Cloud Design Engineer, Level 3 (Cloud Computing)

Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States; on-site

Company

hirify.global develops complex Big-Data cloud and distributed computing systems.

What you will do

• Design, develop, maintain, and enhance complex Big-Data cloud systems and backend processing components.
• Implement Cloud Information Retrieval, MapReduce analytics, distributed coordination, and distributed file-system integrations.
• Architect solutions for efficiently processing, indexing, and retrieving large volumes of data.
• Manage multi-node cloud installations and debug distributed computing frameworks.
• Oversee software development tasks, select appropriate development processes, and improve engineering standards and documentation.
• Delegate programming and testing responsibilities while ensuring software quality and adherence to requirements.

Requirements

• At least 12 years of software engineering experience on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, or an approved experience substitution; a Master’s degree may substitute for two years of experience.
• At least four years of experience with Big-Data cloud technologies or distributed computing, including two years with cloud or distributed-computing information retrieval.
• Five years of experience with Java, object-oriented design and programming, Maven, RESTful web services, and a development environment such as Eclipse.
• Experience with Hadoop technologies such as YARN, MapReduce, Zookeeper, HDFS, HBase, JMS, concurrent programming, or multi-node implementations; experience with Lucene, Solr, or MongoDB is also required.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with an appropriate current polygraph is required, along with the ability to receive privileged access rights.

Nice to have

• Cloudera Certified Hadoop Developer certification.
• Experience with Python, CFEngine, Bash, Ruby, virtualization, network management, and multi-node installation.
• Experience securing cloud and distributed applications with firewalls, PKI certificates, server authentication, and corporate authentication services.
• Experience with SIGINT collection disciplines, geolocation, emitter identification, signal applications, and dataflow architectures.
• Experience with CentOS, Linux/Red Hat, Subversion, ClearQuest, or Razor.

Culture & Benefits

• Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) or IRA retirement plan with matching contributions.
• Basic, voluntary, and AD&D life insurance.
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and public holidays.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage, training and development, and an employee assistance program.