Software Engineer
Clearance Level: Must be able to obtain an Active Secret Clearance - Must be US Citizen
Location: Candidates should expect to be mostly onsite with flexibility to work from home 1-2 days/week. Lexington, MA
At Aquila Technology, you will see our team’s passion every day, whether we are building a robust, policy-compliant IT system or stress-testing a system to identify gaps and security vulnerabilities. To own the advantage, we ensure our team owns results and gets the work done right the first time by deploying smart, purposeful solutions that work. Aquila is the right people with the right skills driving the right outcomes. We call this the Aquila Advantage.
Aquila Technology is looking for a highly skilled Software Engineer to support one of the nation’s leading defense research organizations.
Come and help defend the nation in cyberspace! The Software Engineer will be join a team who researches challenging technical problems in cyber security, develop new technologies, and prototype first-of-a-kind systems. The team has a particular focus on enabling human operators and improving operational systems, orienting our work toward strong practical impact.
You will work across a variety of cutting-edge national-security applications including but not limited to:
- Enhancing the cyber security and resilience of critical infrastructure and other operational technology
- Quantifying risk posed by adversary cyber threats to key national security missions
- Helping the nation’s cyber operators do their jobs better, faster, and at greater scale
- Creating game-changing capabilities for defensive cyberspace operations
- Protecting and defending emerging U.S. systems for conducting Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2)
- Developing techniques to coordinate actions for emerging mission scenarios combining cyber and other mission domains such as air, land, sea, and space
Primary role as an implementer and integrator will be to:
- Architect, develop, and deploy cloud native services using modern frameworks and container/orchestration technologies. Design and develop modern microservices (e.g. Python, Java, Node). Include API design, service implementation, testing and validation, security and deployment in a modern deployment infrastructure (e.g. Kubernetes, Istio)
- Design and implement data integration pipelines to ingest, transform, adapt, and synchronize diverse data sources. (e.g. Apache NiFi, Kafka / Kafka Connect, Pulsar, Cribl)
- Perform data analysis (e.g. SQL, Python Pandas) to understand and investigate cyber-related data
- Create intuitive data visualizations and dashboards to communicate results clearly to technical and non technical stakeholders (e.g. Kibana, Superset, Grafana)
- Infrastructure Automation and deployments with Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes and Terraform. This includes developing automation for configuration and deployment of the software services to AWS and ESX environments using containers and Ansible, and including infrastructure configuration with Terraform. This task also includes using automation to secure and harden deployed services.
- The software engineer will also perform related testing, and compose, compile, and maintain documentation for users and administrators. A secondary role will be to assist the development team in the planning and execution of effective agile software development practices.
Must Have:
- Bachelor's Degree
- 3 years Software Unit Testing
- 3 years Software Documentation
- 3 years Development experience on a Linux platform
- 3 years GIT/GITHUB
- 3 years Java/J2EE/JEE (JSP, SERVLETS, JDBC, JSTL, SOAP)
- 3 years Java Development
- 3 years JavaScript Development
- 3 years Object Oriented Software Design and Development
- 3 years Python
- 3 years Software Design/Development
- 3 years XML and SQL
- 3 years Docker
- 3 years Maven or Gradle, Git / Gitlab, Make / Autotools
- 3 years Automated Build/Test environment (e.g., Bamboo)
- 3 years DevSecOps environments (Github, Jfrog, Jenkins, GitLab, Fortify, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
- 1 years Orchestration (Kubernetes/k8s, Tanzu, OpenShift, Rancher)
Required:
- Experience developing non-trivial applications using Python, Java, Angular, JSON, Maven
- Experience with SQL
- Experience with source code version control systems (i.e., git & Github)
- Experience building secure software systems using secure software development best practices
- Experience using (i.e. development for, configuration, deployment) Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes
- Unit testing and integration testing
- Developing, debugging, and executing software in a Windows and Linux environment.
- Producing, editing and maintaining documentation aimed at users and other developers
- Experience working in agile, scrum-based teams
- Experience with software build systems (e.g. Bamboo, Jenkins)
- Experience with user interface technologies (e.g. Javascript, HTML, CSS)
- The software engineer must have a willingness to take on new technologies and work in areas and take on responsibilities that they are not necessarily an expert in.
- The software engineer must be able to communicate, collaborate and work effectively within our JADC2 related systems.
Preferred:
- Experience with Python data analysis tools (e.g. Pandas)
- Experience with Elastic Stack, Apache NIFI, Superset
- Experience with middleware and messaging platforms (e.g. Kafka, ActiveMQ)
Benefits and Perks:
Aquila team members experience the opportunity to be part of a fast-paced, customer-focused, and technically innovative work environment. Aquila strives to deliver the best of the best in technical services to our customers. Candidates that possess a love for technical challenges, a desire to constantly learn, and the desire to establish themselves as critical players within a team will enjoy calling Aquila Technology home.
Our Perks Include:
PTO - 15 days (vacation/sick) 10 paid holidays - 6 standard (New Year’s, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas) - 4 floating holidays prorated based on your day of hire:
- 1.5 paid days, or 12 hours, for approved volunteer work
- 1 week of paid maternity/paternity LOA after 1 year of Full-time employment
Tuition & Training Reimbursement- 5K annually for pre-approved, Eligible full-time team members who have completed a minimum ofsix (6) months of employment may apply for tuition reimbursement for approved, job-related courses taken through an accredited college or university. Team members must achieve a grade of “B” or better to qualify for reimbursement.Aquila will reimburse up to $5,000 per fiscal year for tuition expenses only. Expenses related to training programs, certifications, books, materials, meals, transportation, or other non-tuition costs are not eligible under the Tuition Reimbursement Program. All tuition reimbursement requests must be submitted to and approved by the team member’s Manager prior to course registration. Reimbursement will be issued upon successful course completion and submission of final grades and proof of payment.
401K with Fidelity - Eligible to participate following 90 days of employment. Company match on employee contribution:
- $1/$1 up to 3%, then .50 cents / $1 for 4th and 5th %s
- Fully vested from day one
- Company match does not apply to catch-up contribution
Cell Phone & Internet Reimbursed up to $150 monthly to cover cell phone, data, and home internet expenses. Aquila Technology will reimburse team members who work from home ONLY for cell phone/mobile device fees for work-related communications and/or operations each month. Employees eligible for this benefit must work remote 2 days a week or more to qualify.
Buy Your Own Device (BYOD) - Team members are eligible for reimbursement of up to $1,500 every three (3) years for the purchase of electronic equipment used to access corporate services. To qualify for this benefit, employees must have completed a minimum of six (6) months of employment and must agree to and sign the Device Minimum Configuration Form prior to reimbursement. Electronic devices eligible under the Buy Your Own Device (BYOD) program are limited to cell phones, laptops, and tablets.
Interview: Interview procedures will be either onsite or via video conference and may consist of initial one on one and may advance to panel interview.
Work location: Hybrid — Candidates should expect to be mostly onsite with flexibility to work from home 1-2 days/week.
Clearance: Active clearance is preferred; however, MIT LL will consider candidates with the ability to obtain interim clearance for assignment.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer