Developer, SME - Top Secret

Job Description

Title: Developer (SME)

Location: On Site – National Capital Region (NCR) or Huntsville, AL

Clearance: Top Secret

Description: Xcelerate Solutions is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to provide IT support services to support IT networks, systems, and initiatives under a Federal Law Enforcement Portfolio. Support a team responsible for maintaining an enterprise data search, analysis and visualization tool that accelerates the investigative process by providing agents and analysts access to a diverse range of datasets collected from the Government and private sector.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure operations and maintenance (O&M) best practices are adhered to for Portfolio cloud and on-premises environments, systems, applications and tools
• Enhance system operations through the design, development, and sustainment of new and existing system functionality to support configuration management, automated building, automated testing, automated deployment, and automated monitoring and notification
• Understand the impacts of the cloud services used (including cost and performance), quantifying impacts through the entire workload lifecycle, and applying design principles and best practices to reduce these impacts
• Monitor and maintain software and hardware, ensuring proper system functionality with custom monitoring applications and tools such as Splunk and Grafana to ensure no degradation and continuity of operations to the mission
• Perform system operations functions across various Operating Systems, to include Linux (such as Redhat, CentOS, and Amazon Linux) and Windows.
• Validate data that is extracted from structured and unstructured data sources, databases, and other repositories, using scripts and other automated capabilities to load data, logs, and queries
• Manage existing APIs and Application Services (AS) while identifying ways to automate existing and new processes
• Support ongoing maintenance and optimization of databases across various platforms, to include Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL
• Support the sustainment of existing and delivery of new automated Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) pipelines, using a suite of COTS, GOTS, Java, and other tools
• Implement new system requirements, security patches, and enterprise required updates to ensure system sustainment and compliance
• Support government personnel in the creation, modification, and documentation of all system design documents, standard operating procedures, operations and maintenance manuals/procedures, software development plans, and related documentation
• Support collaborative system delivery through configuration management, automated building, automated testing, automated deployment, and automated monitoring and notification
• Deliver solutions using repeatable infrastructure as code (IaC) controlled by configuration management; promoting higher quality systems that can operate in heterogeneous processing environments
• Design, develop, deliver, and sustain new and existing data analytics and forecasting solutions using data structures large and small that scale to use with large data volumes
• Support Portfolio leadership prioritize increased technical agility, stability, and capability through the utilization of cloud computing technologies and services
• Deliver system and infrastructure capabilities that are scalable, secure, resilient, and maximized in terms of data sharing and exploitation
• Support cloud architectures across the AWS unclassified and classified enclaves, with a CI/CD pipeline to support deployment of services to various enclaves
• Actively monitor systems and respond in the event of a security incident through a documented and approved system security plan
• Support the management of systems security infrastructure, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and security software
• Conduct monthly vulnerability scans, monthly Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM) creation, implement patches, ensure controls are reviewed, adhered to, and modified as needed
  
  

Minimum Requirements:

• High school, diploma, Associate’s Degree, or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 8 years of software development experience
• Experience with Vue.js, ASP.NET (C#), NodejsReact, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PostgreSQL, Liquibase, and Git
• Experience with Elasticsearch
  
  

Company Description

Our mission has now expanded, and we have merged with Xcelerate Solutions to revolutionize end-to-end enterprise security. Together we are committed to protecting our nation’s citizens, critical infrastructure, and resources. As a Vision, Mission, and Driven company, VMD has been delivering information technology solutions to the Federal government in Agile Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Critical Infrastructure Protection since 2002.

Why Join VMD Corp?

At VMD, now a part of Xcelerate Solutions, you have the opportunity to thrive in your career and become a Game Changer. The quality and talent of our people is what drives our success. We embrace an employee-first culture and make it a priority to provide professional development opportunities that foster career growth.

We help protect American Citizens and the nation’s most critical infrastructure by working alongside our customers and delivering game changing solutions to strengthen their missions. We believe our passion and commitment to achieve our customers' goals and solve their most critical challenges defines who we are. We don’t just dream big, we act on it – through teamwork, dedication, and resilience.

Our mission has now expanded, and we have merged with Xcelerate Solutions to revolutionize end-to-end enterprise security. Together we are committed to protecting our nation’s citizens, critical infrastructure, and resources. As a Vision, Mission, and Driven company, VMD has been delivering information technology solutions to the Federal government in Agile Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Critical Infrastructure Protection since 2002. Why Join VMD Corp? At VMD, now a part of Xcelerate Solutions, you have the opportunity to thrive in your career and become a Game Changer. The quality and talent of our people is what drives our success. We embrace an employee-first culture and make it a priority to provide professional development opportunities that foster career growth. We help protect American Citizens and the nation’s most critical infrastructure by working alongside our customers and delivering game changing solutions to strengthen their missions. We believe our passion and commitment to achieve our customers' goals and solve their most critical challenges defines who we are. We don’t just dream big, we act on it – through teamwork, dedication, and resilience.