Software Engineer, Senior at Navstar Inc. in Reston, Virginia

Job Description:

Would you like to perform rewarding work while contributing to the success of an established, growing company? Navstar is an award-winning organization that has a proven track record of successfully providing IT services and solutions both as a prime and sub-contractor on mission focused IT programs. Our employees are integral players in support of mission-critical programs focused on our National Security.

Role Description:

As a Senior Software Engineer on the team, you will lead efforts to maintain and enhance an existing big data exploitation platform. Work will include creating Amazon Web Services (AWS)-based resources; writing, testing, and debugging custom application code; administering database services; and performing data cleaning, formatting, and other forms of data management.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• To be eligible for this position you must hold an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Demonstrated experience:
  • Building and maintaining cloud based platforms.
  • Administering, securing, and scaling AWS EC2 resources consisting of CentOS/Linux servers with some configured as MySQL database servers.
  • Applying front end technologies, including HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript/jQuery.
  • Developing and maintaining applications using Ruby on Rails with Apache Solr.
  • Developing software in a DevSecOps environment.
  • Demonstrated experience with modern system architecture patterns, such as event-driven, microservices and MVC architectures.
  • Maintaining Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines with automated testing and deployment.
  • Using Git as a source code repository.

Desired Skills and Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience with:
  • Angular, React, or Vue.js
  • D3.js or OpenLayers 3

About Navstar

For 20 years Navstar has provided high-quality Innovative Technology Services and Solutions throughout the Intelligence Community. We would not have achieved the success we have without the best AllStar team; this is not just a place to work, Navstar is a community. At Navstar everything we do revolves around listening to both our customers and employees, delivering the results they expect, and being a trusted partner as both a prime and subcontractor. We have proven track record of successfully providing innovative technology services and solutions on highly mission-focused programs; all while enjoying what we do at the same time. Security is our priority; together, we will make the nation a safer place.

Benefits at Navstar

• Highly Competitive Health Care Premiums, including 100% employer paid for employee
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical and Dependent Care
• Generous PTO and Federal Holiday Paid Leave
• Employer Paid STD/LTD
• Employer Paid Life Insurance
• 401K plan and Employer Match
• Referral and Opportunity Referral Programs
• Professional Development Assistance

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled

Navstar, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religious beliefs, national origin, disability, U.S. veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics under federal, state or local law.

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