Software Engineer 3

Trinzic is hiring a Software Engineer 3 to help power geospatial data processing, storage, and distribution for USGS Science projects. This hybrid role in Sioux Falls, SD combines leading-edge data workflows with platform work, including integration of Apache Airflow and planning future system migrations to Kubernetes.

What you’ll work on

• Support geospatial data processing, storage, and distribution for USGS Science projects.
• Ensure development activities follow the Software Development Life Cycle and that documentation is maintained.
• Lead, communicate, and coordinate technical status and design/deployment activities with Enterprise Architects, Software Engineers, and the project team.
• Analyze system and user requirements to define and develop software requirements.
• Break down design and development into tasks and provide estimates for assigned work.
• Perform and document preliminary and detailed component designs for software products.
• Manage and participate in peer review processes.

Data, databases, and workflow engineering

• Create, administer, and troubleshoot databases built for large-scale information processing with security in mind.
• Analyze and maintain existing databases, and research new database features to improve capabilities.
• Optimize database systems for performance, including support for query optimization.
• Prepare design specifications and functional documentation for assigned software, database, and user interface tasks.
• Integrate Apache Airflow into current data processing systems to improve Python-based workflow execution.
• Design geospatial processing systems and databases using best practices for on-premises operations and potential future cloud architecture.

Systems architecture and modernization

• Research USGS-approved AI technologies for cost-saving uses.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architects and System Administrators to plan future migrations to Kubernetes containers.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or a related field, plus 5 years of progressive post-baccalaureate related experience.
• 4 years designing, developing, and deploying large-scale applications for geospatial datasets with a focus on scalability, performance, and security.
• 4 years building geospatial processing systems and incorporating image analysis using GIS and image processing tools.
• 4 years developing and optimizing data processing workflows using 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 with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL).
• 3 years managing deployments, automation scripting, and troubleshooting in Unix and Linux.
• 3 years integrating software components and enabling secure communication via Web Services and APIs as part of enterprise solutions.
• 2 years performing tuning, query optimization, backup/recovery, and ensuring secure handling of large datasets in database administration (Postgres and MySQL).
• 1 year deploying and managing containerized applications using containerization.
• 1 year working with on-premise systems and contributing to planning for future cloud-computing architectures.

Technology focus

Python, JavaScript, Node.js, React, Apache Airflow, Geographic Information System, Image Processing, Relational Databases, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL, Unix, Linux, Web Services, APIs, Postgres, containerization, Kubernetes

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