Software Engineer

About the role

Join our Agile team as a Software Engineer supporting NCEI’s Software Development Branch and play a crucial role in the stewardship of our nation’s environmental data.

Responsibilities

• Plan, conduct, and coordinate Agile software development activities, focusing on the maintenance and sustainment of NCEI’s enterprise archive systems.
• Apply the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Manage the lifecycle of change requests, deploying changes across various environments.
• Ensure software standards are met.
• Correct program errors, prepare operating instructions, compile documentation of program development, and analyze system capabilities to resolve questions of program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques, and controls.

Requirements

• 4-6 years of experience in a related field.
• 2+ years of experience working with Linux.
• Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as Python, R, Scala, C++, Java, C#, and JavaScript.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and broad understanding of relationships between hardware and applications.
• Excellent communication skills to interact with both technical and non-technical stakeholders or team members.
• Professional attitude, strong work ethic, and proven ability to follow through on open issues and handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment with dynamic priorities.
• Team player, responsive and self-managed.
• Demonstrated experience with front-end development using React, Angular, or other JS framework.
• Strong understanding of RESTful architecture, API design principles, and data formats (JSON, XML).
• Working knowledge of version control systems, such as Git.
• Hands-on experience with data flow and pipeline frameworks such as Kafka, NiFi, Spark, and RabbitMQ.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with data modeling and databases (SQL, NoSQL).
• Working knowledge of containerization concepts using Docker or Podman.
• Experience with cloud technologies such as Terraform, AWS EKS, Step Functions, Lambda, Aurora, DynamoDB, etc.
• An understanding of TCP/IP networking and working knowledge of remote system workflows (SSH, port forwarding, server/client architecture, etc.).
• Experience deploying, maintaining, and utilizing an Elasticsearch cluster.
• Working knowledge with collaboration tools, such as Atlassian Jira and Confluence.

Skills

• Agile Certification, such as Certified Scrum Master or Scaled Agile Framework®.
• Cloud Certification, such as AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Developer, or Solutions Architect.

Benefits

• 15 days PTO including paid parental, military, and bereavement leave.
• Eleven (11) paid Federal holidays, five of which are floating holidays (as designated by the company’s holiday schedule each year).
• Health and Dental Insurance (including 100% employer paid premiums for employee coverage under the HDHP health plan).
• Life Insurance, STD/LTD term disability coverage, with employer paid premiums.
• 401 (k) plan with a match that is 100% vested after you complete two years of service.
• FSA/DFSA/HSA flexible benefit plans.
• Annual Tuition & Professional Development Reimbursement benefit.

Pay

The likely salary range for this position is $64,000 - $70,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position and could fall outside of this range.

Schedule

Remote

Benefits

• See below, to name a few:
• 15 days PTO including paid parental, military, and bereavement leave.
• Eleven (11) paid Federal holidays, five of which are floating holidays (as designated by the company’s holiday schedule each year).
• Health and Dental Insurance (including 100% employer paid premiums for employee coverage under the HDHP health plan).
• Life Insurance, STD/LTD term disability coverage, with employer paid premiums.
• 401 (k) plan with a match that is 100% vested after you complete two years of service.
• FSA/DFSA/HSA flexible benefit plans.
• Annual Tuition & Professional Development Reimbursement benefit.

Company

Alpha Omega is an award-winning solutions provider dedicated to delivering mission-enabling technology and strategic solutions for our customers. Since our founding in 2016, we have grown to over 700 employees nationwide consisting of former operators, technologists, and strategists who bring decades of government and industry experience. They are united by one purpose: ensuring our nation’s continued global leadership. We have a unified operating model providing technical capabilities and solutions for customers across two main business units: National Security – supporting agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Navy, Air Force, Army, and the Department of State (DOS). National Resilience – supporting agencies such as Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Treasury, Health & Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Values

• Harmony
• Engagement
• Accountability
• Resourcefulness
• Tenacity

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.