SME Software Developer and Web Master Team Support (Computer Scientist)

Prescient Edge; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Performance bonus

Job summary

Prescient Edge seeks a SME Software Developer and Web Master Team Support (Computer Scientist) to support a federal government client at Fort Meade. You will build and optimize cloud-based data tools, web apps, and analytics pipelines.

The role requires AWS expertise, strong data science skills, and experience with secure government networks. TS/SCI with CI Poly clearance is required; high school to advanced degrees are listed for experience paths.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma with 30 years of relevant experience.
• Associate’s degree with 24 years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree with 22 years of relevant experience.
• Master’s Degree with 20 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Shall deliver products by uploading documents to USG servers and ensure availability to the greater US IC.
• Conducts data analytics, data engineering, data mining, exploratory and statistical analysis, and builds AI tools and ML-based processes.
• Lead migration from traditional servers to AWS with minimal downtime and cost optimization.
• Design and implement secure, scalable AWS cloud architectures using IAM, EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, VPC, and RDS.
• Develop automation scripts using Python and boto3 to streamline cloud management.
• Maintain and update SIPRNet/JWICS web sites and related systems for classified information.

Skills

AWS

Python

R

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Data Visualization

ML

Data Analytics

Education

High School / GED

Associate’s degree

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s Degree

Tools

Boto3

CloudWatch

CloudTrail

IAM

EC2

VPC

RDS

CloudFormation

Job description

SME Software Developer and Web Master Team Support (Computer Scientist) - (3084)

Job Title

SME Software Developer and Web Master Team Support (Computer Scientist)

Location

Fort Meade, MD 20755 US (Primary)

Category

Job Type

Job Type

Full-Time

Staff

Education

Education

High School / GED

Travel

Security Clearance Required

TS/SCI with CI Polygraph

Job Description

Prescient Edge is seeking a SME Software Developer and Web Master Team Support (Computer Scientist) to support a federal government client.

Benefits & Compensation:

At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
• Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.
• Salary range: $140,000 - $200,000. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills and the abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Description:

• Shall deliver products (by uploading documents to USG servers) developed under this PWS and assist in ensuring that they are available to the greater US IC.
• Conducts data analytics, data engineering, data mining, exploratory analysis, predictive analysis, and statistical analysis, and uses scientific techniques to correlate data into graphical, written, visual and verbal narrative products, enabling more informed analytic decisions. Proactively retrieves information from various sources, analyzes it for better understanding about the data set, and builds AI tools that automate certain processes. Duties typical include: creating various ML-based tools or processes, such as recommendation engines or automated lead scoring systems.
• Performs statistical analysis, applies data mining techniques, and builds high quality prediction systems.
• Shall be skilled in data visualization and use of graphical applications, including Microsoft Office (Power BI) and Tableau; major data science languages, such as R and Python; managing and merging of disparate data sources, preferably through R, Python, or SQL; statistical analysis; and data mining algorithms.
• Shall have prior experience with large data MultiINT analytics, ML, and automated predictive analytics.
• Lead the migration effort from traditional servers to AWS, ensuring seamless integration, minimal downtime and cost optimization.
• Design and implement overall secure, scalable, and efficient cloud architecture utilizing a wide breadth of AWS services and best practices.
• Design and implement solutions utilizing expert-level knowledge of AWS services including but not limited to: Identity and Access Management (IAM), compute (Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2), Lambda, API Gateway etc.), network (VPC, subnets, network security, etc.), database services (RDS) and CloudFormation. Use IAM to create users, role and groups and ensure that the principle of least privilege is always adhered to. Implement correctly sized compute resources and implement Elastic Load Balancers (ELB) and Auto-Scaling groups as needed.
• Create and manage Virtual Private Clouds (VPC), subnets, Network Access Control Lists (NACL), Security Groups and firewalls.
• Develop automation scripts using Python and boto3 to streamline cloud management and deployment.
• Implement robust, automated infrastructure monitoring and remediation using EventBridge, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Lambda, Trusted Advisor, Config and Security Hub.
• Possess a minimum certification of AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate.
• Shall assist in developing and maintaining a website that is accessible by all the IC members and the various branches of the Army.
• Shall perform web-based database design, implementation, and maintenance for the CI Common Operating Picture (COP) and the intelligence web pages.
• Shall create and develop computer software configuration documentation, user manuals, and provide one-on-one consultation to the branch chiefs and senior analysts IAW CDRL A051.
• Shall update and maintain the classified intelligence websites and associated systems; including: posting data, providing information and responding to documentation for activities such as RFI, Requests for Assistance (RFAs) and Request for Products (RFPs) on a daily basis.
• Shall assist with monitoring the status of classified requests, such as RFI, RFAs and RFPs, and provide weekly updates.
• Shall provide dedicated page design, development, and integration of information to web-based presentations for the Army’s Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) and Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS) web sites.
• Shall conduct coordination with internal and external information technology service providers to help maintain and improve the sites.

Job Requirements

Required Experience :

Required Education:

• High School Diploma- 30 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Associate’s degree- 24 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Bachelor’s degree- 22 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Master’s Degree- 20 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.

Security Clearance:

• Security clearance required TS/SCI with CI POLY or the ability to obtain CI POLY.

Location:

• Fort Meade, MD.

Prescient Edge is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) founded as a counterintelligence (CI) and Human Intelligence (HUMINT) company in 2008. We are a global operations and solutions integrator delivering full-spectrum intelligence analysis support, training, security, and RD&E support solutions to the Department of Defense and throughout the intelligence community. Prescient Edge is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by law. We strive to foster equity and inclusion throughout our organization because we believe that diversity of thought is critical for creating a safe and engaging work environment while also enabling the organization’s success.