Senior Software Engineer

Duties/Tasks and Responsibilities

• Design and develop tools for the Linux, MS Windows, or other relevant operating system platforms
• Design and develop tools that integrate with commercial applications
• Provide the operations and maintenance of operational systems
• Modify existing software to correct errors, allow it to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance
• Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost restraints
• Consult with customers about software system design and maintenance
• Cook with internal teams to identify technical requirements and implement solutions that meet business needs
• Assign, coordinate, and review work and activities of programming personnel
• Collaborate with internal teams to identify technical requirements and implement solutions that meet business needs
• Implement best practices for automation, backup, disaster recovery, and system redundancy
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and advancements in cloud computing and IT systems administration

Required Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees are preferred with a minimum of eleven (11) year’s relevant experience
• Serve as part of a software development team to deliver automated solutions for standard network services support of a large IT infrastructure project
• Must have hands-on programming and scripting experience in Python with 5 to 7 years of experience with a minimum of 2 years on network automation
• Experience operating in a CI/CD/DevOps/Agile fast paced environment
• Experience in network automation tools Ansible and Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO)
• Experience with IP Address Management tools such as NetBox
• Experience in Development of automated testing scripts with integration to a CI/CD pipeline with Python PyATS or similar testing framework and Jenkins
• Experience in developing data models and understanding of Yang
• Exposure to Cisco IOS, IOS XR. NX -OS and Junos operating systems desired

Desired Qualifications

• Familiar with network concepts (VLAN, Interfaces, Virtual Chassis, etc)
• Familiar with configuring docker/podman containers on Linux
• Familiar with AWS (EC2 and RDS)
• Familiar with Python to make REST API or Postgres Db calls (desired / nice to have)
• Familiar with NetBox and/or Forward Networks

Pay

The expected salary range within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is $175,000 - $195,000. Final compensation is unique to each individual and will be determined based on factors such as experience, education, geographic location, and contractual requirements.

Benefits

• Health/Dental/Vision
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off
• STD/LTD/Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance
• Stipends
• Referral Bonuses
• and more