Senior Cloud Software Engineer

GliaCell Technologies; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CareFirst Medical Coverage

Guardian Dental and Vision Coverage

Up to 25 Days of Paid Time Off

Work From Home Opportunities

401K Company Contribution

Job summary

A technology firm in Annapolis is seeking a Senior Cloud Software Engineer for a full-time role supporting government contracts. The ideal candidate must possess an active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance and have at least eight years of software development experience. Responsibilities include data strategy development, collaboration with teams, and ensuring high-quality software processes. Competitive salary range from $200,000 to $280,000, with various benefits including medical coverage and PTO.

Qualifications

• Possess an active or rein‑statable TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance.
• Strong communication skills required.
• Collaboration with customer teams to understand mission needs.

Responsibilities

• Devise strategies to extract meaning from structured and unstructured data.
• Analyze requirements for data characterization.
• Collaborate with customer teams on mission needs.

Skills

Cloud Developer Certification

AWS Certified Developer‑Associate

Database experience

Analytic development experience

Knowledge of structured data types

Education

Eight years’ experience in software development

U.S. Citizenship

Tools

Java

Python

NiFi

Job description

An active or rein-statable TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance is REQUIRED. Please do not apply if you currently do not possess this level of clearance.

GliaCell is seeking a Senior Cloud Software Engineer on one of our subcontracts. This is a full‑time position offering the opportunity to support a U.S. Government customer. The mission is to provide technical expertise that assists in sustaining critical mission‑related software and systems to a large government contract.

Responsibilities

• The work offers flexible hours.
• Devise strategies to extract meaning and value from structured and unstructured data.
• Leverage statistical methods and/or machine learning to discover patterns and behaviors of entities; use query and visualization tools, such as DataXplorer and GMAE, to present question‑focused datasets in a story‑like manner.
• Work with various domains of metadata to develop new methodologies and techniques for automated data characterization.
• Analyze and develop requirements to support the characterization and ingestion of new and existing data types.
• Collaborate with customer teams to understand direct mission needs and requirements; devise strategies to extract meaning and value from structured and unstructured data; and collaborate with customer teams to understand mission needs.
• The team is looking for someone that is knowledgeable with data enrichment/conversion methods, familiar with data ontologies/schemas, strong knowledge of structured data types (XML, CSV, JSON), and has database experience.
• Java, Python, analytic development experience, and working knowledge of NiFi are highly desired.

Key Requirements

• Possess an active or rein‑statable TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance.
• Professional/Education experience: Eight (8) years’ experience software development/engineering, including requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, maintenance, testing, and problem diagnosis/resolution.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Works well independently as well as on a team.
• Strong communication skills.
• Cloud Developer Certification is required.
• AWS Certified Developer‑Associate
• AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• Elastic Certified Engineer
• (Possession of a Cloud Developer certification is required and will be verified as part of the interview or offer process.)

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 recent years of development experience.
• Select the software development process in coordination with the customer and system engineering. Ensure quality control of all developed and modified software. Delegate programming and testing responsibilities to one or more teams and monitor their performance.
• Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories.

Desired Skills

• Analytic development experience using scripting languages such as Python and Scala to use statistical libraries against data.
• Skilled with big data processing frameworks such as Pig, MapReduce and Spark to scale algorithms over large volumes of data.
• Experience employing combination (2 or more) of analysis, computer science, mathematics, and software engineering skills to devise strategies for extracting meaning and value from large datasets.
• Experience with predictive analytics, machine learning, and data mining.
• Skilled with data flows, Pig scripting, Hadoop MapReduce, and various analytic tools.
• Skilled working with development and SE teams, other stakeholders agencies, and leadership.
• Knowledge of data indexing and analytic development.
• Experience working with cloud service providers and data stewards.
• Demonstrated experience in network metadata processing, manipulation, and analysis in support of intelligence analysis.

Location

Annapolis Junction, MD

Salary Range

The salary range for this full‑time position is $200,000 to $280,000. Our salary ranges are determined by position, level, skills, professional experience, relevant education and certifications. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for this position across our projects. Within the range, your salary is determined by your individual benefits package selection. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred position during the hiring process. SIGN‑ON BONUS ELIGIBLE.

Benefits

• CareFirst Medical Coverage for Employee and Dependents
• Guardian Dental and Vision Coverage for Employee and Dependents
• Up to 25 Days of Paid Time Off
• Up to 40 hours of PTO Carryover
• 11 Federal Government Holidays
• Work From Home Opportunities
• 401K Company Contribution, Fully Vested Day 1
• Discretionary, Certification, and Sign‑On Bonus Potential
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Annual Professional Development
• 100% Premium Covered for Life & Disability Insurances
• Additional Voluntary Life Insurance Coverage Available
• Employee Assistance Program
• Travel Protection Program
• Financial Planning Assistance
• Bereavement and Jury Duty Leave
• Monthly Team and Family Events
• Technology Budget
• Global Entry
• Annual Swag Budget

Learn more about GliaCell Technologies: https://gliacelltechnologies.applytojob.com/apply/

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GliaCell Technologies, LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.