Title: Infrastructure Support Specialist (Only W2)
Location: Reston, Virginia
Contract 6+ Months
Note: This position is mostly remote, with monthly or weekly meetings initially, transitioning to quarterly meetings once the candidate is comfortable. We need candidates from the DMV, WV or PA area, as in-person team guidance is required.
JOB FUNCTIONS
Perform technical detail design, coding, testing of applications. Serves as subject matter expert for both customer and internal discussions related to maintaining and enhancing existing software systems. Develop and/or analyze interface design documentation. Comply with hardware and software systems standards and procedures. Deliver large systems for tens of thousands of users. Comply with code quality, migration and dev/ops standards and policies
Performs software analysis, including requirements and uses case development and design. Implements and documents source code to design specifications. Performs software testing including developing and running automated unit tests, drafting, and executing structured automated test cases. Compile, assess, and report data results from software testing and analysis.
Develops software solutions for enterprise environments and other technologies. Analyzes and implements functional and non-functional (e.g. performance, availability) requirements and designs, implements, and tests software. Performs operations & maintenance (O&M) of existing systems. Identifies areas for improvement and streamlining. Demonstrated experience with front-end and back-end programing and integration frameworks and tools. Assist in the estimation of development of application features
Provides direct technical support for high level, high visibility and critical trouble calls for supported applications. Works with cross functional teams to develop highly reliable software that runs at scale. Provides recommendations to infuse new technology. Extend open-source libraries and systems as necessary to meet the needs of the team. Play a crucial role in product scoping and roadmap / architecture discussions. Continually evaluate emerging technologies to identify opportunities, trends, and best practices. Mentoring of junior software engineers
REQUIRED
5 years experience troubleshooting servers, with software development knowledge, basic coding and compilation, software architecture/design, user requirements definition, and software specification development.
Knowledge and understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC)., Advanced
Proficient with integrating complex and/or existing systems., Advanced
Knowledge of programming languages (e.g. JavaScript, C, Python, etc.)., Advanced
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal., Advanced
Knowledge of cloud technologies (e.g. AWS, Azure), Proficient
Fundamental knowledge of software engineers' best practices, agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, Advanced
Knowledge of test-first practices including Test-Driven Development (TDD) for unit tests and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) for automated acceptance tests, Advanced
Strong experience with Deployment/Continuous Integration/ Continuous Testing/ Continuous Delivery processes and tools and have expertise in CI/CD tools and framework, Advanced
Knowledge of Code quality and promotion practices, Advanced