About the position
North Point Technology is seeking an experienced TS/SCI Cleared Software Engineer to provide support to a mission critical enterprise identity and access management system. A successful candidate will provide Agile DevOps support to mission critical systems. As a Software Development Engineer on this program, you will have the opportunity to build strong systems and software utilizing cloud capabilities and gain agile development experience in support of an Enterprise cybersecurity program. Based in DevOps framework, you will participate in and/or direct major deliverables throughout all aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding and unit testing. This program requires employees to have an active TS clearance with and SCI and must pass a CI Poly every 5 years. If you have a Full Scope Poly, working this program will keep your Full Scope ACTIVE.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to software programming initiatives to support innovation and enhancement, using JavaScript, Java, and/or Python.
- Execute software system validation and testing methods using Junit and Katalon.
- Create software solutions to leverage automated deployment technologies.
- Develop and deploy prototypes and solutions within Commercial Cloud Solutions leveraging Infrastructure platform services.
- Support the Agile software development lifecycle following Program SAFe practices.
- Apply DevOps tools like Ansible, Docker, and Jenkins to support automated deployment and containerization.
- Directly support deployment of build artifacts across a multitude of customer environments.
- Leverage Atlassian tools like JIRA, Bitbucket, and Confluence to track development activities, control source code, and author documentation.
- Create innovative solutions to meet the technical needs of customers.
- Communicate key project data to team members and build team cohesion and effectiveness.
- Mentor / assist junior members of the team.
- Provide input/suggestions on technical approach to the Agile Team Leads.
Requirements
- Active TS clearance required to start; SCI with CI Poly eligible.
- Candidate must have BS degree with 2 to 4 years of prior relevant experience.
- Experience with coding in JavaScript; additional experience with Java, Python, and/or Bash desired.
- Experience in multiple of the following areas, and a desire to learn the others: Linux OS scripting, Database setup and integration, both relational and NoSQL (e.g., Oracle RDBMS, MySQL, CouchDB), Cloud infrastructure platforms (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure), DevOps automation tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet), Source control and Agile development tools (Git, Maven, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence), Analytics and search engines (Elasticsearch, Splunk, Apache Solr).
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
- Experience as a member of an agile software development team.
- Knowledge of software design patterns.
- Proficiency with MS Office Products (Word, Excel, Visio, & PowerPoint).
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in identity management and governance, to include single sign-on, identity federation, or enterprise directory architecture and design.
- Experience with web development and use of Reacts, Redux or similar.
- Expertise in Kibana for developing interactive visualizations, reports, and dashboards.
- Proficiency with Logstash for data ingestion and transformation.
- Familiarity with one or more of the following identity, credential, and access management (ICAM) concepts/standards: LDAP or MS Active Directory, PKI and TLS/SSL, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, SCIM, Multi-factor Authentication (MFA).
Benefits
- Excellent compensation.
- Flexible work-life balance.
- Close-knit and open atmosphere.
- Direct availability of owners to team members.
