Software Architect, Journeyman: DCGS- FOSSemper Valens Solutions
Job Summary
Top Secret/SCI Clearance
Job Description:
Responsibilities
The SWE will provide functional and empirical analysis related to the testing of software systems. The SWE's full time duty location will be onsite at APG.
Must have experience in the following:
- Collaborate with system users, product owners, and technical stakeholders to translate mission and operational needs into software, cloud, infrastructure, and system requirements.
- Design, develop, integrate, test, and maintain software applications and supporting services in an Agile/DevSecOps environment.
- Develop and maintain cloud-based infrastructure, platforms, and services to support application hosting, testing, deployment, and sustainment.
- Design and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions to provision, configure, and manage cloud resources in a repeatable and scalable manner.
- Build, maintain, and improve Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using tools such as Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins, and related automation tools.
- Administer and support source-code repositories, branching strategies, code reviews, build processes, artifact management, and release procedures.
- Develop, deploy, configure, and sustain containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, and related container orchestration technologies.
- Manage the Kubernetes container lifecycle, including image creation, deployment configuration, scaling, service exposure, monitoring, troubleshooting, and customization.
- Integrate security practices into the software development lifecycle, including automated code scanning, dependency scanning, configuration validation, and secure deployment processes.
- Support implementation of DevSecOps practices that improve software delivery speed, reliability, traceability, and security compliance.
- Perform functional and empirical analysis of software systems to identify defects, performance issues, integration risks, and opportunities for improvement.
- Troubleshoot and resolve software, infrastructure, cloud, network, container, and integration issues across development, test, and production-like environments.
- Monitor application and infrastructure health, availability, performance, logging, and operational metrics; recommend and implement corrective actions as needed.
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure software solutions are interoperable with existing systems, hardware, interfaces, and mission applications.
- Produce and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, deployment guides, configuration baselines, test results, standard operating procedures, and user documentation.
- Apply software engineering best practices, including modular design, version control, peer review, automated testing, secure coding, and configuration management.
- Kubernetes: Container lifecycle, create & customize
- Scripting: PowerShell, Batch
- Front-end Web Design
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering or other Engineering or Technical discipline is required.
- Three (3) years' experience within the last 5 years.
- Minimum five (5) years of relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.
About Semper Valens Solutions:
Semper Valens Solutions, Inc. (SVS) is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) providing Cost Effective Software and Systems Engineering, Field Support, Training and Full Life cycle Support Management to the DOD and VA community.
At Semper Valens, our vision is to remain a creative, cutting edge and cost-effective solutions provider where our shared intellect, industry experience, and technology excellence, make a positive difference in our customer's success. Our solutions help bridge the gap between IT and business prioritizations to optimize budgets, risks and operational processes.
We search for outstanding technical professionals, hiring at all levels of the experience spectrum; intermediate, journeyman and senior. Consider us for your career plan.
Semper Valens Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Semper Valens Solutions proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital/parental status, pregnancy/childbirth, or related conditions, physical or mental disability, genetic information, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active-Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position with Semper Valens Solutions through its online applicant system, please contact Semper Valens Solutions Human Resources Department at (830) 899-6870.
Semper Valens Solutions is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer - minorities, females, disabled, and protected veterans are urged to apply. Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws.
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