering experience may be substituted for the degree (12 years total). Candidates with 5 years of software engineering experience and a degree (or 9 years without a degree) will also be considered.
• 3 years of work experience in the SIGINT, IA, or IT domains (2 years for candidates considered at the 5-year level)

Preferred Qualifications

• High level of proficiency and skill with Java software development
• Experience generating and maintaining REST services
• Proficient with Git version control and Maven build tools
• Familiar with Linux environments
• Skilled at building robust, scalable, secure, and high-performance applications
• Ability to write unit test cases using JUnit/Mock testing frameworks
• Experienced with automated builds using GitLab Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
• PKI encryption and authentication
• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes

Security Clearance

• Active Top Secret clearance with a Polygraph

• Competitive salary
• Company Medical/Dental/Vision plans - Company paid
• Short-term Disability, Long-term disability and Life Insurance - Company paid
• Business/ First Class travel upgrade for 7 hour or longer flights & company card will be provided for expenses
• Vacation / Personal days granted at 25 days per year
• Paid Federal Holidays - 11 days
• $5,000 Annual Professional Development Fund plus 40 paid hours if in class
• 401K with 6% company match; all contributions are immediately vested by Employee
• Employee will be paid a bonus of $10,000 per employee hired based on their referral
• Up to 3 paid Code Red days due to customer closure