GRVTY is hiring a Software Engineer for an onsite role in Chantilly, VA supporting a top project. This position brings together deep software development with systems administration and hands-on integration of cloud and network communication needs. If you hold an active TS/SCI + Polygraph clearance, this is an opportunity to apply your engineering skills in a mission-focused environment.
What you will do
- Gather mission needs and translate them into technical requirements for Sponsor consideration.
- Document and communicate mission requirements clearly for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Collaborate with other technical teams across multiple organizational boundaries to advance mission outcomes.
- Develop and integrate solutions that address client/server communications and requests, including analyzing browser network traffic to understand how data moves.
- Integrate and work with cloud services and components, including AWS Lambda and layers, S3, Batch, EC2, EventBridge, SNS, SQS, IAM roles, DynamoDB, and container services.
- Leverage programming and tooling knowledge across software tools and packages, operating systems, and networking to meet collection needs.
- Transform data between file formats into common formats such as JSON, CSV, or XML.
- Analyze unknown software code, extract relevant fields, and determine or mimic its behavior when needed.
- Build a software testing harness or implement continuous testing methodologies as part of project engineering.
What you bring
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph Clearance (including Polygraph).
- Systems Administration experience.
- Experience analyzing browser network traffic to understand client/server communications and requests.
- Experience integrating cloud services including AWS Lambda and layers, S3, Batch, EC2, EventBridge, SNS, SQS, IAM roles, DynamoDB, and container services.
- Deep experience in software development, backed by a strong programming foundation.
- Demonstrated ability to translate mission needs into technical requirements for Sponsor consideration.
- Proven experience documenting and communicating mission requirements for all audiences.
- Experience working with other technical teams across multiple organizational boundaries.
- Python experience.
- Ability to program efficiently (back-end, not UI) in at least one other programming language besides Python or JavaScript.
- Demonstrated experience installing Linux from scratch and developing complex Unix shell scripts.
- Demonstrated experience using AWS Cloud Development Kits (CDK). (CloudFormation, Terraform, or similar are not substitutes for CDK experience.)
- Experience building/implementing a continuous testing methodology or a testing harness.
Nice to have
- Experience with tools such as IDA Pro, Ghidra, JADX, or APKtool.
- Experience with multiple cloud providers.
- Experience with programming languages beyond Python.
Compensation and benefits
Virginia pay range: $150,000-$250,000.
- Comprehensive benefits
- Work-life balance
- Competitive pay
- Coverage in healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off
Technologies you may work with
TS/SCI, Polygraph Clearance, Python, AWS Lambda, Amazon S3, AWS Batch, Amazon EC2, Amazon EventBridge, Amazon SNS, Amazon SQS, IAM roles, DynamoDB, container services, AWS Cloud Development Kits (CDK), Linux, Unix shell scripts, and common data formats such as JSON, CSV, and XML.
