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Description:
TITLE:
Software Engineer / Web Developer
Around here, we define the future. We are a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers, and dreamers. But we all share one goal: to improve the world responsibly and safely by supporting the science that informs decision makers and protects Earth.
KBR’s Science and Space division is seeking a Software Engineer/Web Developer to support our Technical Support Services Contract (TSSC) at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation & Science (EROS) Center (http://eros.usgs.gov/) near Sioux Falls, SD (http://www.siouxfalls.org).
This position is for an entry to mid-level Software Engineer with a Web Development background to join our talented team in creating exciting, cutting edge web-based mapping tools for Science projects that serve a variety of communities including wildland fire management, drought monitoring, and land cover mapping.
REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
Candidates must meet the requirements listed below to be considered for this position; please note required items on your resume.
- This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a national agency check and background investigation after hire to obtain credentials for facility access and user accounts
- Three years of continuous residency in the US
- Education: Must minimally hold a Bachelors degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science
- Years of Experience: Must have minimum 3-5 years of recent and related work experience
- Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Well versed in Software Engineering methodology and processes
- Experience with web design, administration and database-driven applications
- Experience with PHP, MySQL and HTML/CSS
- Experience and JavaScript and HTML/CSS
- Experience with Python coding
- Experience with security concepts
- Experience with collaboration software
Experience and/or Education in lieu of these qualifications will be reviewed for applicability to meet these requirements
PREFERRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
- Familiarity with Laravel or other frameworks
- Familiarity with requirements and design analysis
- Experience with testing and configuration management tools such as Git
- Experience with GIS systems and tools (commercial or open source)
- Experience with Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Specifications including WMS, WFS, WCS, WPS
- Experience with Photoshop or other image editing software
- Familiarity with spatial data, reference and projection systems
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
- Three years of continuous residency in the US for issuance of a Government Security credential
- The candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a national agency check and background investigation after hire to obtain a badge for government facility access and user account
Experience and/or Education in lieu of these qualifications will be reviewed for applicability to meet these requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain websites and mapping applications for visualizing and distributing geospatial data.
- Develop Python scripts that produce geospatial data products.
- Support a diverse array of technologies including, but not limited to PHP, Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and XML.
- Interact with a skilled web development team that supports the USGS EROS Integrated Science Applications Branch.
