Senior Developer

ECS is seeking a Senior Developer to work in our Fairfax, VA office.

ECS is looking for a Senior Developer to support the development of an integrated solution to visualize cyber security related data. The supported system is comprised of multiple Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) and open-source products, software configuration packages, and custom code which work together to operate as a single integrated solution. ECS is responsible for developing and delivering custom components that work with the prescribed, pre-installed COTS and open-source components. The prospect will work as part of an agile development team and will produce code to support the solution as well as become involved in systems design and analysis efforts.

We are seeking a problem solver who enjoys the challenge of tackling technical tasks and problems with little oversight. The ideal candidate will also enjoy working on technical research efforts and various technical design and delivery initiatives. A strong desire and aptitude for learning is a must since the solution is rapidly evolving, along with requirements, technologies, and threats. Successful candidates will have demonstrated experience writing well-structured code and the ability to integrate new technologies and products into their work. Candidates should also have a solid understanding of application architecture and interfaces as well as experience with data modeling, hands on configuration, performance tuning, and monitoring/optimizing of distributed data storage stacks (e.g. Elasticsearch).

Requirements:

• Strong Python skills and familiarity with common libraries like Pandas, BeautifulSoup, NumPy, Boto3 etc.

• Strong Elastic Stack skills both Kibana and Elasticsearch

• 10+ years of experience developing enterprise-level applications and supporting end-to-end systems development and delivery in an Agile environment.

• 10+ years of experience with systems integration (i.e. integrating functions between applications, experience with ETL/ELT workflows, work with API's, expertise with scripting).

• 5+ years for experience mocking data and authoring and performing code and integration tests.

• 5+ years of experience leading technical analysis efforts, to evaluate new methodologies and technologies, make recommendations that meet requirements and optimally deliver technical capabilities.

• 5+ years developing microservice based applications utilizing modern tools and components such as containers, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS ECR/ECS/EKS/Fargate, and container registries.

• 5+ years leveraging git code repositories (e.g. GitHub) and using GitHub actions.

• 5+ years incorporating Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) capabilities into development lifecycle.

• Advanced level expertise querying data to include aggregations, calculations, and producing metrics from data.

• Expert level experience designing and implementing data visualizations.

• Expertise with one or more message queuing systems. RabbitMQ or Kafka preferred.

• Intermediate level expertise creating data pipelines to include ETL and streaming data such as log data or tool/sensor data to indices. Experience with Splunk forwarders, Kafka, Logstash, Beats, or ES python.

• Intermediate level expertise with data modeling, hands on configuration, tuning and operating of distributed data storage stacks.

• Excellent written and oral communication

• Must be a US Citizen and able to acquire DHS Suitability

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