Software Engineer III - ACS (Development Team)

at  Epsilon Systems Solutions Inc

Epsilon C5I (www.epsilonsystems.com/c5i), focused on software development and systems engineering for complex command, control, intelligence, and combat systems is seeking a Software Engineer III, with 4-8 + years of experience, for work in San Diego, CA. Our engineering efforts provide the warfighter with common enterprise solutions to improve information sharing and combat effectiveness. If you have a passion for excellence in engineering and enjoy working on challenging projects in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment – read on!

SUMMARY:

Our software teams employ an Agile Scrum process to rapidly design, code, and integrate capabilities into a mature Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution. Work includes developing and integrating applications that provision loosely coupled systems and capabilities which can be reused, discovered, and linked to build mission threads. DevSecOps and operations responsibilities also apply. The team uses Government Furnished DevSecOps tool suites (Atlassian products, such as JIRA, BitBucket, and Confluence.) This position is specifically for a position on the Agile Core Services (ACS) Development Team.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience.
• Four (4) to eight (8) of experience in a software engineering role.
• Candidate must have an existing SECRET security clearance.
• Candidate must have ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance.
• A minimum of DoD Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level I Certification is required for this position.
• At least 2 years of experience with technologies like Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm and/or other container orchestration platforms.
• Experience with Virtual Machines (VMWare etc.), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Containers, Ansible, and Python.
• Experience with troubleshooting complex operating systems and networks in a RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environment.
• Experience demonstrating competencies including researching, analyzing, installing, and testing software updates, patches and hotfixes. Experience troubleshooting software code issues and reporting on findings.
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with all levels of business users and management.
• Ability to work individually and on team projects in an environment of teamwork and cooperation.
• Excellent written, oral, and presentation skills.
• Effective team player with highly proficient customer service skills.
• Pursuant to the various government contractual requirements, all applicants must be U.S. Citizens.

ADDITIONAL PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• TS/SCI security clearance
• Certifications such as CompTIA Security+ or CompTIA Linux+
• Familiarity with DNS, LDAP, PKI, and other infrastructure services.
• Exposure to working with DISA, NIST, or STIG security guidelines and how to adhere to them.

• Participate in a highly collaborative team within an AGILE software development and integration environment.
• Design, implement, develop, and integrate software that powers infrastructure services to support data mediation, orchestration and machine-to-machine messaging. Document code utilizing government identified configuration management tools.
• Write well designed, testable and efficient code that meets technical requirements, and assist with troubleshooting of code defects, reporting findings, and deployment of timely fixes.
• Assist in change management of container platform for new versions of OpenShift, Hotfixes, System Administration tasks, etc.
• Support the deployment maintenance of OpenShift, as well as the development of container native applications and microservice design patterns. Manage the container platform ecosystem (installation, upgrade, patching, monitoring)
• Deploying, installing and troubleshooting software at the Fleet and Navy test facilities.
• Review and provide feedback on project technical documentation pertinent to the Fleet.
• Assist with trouble tickets with the ability to create, update, and close tickets, and track items to resolution (Confluence, JIRA).
• May be asked to be part of the Operations Team, supporting installations and system maintenance ranging from locally to internationally at labs, naval shore sites, and on-board naval vessels.
• This position may require travel from San Diego to CONUS and OCONUS locations. The expected travel requirement is approximately 2 weeks per year (5%).