Software Engineer 3

KBR seeks a Software Engineer 3 in Sioux Falls, SD (hybrid) to lead geospatial data processing, storage and distribution for USGS projects, and to drive the design, development and deployment of large-scale applications and infrastructure with a focus on the Software Development Life Cycle and collaboration with Enterprise Architects and other engineers.

Responsibilities

• Support processing, storage and distribution of geospatial data for USGS science projects.
• Ensure software activities align with established Software Development Life Cycle processes.
• Lead and coordinate activities and provide status updates with Enterprise Architects, software engineers and other project team members across the design, development and deployment of large-scale applications and infrastructure.
• Analyze system and user requirements to define software requirements.
• Identify design and development tasks and produce estimates.
• Create preliminary and detailed designs for software components and document them.
• Follow established processes and maintain documentation.
• Manage and participate in peer review processes.
• Create, administer and troubleshoot large-scale databases while ensuring security.
• Analyze and maintain existing databases and explore new features.
• Tune database systems for performance and assist users with query optimization.
• Prepare design specifications and functional documentation for software, database and user interface tasks.
• Integrate Apache Airflow into data processing systems to enhance Python workflows.
• Design geospatial processing systems and databases using best practices for on-premises deployments and potential future cloud architectures.
• Explore USGS approved AI technologies to identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architects and System Administrators to plan future migrations to Kubernetes container deployments.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems or a related field, plus at least 5 years of progressive related work experience.
• 4 years designing, developing and deploying large-scale geospatial data processing, storage and distribution applications with a focus on scalability, performance and security.
• 4 years building geospatial processing systems and incorporating image analysis capabilities via GIS and image processing tools.
• 4 years developing and optimizing data processing workflows with Python.
• 4 years creating interactive user interfaces and backend services for enterprise applications using JavaScript, including Node.js and React.
• 3 years designing schemas, writing optimized queries, and supporting large-scale transactional and analytical workloads in relational databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL.
• 3 years managing deployments, automation scripting and troubleshooting in Unix and Linux environments.
• 3 years integrating software components and enabling secure communication between systems via Web Services and APIs as part of enterprise solutions.
• 2 years performing tuning, query optimization, backup and recovery, and secure handling of large datasets in database administration, including Postgres and MySQL.
• 1 year deploying and managing containerized applications.
• 1 year working with on-premise systems and contributing to planning for future cloud architectures.

Technologies

• Python
• Apache Airflow
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• SQL
• Node.js
• React
• JavaScript
• Kubernetes
• Unix
• Linux

Benefits

• Telecommuting is permitted up to 3 days per week.

How to apply

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