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Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Cloud Software Engineer in Lanham, Maryland
Science, Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI) is hiring Cloud Software Engineers to join a growing team of cloud experts who help our National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and other public sector customers use the latest cloud capabilities and technologies to support meaningful projects in Earth and environmental science research, engineering, and applications for societal benefit. The current opportunity is supporting cloud migration activities for one of NASA’s Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs), located at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Support areas will cover a broad array of Amazon Web Services (AWS) capabilities with a focus on developing, integrating, and testing new solutions as the LAADS DAAC continues to migrate its extensive data holdings and services into NASA’s Cloud. Successful candidates will have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and be good at collaborating, innovating, and making things happen. They will also be curious learners who seek out cutting-edge research and information to expand and enhance their ability to be ready for what’s next.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science and at least two years of related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience
Two years of demonstrated experience designing, developing, and debugging in cloud environments (AWS)
One year experience with the following AWS components: Lambda, EC2, Step Functions, DynamoDB, RDS, S3 (Standard-IA and Glacier), SQS, SNS, Kinesis, Cloudwatch, API Gateway, Console, CLI
Two years experience with Cloud security including AWS IAM (policies, roles, etc) and VPC concepts (security groups, subnets, etc)
One year experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
Two years of experience programming in Node.js/Javascript, Java, Python, Perl, and/or Bash
Two years of experience with secure software development practices and concepts in Agile environment
Knowledge in managing and using containers and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
Experience with DevOps CI/CD pipeline tools (Git , Bamboo) GitLab, Github, and/or BitBucket
Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases (Postgres, Elastic Search, AWS DynamoDB etc.)
Experience with Representational State Transfer (REST) services and tools (curl, postman, etc)
A minimum of two years experience demonstrating a good understanding of Linux environments (Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS)
Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills
Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
US Citizenship required.
Desired Qualifications:
Demonstrated knowledge of cloud native patterns and micro-service architecture
Knowledge of agile software development practices and associated project management tools (SAFe, Jira, Confluence)
Experience troubleshooting serverless and container-oriented AWS deployments (CloudWatch)
AWS certification (Associate, Professional, and/or Specialty)
Experience with distributed, loosely-coupled and scalable architectures including serverless architecture and frameworks
Experience with NASA Earthdata projects and Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs)
EOE, including disability/vets
Physical Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to touch, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk and hear and occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.