Software Engineer (2023-0170)
Annapolis Junction, MD 
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Posted 13 days ago
Job Description

Acclaim Technical Services, founded in 2000, is a leading language and intelligence services company supporting a wide range of U.S. Federal agencies. We are an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, which is uncommon within our business sector. We see this as a significant strength, and it shows: ATS is consistently ranked as a top workplace among DC area firms and continues to grow.

We are actively hiring a Systems Administrator - Level 2with TS/SCI clearance and polygraph to join our Enterprise Services & Solutions Division working in Annapolis Junction, MD.

Job Description:

The Software Engineer (SWE) develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems (e.g., processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems) based upon documented requirements. Works individually or as part of a team. Reviews and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results. Resolves software problem reports. Utilizes software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment. Provides specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of Commercial Off-the-shelf (COTS)/Government Off-the-shelf (GOTS) in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements
  • Debug existing software and correct defects
  • Provide recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards
  • Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features
  • Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments
  • Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories
  • Write or review software and system documentation
  • Serve as team lead at the level appropriate to the software development process being used on any particular project
  • Design or implement complex database or data repository interfaces/queries
  • Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards
  • Assist with developing and executing test procedures for software components
  • Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards, confer with users or system engineers; analyze systems flow, data usage and work processes; and investigate problem areas
  • Modify existing software to correct errors, to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance
  • Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design
  • Develop and support a near real time messaging infrastructure, Messaging products include: TIBCO EMS, ActiveMQ, Artemis, and Kafka
  • Provide Tier III support on the Data Transport Systems (DTS) software
  • Develop and support the DTS portfolio (DTS supports complex event processing using FOSS tools to collect infrastructure monitoring/metrics, and generate threshold based and temporal based alerting, DTS components send status information back to storage areas where quires can be made)
  • DTS products include but are not limited to:
    • Cloud storage areas: Apache Accumulo (Apache Zookeeper, ApacheHadoop)
    • Oracle DMBS
    • Real time streaming: Storm
    • Distributed in-memory data Cache/Storage: Redis
    • Graph Compute engine/Query Interface apache Tinkerpop/Gremlin
    • Rules Engine: JBoss Drools
    • Apache Camel
    • Spring Framework: used extensively to standardize/simplify configuration logic control, data access, security, Web-tier, etc.
  • Develop and support the GUI interface into the EMM
  • GOTS developed applications include:
    • (U//FOUO) Addition to FOSS messaging tools to run in the SIGINT environment
    • GUI to display metric/monitoring status and do common queries
    • Command line tools to interact with Accumulo
    • Oracle stored procedures
  • Maintenance scripts to facilitate normal cluster functions (e.g. table splits, compactions, mergers, Local/HDFS directory cleanup, etc)
  • Java Multi-threaded applications
  • Develop and maintain software in the development environment
  • Use configuration management tool and repositories (i.e. Maven, Eclipse, GIT, Redmine)
  • Support Multi-threaded applications

Qualifications:

  • Four (4) years' experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

Other:

  • Experience in one (1) or more of the following ten (10):
    • Public Key Enabling (PKE)
    • RESTful services and containers (Oracle WebLogic, JBoss, Tomcat)
    • Java programming language
    • Perl programing language
    • Java EE
    • Secure web (SSL) and file encryption
    • LDAP (RedHat directory) Java
    • Linux (CentOS)
    • Modern IDEs (IntelliJ, Eclipse, etc.)
    • Agile Scrum process

  • One (1) year experience programming in the Linux, Unix or Windows operating system environment
  • Two (2) years' experience writing/maintaining software in Java or GoLang language
  • One (1) year experience with the Spring Framework
  • Two (2) years' experience using software development configuration management tools (such as GIT, CVS)
  • One (1) year experience with test harness software such as Junit or FIT

Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action

ATS is committed to a program of equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion/creed, hairstyles and hair textures, handicap/disability, genetic information/history, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by federal, state or local law. It is the policy of ATS not merely to refrain from employment discrimination as required by the various federal, state, and local enactments, but to take positive affirmative action to realize for women, people of color, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans full equal employment opportunity. We support the employment and advancement in employment of individuals with disabilities and of protected veterans, and we treat qualified individuals without discrimination on the basis of their physical or mental disability or veteran status.


Acclaim Technical Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities

 

Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
4 years
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