Applications Engineer jobs in Washington, DC

Residency Status: ALL Candidates Must Be a U.S. Citizen

Clearance: Candidates Must have an Active Secret clearance and the ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance.

Time Type: Full-Time, Daytime Schedule - Onsite

Relocation Fees: No

Company Overview:

NAOVI is a premier technology services company that provides solutions in the areas of Cyber Security, Information Management and Systems Integration. NAOVI is a business that combines experience, creativity, flexibility, pragmatism, and cost-effective solutions in order to deliver measurable business value to our clients.

Headquartered in Fredericksburg, Virginia, NAOVI employs engineers, analysts, IT specialists and other professionals who strive to be the best at everything they do.

Novel Applications of Vital, Inc. (NAOVI) is an AA/EEO Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.

Job Description

NAOVI is seeking a qualified Software Engineers with Cloud development expertise to support the design, development, and deployment of advanced cybersecurity capabilities.

Primary responsibilities:

• Collaborating within Agile Scrum teams as a key contributor responsible for the design, test and implementation of advanced cybersecurity software capabilities.
• Developing and performing automated builds, testing, and deployments.
• Developing high quality technical documentation, including user guides, test plans, and contract deliverable items and supporting product training.
• Supporting risk assessments and developing risk mitigation countermeasures.

Required Skills:

• U.S. Citizenship.
• Active Secret clearance. Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability.
• 4 years of directly relevant software development experience.
• 2 years of experience with Agile software development.
• Strong experience with one or more of the following program languages: Java, Python, and Javascript.
• Experience with Linux/Unix and Shell Scripting.
• Demonstrated experience with one or more of the following database technologies: SQL, Oracle, MySQL, JBDC, NOSQL, etc.
• Ability to create well-modularized, maintainable software and willing to follow group coding standards and design.
• Proficiency with MS Office Applications.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with cloud-oriented development using Amazon Web Services (AWS) and/or Microsoft Azure.
• Experience working on projects that implement analytic models into production systems.
• Possesses or quickly develop a comprehensive understanding of Government Information Security policies, regulations, and guidelines.
• Demonstrated experience with one or more of the following front-end (UI) technologies: ReactJS, AngularJS, etc.
• Experience with Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE), Kibana, Logstash, Hadoop.
• Experience and/or familiarity with DevOps, Continuous Development/Continuous Integration concepts, and automated test tools such as Docker, Jenkins, Kubernetes, JIRA, Git, Chef, Ansible, Puppet, Junit, JMeter, RSpec, and/or Cucumber.
• Certifications related to Agile development and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) such as Scrum Master, Product Owner, SAFe Agilist (SA), SAFe Practitioner (SP).
• Technical understanding of cybersecurity attack techniques and associated mitigation techniques.

Required Education:

• BS Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, OR Computer Systems Engineering. [Eight (8) years of experience (for a total of fourteen (14) or more years) may be substituted for a degree.].

Desired Certifications:

• DoD 8570.1 IAT Level II.
• CSSLP.