Software Engineer

Position: Software Engineer
Location: Reston, VA
Duration: Full-time 
Salary: DOE
Job Description We are looking for a Software Engineer SME to provide Agile DevOps support to mission critical systems. As a Software Engineer on this program, you will have the opportunity to build strong systems, software, and cloud environments and provide operations and maintenance for critical systems. The candidate will provide technical expertise and support in the design, development, implementation and testing of customer tools and applications. Based in a DevOps framework, participate in and/or direct major deliverables of projects through all aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding and unit testing.
Primary Responsibilities:
Provide administration and expertise of IBM Master Data Management (MDM) version 11.x product implementation and customization based on customer requirements.
Review As-is MDM environment and identify data quality gaps, performance issues and/or configuration issues.
Designs and develops customized MDM code and interfaces based on requirements.
Participate in software programming initiatives to support innovation and enhancement, using Java, JavaScript, Python, SpringBoot, Hibernate.
Developing and directing software system validation and testing methods using Junit and Katalon
Develop and integrate custom developed software solutions to leverage automated deployment technologies
Develop, prototype and deploy solutions within Commercial Cloud Solutions leveraging Infrastructure platform services
Coordinate closely with team members, Product Owners and Scrum Masters to ensure User Story alignment and implementation to customer use cases
Analyze (though proof of concept, performance, and end-to-end testing) and effectively coordinate Infrastructure needs driven by developed software to meet customer mission needs
Support the Agile software development lifecycle following Program SAFe practices
Use industry leading DevOps tools like GitHub, Jenkins, Unix bash scripting
Document and Perform systems software development, including deployment of build artifacts across different environments leveraging GitFlow constructs
Communicate key project data to team members and build team cohesion and effectiveness.
Leverage Atlassian tool suite like JIRA and Confluence to track activities
Apply and identify best practices and standard operating procedures
Create innovative solutions to meet the technical needs of customers.
Requirements Basic Qualifications:
Candidate must have an active TS/SCI with a Polygraph
Requires Masters with 15+ years of prior relevant experience or Doctorate with 13+ years of prior relevant experience. Additional years of experience can be accepted in lieu of a degree.
Well versed in IBMs MDM version 11.x product, with hands-on implementation and customization experience
Well versed in common Agile practices, service-orientated environments, and development practices
Well versed with Java, Spring and C2S.
Well versed in the software development lifecycle, with experience delivering within DevOps toolsets/practices
Well versed experience working in an Agile development environment and tempo
Well versed with development in Commercial Cloud Platforms (ex, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
Well versed with development leveraging cloud data services (ex: S3, RDS, EFS)
Well versed with using version control systems
Well versed with using issue/problem tracking systems
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
Preferred Qualifications:
IBM MDM Server Product upgrade experience