Cloud Software Engineer

Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States

Department: Engineering and Development

NetSage's mission is to help our customers achieve their missions by providing superior cyber services. We seek talented professionals who are interested in doing meaningful, mission-focused work for the U.S. Federal Government. We are a growing Company that puts our employees first and offers excellent pay and world-class benefits. We do not hire contract by contract; instead, we offer multiple job options and career progression for our employees. We realize that our website and job descriptions may be a little vague and that's on purpose because of the customers we support. Please connect with us using our Contact Us page if you have any questions about any of our job-openings.

Job Description:

We are seeking a Cloud Software Engineer to develop, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse Big-Data Cloud systems based upon documented requirements. In this role, you will directly contribute to all stages of back-end processing, analyzing, and indexing. The ideal candidate for this role will offer enterprise JAVA development experience on cloud platforms and have extensive experience in Cloud Computing, Hadoop Eco-System including implementing Java applications, Distributed Computing, Information Retrieval (IR), and Object-Oriented Design. Please consider applying if you have the following required qualifications and experience.

Required Qualifications:

• TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance.
• Eight (8) years of experience software engineering experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required; two (2) years of which must be in programs utilizing Big-Data cloud technologies and/or Distributed Computing. A bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of cloud software engineering experience on projects with similar Big-Data systems may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree for a total of twelve (12) years of experience. Master’s degree in computer science or related discipline from an accredited college or university may be substituted for two (2) years of experience. Cloudera Certified Hadoop Developer certification may be substituted for one (1) year of Cloud experience.
• The following Cloud related experience is required:
  • Two (2) years of Cloud and/or Distributed Computing Information Retrieval (IR).
  • One (1) year of experience with implementing code that interacts with implementation of Cloud Big Table.
  • One (1) year of experience with implementing code that interacts with implementation of Cloud Distributed File System.
  • One (1) year of experience with implementing complex MapReduce analytics.
  • One (1) year of experience with implementing code that interacts with Cloud Distributed Coordination Frameworks.
• Experience in Utility Computing, Network Management, Virtualization (VMWare or VirtualBox), and/or Cloud Computing.
• Experience in multi-node management and installation to include management and installation of Cloud and Distributed Computing on multiple nodes, Python, CFEngine, Bash, Ruby or related technologies.
• Experience in information assurance to include securing cloud-based and distributed applications through industry standard techniques such as Firewalls, PKI Certificate, and Server Authentication with experience in corporate authentication service(s). 
• Experience in information technology to include Object Oriented Design and Programming, Java, Eclipse (or similar development environment), MAVEN, and RESTful web services.
• Experience with debugging and profiling cloud and distributed installations to include Java Virtual Machine (JVM) memory management, profiling Java applications, UNIX/LINUX, and/or CentOS.
• Experience ingesting, parsing, and analysis of Disparate Data-sources and formats to include XML, JSON, CSV, Binary Formats, Sequence or Map Files, Avro, and related technologies.