Software Engineer

About the position

Elder Research has multiple positions available for talented software engineers with experience in any of the following: Containerized web applications and services including development, implementation, implementation, and troubleshooting. Data pipeline development in support of ML operations and Exploratory Data Analysis tasks. High performance computing including Operations and Maintenance activities and data compliance. Infrastructure as Code and Infrastructure as a Service including design, interface implementation, and automation. This position requires a TS/SCI with Polygraph and will be on-site. These positions will be part of our Defense and Intelligence Business unit serving the Intelligence Community as our primary customer.

Responsibilities

• Develop and troubleshoot containerized web applications and services.
• Support data pipeline development for ML operations and Exploratory Data Analysis tasks.
• Perform Operations and Maintenance activities in high performance computing.
• Design and implement Infrastructure as Code and Infrastructure as a Service solutions.

Requirements

• Experience with Python or Java.
• Experience with SQL.
• Experience with HTML.
• Experience with Apache NiFi.
• Experience with GitLab or CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins.
• Experience with container and container orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with the Atlassian Suite of Tools such as Jira and Confluence.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with testing frameworks or automation tools.
• Experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) principles and automation tools including Ansible.
• Experience with REST APIs.
• Experience with software frameworks for big data such as Splunk and Elastic Stack.
• Ability to complete a task quickly and properly, with very little supervision.
• Experience working in a client facing position, with good communication skills.

Benefits

• Family health, dental, and vision benefits.
• Employer-paid disability.
• Paid-time off.
• Paid parental leave.
• 401(k) plan with employer contribution.
• Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP).
• Reasonable hours.
• Solid pay.
• Low travel.
• Extremely flexible time off.