Job Summary GA-CCRi maintains and deploys production solutions, including Thresher and Dragonspell, for users across the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, and commercial industry. We build and develop 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 algorithms and machine learning 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 always want to do more, and that's where you come in!

GA-CCRi is seeking Back-End Software Engineers to join our Federal team, shaping the future of situational awareness capabilities for our customers. Our teams leverage cutting-edge technology to process petabytes of data and extract features in near real time, all while providing a rich, live view of objects on land, sea, and sky. Join our growing team in taking our systems to the next level, giving end-users the power to see beyond the data and truly understand the world around them.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform research, design, implementation, documentation, testing, and deployment of software applications for a variety of systems.
• Collaborate effectively with team members and stakeholders to develop robust solutions to challenging problems.
• Understand customer, user, and operational requirements and implement new functionality into software products.
• Review code contributions using software engineering best practices for readability, maintainability, testing, security, performance, etc.
• Actively participate in Agile scrum ceremonies (standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, backlog refinement, and sprint review) to continuously improve team process and collaboration
• Mentor and learn from teammates through knowledge-sharing, pair programming, mob programming, and code review.
• Document and communicate highly technical concepts effectively to technical and non-technical audiences in a clear and effective manner

We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.


Job Qualifications:

• Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in computer science, information systems or a related discipline and progressive software development experience as follows; four or more years of experience with a bachelors degree or two or more years of experience with a masters degree. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility, and willing to take a CI polygraph.
• Experience with a variety of programming languages (Java, Scala, Python, and Golang).
• Experience with Databases technologies (PostgreSQL, Redis, or other DBs).
• Experience with containerization technology (Docker).
• Understanding of AWS services and cloud environments
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and tooling (Gitlab CI/CD, ArgoCD, CircleCI, Jenkins).
• Ability to design and develop RESTful APIs. 
• An understanding of formal software engineering principles including design, MRs, documentation, ticketing systems, version control and Agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts and present findings to stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Comfortable working with Linux systems on a daily basis.
• Curious and excited to learn new technologies.
• Experience with deployment technologies (Kubernetes (K8s), Helm, Istio, Rancher).
• Experience using open-source technologies (NiFi, GeoServer, Kafka, Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, etc.).
• Experience maintaining data pipelines.
• Familiarity with Intelligence Community and DoD mission sets.
• CompTIA Security+ certification or willingness to get certified.

Salary:$98,100 - $171,398