Junior Software Engineer

Overview

Location: Alexandria, VA/Gaithersburg, MD/St. Louis, MO

Security Clearance Required: TS-SCI

 

teKnoluxion provides the Defense and Intelligence Communities technical experts in the fields of Software & Systems Engineering, Enterprise Operations, and Cloud Services Management & Consulting.  Our goal is not to simply support efforts, but to ignite a technology revolution, bridging the growing technology gap between the Government and commercial space. 

 

Are you ready to test your abilities as a Junior Software Engineer and team member in a sophisticated enterprise exploitation environment?  Would you like to make an immediate and direct impact in your job? Join a dedicated team supporting the SAS contract at NGA.  

Responsibilities

What you get to do every day:

• Operational support and sustainment of Visualizing Enterprise Geospatial Analytics (VEGA).
• All aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding, and automated testing within an Agile model.
• Architect, design, build, and enhance a highly available and scalable web application used by customers worldwide.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, working within broadly defined parameters.
• Work closely with other engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development.
• Ensure team adheres to Agile processes best practices.
• Build software solutions where the solution is not always well defined but always considers the customer first.
• Resolve roadblocks for the development team, working collaboratively with the Product Owner, technical leadership, and other engineers.
• Plan and estimate development tasks and work to improve performance metrics.

Qualifications

What skills do you need?

• Active TS/SCI clearance and CI poly
• Bachelors with 2 years or more of experience or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
• Hands-on expertise with Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, and object-oriented programming.
• Hands-on expertise with software frameworks including Django and React.
• Proficiency with at least one Relational Database Management System (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, etc.).
• Proficiency with basic web technologies including HTML, CSS, REST, JSON, and Tomcat.
• Experience delivering an entire piece of a system or application.
• Deep understanding of modern software design patterns and coding standards.
• Proficiency with web application technologies and deployment environments, including Docker, Kafka, and Kubernetes.
• Experience architecting, developing, and delivering complex software systems into production.
• Working knowledge of Agile development and continuous integration and continuous delivery methodologies and tools.
• Experience with a version control system (e.g., Git, and Jenkins).
• Experience with an issue/problem tracking system (e.g., Jira).
• Proficiency with multiple operating systems (Windows, Linux, etc.).
• Strong, self-motivated desire to learn new programming languages, tools, frameworks, and techniques.

What is ideal?

• Experience with scripting languages such as JavaScript, Python, Bash, PL/SQL, SQL, PHP.
• Cloud certifications such as AWS DevOps Engineer or similar.
• Knowledge of Agile management tools such as Jira, Bitbucket, GitLab, Confluence.
• Knowledge of continuous integration and delivery tools such as Jenkins, SonarQube, JUnit, Cucumber, Selenium, JMeter.
• Experience developing and delivering modern software, including microservices, containers, and serverless architectures.
• Experience in technical operations at DOD agencies, particularly NGA and DIA

What you can expect from us

• Recognizing great achievements do not go unnoticed by teKnoluxion through service anniversaries, spot awards, and employee referral bonuses
• You'll join a growing organization of passionate, top-shelf, IT engineering professionals with extensive experience in actively developing the technology revolution in the Intelligence community
• Highly competitive benefits package that reflects our objective of employing top industry performers

teKnoluxion is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law. teKnoluxion does not have a vaccination mandate applicable to team members. Vaccination requirements will depend on the status of the federal contractor mandate and customer site requirements.  Regardless of vaccination status , personnel are required to wear masks while indoors when the CDC COVID-19 Community Level is High.Employment Type: FULL_TIME