Position: Application Developer - Databricks
Location: On-site at US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) offices, in Falls Church, Virginia, Ft. Collins, Colorado
Clearance: Clearable (Public Trust), US Citizen
Objective:
The primary objective of this engagement is to ensure the continued enhancement, as well as maintenance and operational support of ECOSphere, which includes its seamless integration with other systems/applications, by leveraging the expertise of highly qualified technical professionals. The focus is to ensure ECOSphere remains a secure, scalable, and efficient system that serves both internal USFWS users and the public.
Tasks:
Application Development Support and Maintenance
- Develop and Enhance Applications: Design, develop, and implement new features, modules, and tools and/or integrations with in-house applications (ETK workflows, including species and recovery workflows and more, IPaC, Dkey Editor, EPM, SAMS, HabITS, etc.).
- Carry out application technology upgrades for frameworks like Angular, Spring Boot, Grails, React etc. as needed to keep up with security fixes.
- Support existing and develop new FME processes, ISDI, APIs, etc., to ensure data is seamlessly delivered to ECOSphere applications from EDW and other sources.
- Implement new functionalities and enhancements using Agile methodologies.
- Review and complete items in the backlogs.
- Keep, maintain, and address priorities conforming to Executive Orders, Secretarial Orders, along with service goals and mission support, including tracking and reporting capabilities.
- Enhancements to current modules to include end of year reporting.
- Maintain and create automated tests (unit, integration). Document any manual test plans and test runs.
- Create database datasets to pull out key application data that will support reporting in SSRS and QuickSight
- Application Support and Maintenance: Provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 support services, including troubleshooting, bug fixes, configuration updates, and performance optimization
- User Experience Improvements: Gather feedback from end-users to inform design updates and usability enhancements.
- User Surveys to understand the user experience and be able to quantify satisfaction and the value and time savings of improvements.
- Develop an AI tool to enhance the user experience, populate workflows with important data, and generate products.
- DevSecOps Pipeline Integration: Ensure applications are integrated with automated CI/CD pipelines, with appropriate scans and testing protocols in place.
- Refactor and optimize legacy applications or integrations to improve performance and security.
Cloud Infrastructure and Security
Maintain AWS environments supporting ECOSphere and associated applications.
- Implement security best practices and ensure compliance with FISMA and other federal standards.
- Monitor system health, performance, and availability.
Documentation
- Complete technical documentation:
- System configurations, API documentation, and standard operating procedures.
- Data integration workflows and security protocols.
- Complete weekly status reports detailing work completed, issues, and upcoming milestones
Requirements/Skills:
- Big data processing, cloud governance, and modern AI engineering
- Proficiency in Apache Spark and Delta Lake
- Good SQL and Python language skills
- Databricks platform experience or training
- Data pipeline and ETL design
- Knowledge of cloud services and DevOps
- Java (8+), Groovy, JavaScript, Node.js, TypeScript, Python, R (R Shiny)
- Spring Boot, Grails, Angular, React, Docker, Jenkins
- REST API/Web Services, Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS Lambda
- SQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Neo4j, Redis
- Mulesoft, Artifactory, Tomcat
Working at Inalab Consulting, Inc.
Inalab is a diverse, prosperous, and rewarding place to work. We provide our employees with competitive benefits, educational assistance, and career growth opportunities. Every employee is valued for their talents and contributions. We all take pride in helping our customers achieve their goals, which in turn contributes to the overall success of the company.
Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. US citizenship may be required for some positions.
With our company you will earn a highly competitive salary commensurate with your skill level and experience. You will also enjoy:
- Three (3) weeks annual paid time off.
- A comprehensive, company-paid medical, dental, and vision plan and life insurance.
- 401K plan with vesting for company added contributions.
Inalab is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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