The Junior Software Engineer will focus on integrating ML applications for a government client, enhancing applications, co-leading product direction, and utilizing agile development methodologies.
Job Summary & Responsibilities
ECS is seeking a Jr. Software Engineer to work onsite at our Springfield, VA customer site.
Job Description:
You will serve as Jr. Software Engineer on a state-of-the-art ML/AI RDT&E program focusing on integrating unique solutions and quick-wins to a government client. Leveraging agile software development approaches and your experience with front-end and back-end technologies, you will lead technical efforts with participating parties across the government and tech industry to integrate multiple ML applications into a single-fused solution. Part of this responsibility includes:
- Participating in server-side and client-side work
- Enhancing existing applications through creative techniques that are mindful of technical resources and time constraints
- Co-leading product direction and feature specification with community stakeholders and Program Manager.
Fundamentally, we are interested in individuals who are motivated by the mission, find meaning in solving hard-problems, and recognize operating in a hierarchically-flat environment makes for better communication, collaboration, and coordination.
- Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI + CI Poly security clearance
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related STEM field with 0-3 years of relevant experience
- Ability develop, integrate, and troubleshoot software applications for Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) solutions in C++, Python, Java, and JavaScript
- Strong attention to detail and high-quality code using robust design patterns
- Experience in both SQL, NoSQL and in-memory databases (PostgreSQL, Elastic, Redis)
- Ability to Build real-time data pipeline and event-driven architectures (Kafka Streaming)
- Develop server-side apps and implemented end-to-end distributed tracing and system monitoring (OpenTelemetry)
- Design and maintained resilient, high traffic microservices
- Proficiency in Python, C++, Node.js, and JavaScript
- Experience with Linux -- system administration and scripting in Bash, Sed, and Awk
- Expertise in AWS cloud services (compute, storage, networking, IAM), cloud cluster, and policy management experience
- API Integration & Development
- Experience with containerization/orchestration technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Rancher, OpenShift)
- Experience with DevSecOps frameworks (e.g. GitLab, Jira)
- Experience developing architecture/system diagrams and data flow diagrams
- Excellent communication/presentation skills to make recommendations to stakeholders with varying degrees of technical awareness
- Ability to quickly grasp and leverage new technologies
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Top Skills
Awk
AWS
Bash
C++
Docker
Elastic
Gitlab
Helm
Java
JavaScript
JIRA
Kafka
Kubernetes
Linux
Node.js
NoSQL
Openshift
Opentelemetry
Postgres
Python
Rancher
Redis
Sed
SQL
ECS Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Office
2310 Executive Circle, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, 80906
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