Principal Software Engineer

About the role

The Principal Software Engineer supports engineering tools in multi-sector enterprise environments (unclassified and classified). The role deploys, supports, customizes, and maintains the suite of Commercial and Open-Source applications used by Software and Systems Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Configure, deploy, and administer commercial and open-source SW Factory software.
• Develop code to aid in administration of the SW Factory.
• Provide end user support to SW Factory suite of applications.
• Monitor, address, and resolve production SW Factory application incidents, reports.
• Interface, collaborate, with the other development and administration teams inside of Corporate.
• Maintain strong expertise and knowledge of current and emerging technologies and products.

Requirements

• 5 Years of relevant experience with a Bachelors in Science; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD.
• Candidates must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret level security clearance (or higher).
• Candidates must have the ability to obtain, and maintain, access to Special Programs as a condition of continued employment.
• Experience with both Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Ability to work well in a virtual team environment, with team members located throughout the country.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to multitask and juggle more than one task at a time.
• Self-starter with the ability to independently resolve issues and deliver results.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Server/Client Software installation experience.
• Understanding of core IT competencies (Networking, Servers, DBs, Apps).
• Experience programming in scripting languages (Particularly Python).
• Experience in deploying applications via Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• Strong technical (administrative is preferred) foundation in several of the following technologies: Jenkins, Docker, GitHub, Gitlab, Key Cloak, SonarQube, Nexus Repository Lifecycle, Grafana, Atlassian (Crowd, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Fisheye and Crucible).
• Administration experience with Postgres.
• Development experience with ServiceNow.
• Candidates have a current U.S. Government Secret level security clearance (or higher).
• CompTIA Security+ certification.
• AWS console administration experience.