Software Engineer at Elder Research in Chantilly, Virginia

Job Description:

Elder Research

Location: Chantilly, VA, US

Software Engineer

Chantilly, Virginia

Clearance Required: TS/SCI w/ CI Poly

People Centered. Data Driven

Elder Research Inc. is a Data Science consulting firm specialized in providing analytic solutions to clients in Commercial and Government industries. Providing analytic solutions to hundreds of companies across numerous industries, our team enjoys a great variety in the type of work they do and exposure to a wide range of techniques and tools.

We are trusted advisors to our clients, building lasting relationships and partnering as preferred analytics providers. We use a variety of programming languages and tools to create analytic solutions, often fitting within our clients' environment and needs.

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our team! For this role, you will need to have experience with agile software methodology, and software engineering design best practices. The candidate will work within a cross-functional Scrum team, and will be responsible for developing software, participating in acceptance criteria development, creating scripts and utilizing Open Source and COTS tools to automate testing, documenting instructions, and participating in integration activities.

Job Duties:

• Performs software engineering and development activities associated with supporting, maintaining, and enhancing software using an Agile DevSecOps model
• Develops and integrates bug fixes and new feature enhancements using DIA standard development tools and processes (e.g., Java, Jira, Git, Junit).
• Identifies and integrates DIA and IC shared services (e.g., IC PKI and IAA)
• Designs and develops APIs and data access services for data feeds, and integrates microservices using the API gateway to enable enterprise access to data
• Supports trade studies/analyses of alternatives and assessments of potential technologies that may be applicable to the system, and provides recommendations

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's degree with 9+ years of relevant experience OR a Master's degree with 7 years of relevant experience OR a PhD with 4 years of relevant experience; an additional 4 years of experience maybe considered in lieu of a degree requirement.
• An Active TS/SCI w/ CI Poly Clearance
• Java, Spring/Spring Boot, JavaScript, Python
• Software Automation and DevSecOps experience
• Elasticsearch
• PostgreSQL/Postgres database (this is a must)
• Experience using modern techniques such as NiFi, REST, JSON, Spring, Spring Boot, JavaScript frameworks (e.g., JQuery, Angular, React), and Docker

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with Immuta
• Experience with SymmetricDS or JumpMind
• Python API development or machine learning experience

About Elder Research, Inc

Elder Research is a fast growing consulting firm specializing in predictive analytics. Being in the data mining business over 20 years, we pride ourselves in our ability to find creative, cutting edge solutions to real-world problems. We work hard to provide the best value to our clients and allow each person to contribute their ideas and put their skills to use immediately.

Our team members are passionate, curious, life-long learners. We value humility, servant-leadership, teamwork, and integrity. We seek to serve our clients and our teammates to the best of our abilities. In keeping with our entrepreneurial spirit, we want candidates who are self-motivated with an innate curiosity and strong team work.

Elder Research believes in continuous learning; each week the entire company attends a "Tech Talk" followed by an office lunch. Elder Research provides a supportive work environment with established parental, bereavement, and PTO policies. By prioritizing a healthy work-life balance - with reasonable hours, solid pay, low travel, and extremely flexible time off - Elder Research enables and encourages its employees to serve others.

Elder Research, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Elder Research is a Government contractor and our positions require US Citizenship.

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