IBM Senior Software Developer TS/SCI 

United States, Virginia 

828070305

Your Role and Responsibilities

The Senior Software Developer will perform critical hands-on activities to develop, test, and deploy the system. As a developer on the team, you are responsible for working with fellow team mates to deliver and maintain a cloud-based data broker solution. Specific responsibilities include the following:

• Apply software development/scripting knowledge to perform system administration tasks
• Apply expertise with Cloudera, Cloudera Flow Manager, Grafana, and Prometheus
• Apply expertise in establishing and using Amazon Web Services, minimally EC2 and EBS
• Administer user credentials and access controls using LDAP services
• Research, design, and develop system enhancements
• Develop and maintain current software, perform configuration management, and perform backup management
• Maintain development, test, and production environments
• Work as a team member to identify and prioritize tasking using project tools
• Develop technical documentation to include software design documentation, version documentation, and architecture views
• Create backup and recovery procedures, participate in routine testing of procedures, and be available to assist in the event of an actual contingency event
• Perform system/software troubleshooting and root cause analysis Assist help desk with engineering-related user tickets
• Apply expertise with common protocols such as PKI, TLS, SSH, HTTPS, and TCP
• Perform necessary security hardening in accordance with the Risk Management Framework on various classified and unclassified domains
• Develop and apply cost savings practices using cloud services (e.g., FedRAMP GovCloud, C2S)
• Support agile processes including scrums, sprint planning, sprint demonstrations, and retrospectives

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Expertise in developing, hardening, and deploying software in cloud-based architectures. Hands-on experience with GovCloud Amazon Web Services and classified Cloud Computing Services (C2S). Experience with Amazon Web Services, Kafka, Grafana, Prometheus, and Cloudera tools
• Familiarity with Risk Management Framework (RMF) security controls as they apply to a cloud-based system residing on Top Secret, Secret, and Unclassified domains
• Experience configuring code to integrate with commercial products and enterprise services.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification (e.g. Security+) or ability to obtain certification within first 90 days.
• Clearance: Active TS/SCI w/ ability to obtain CI Poly

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Prior experience performing as a validated Privileged User
• Experience on a large software program providing data broker, data lake, or data analysis capabilities
• Familiarity with DoD and IC data missions, with developing and deploying capabilities using containers and with using CI/CD tools that automate the DevSecOps process
• Experience with performing testing to include regression testing, test script creation, and automated testing
• Experience troubleshooting code and interface dependencies and performing code quality assurance activities