IT - Software Engineer IV

Alpha Consulting Corp. is a company seeking a Software Engineer IV to contribute to the design, development, testing, and evaluation of software and systems. The role involves collaborating with hardware engineers, analyzing user needs, and ensuring software standards are met while working within a project team.

Responsibilities:

• Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software
• Determines computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems
• Ensures software standards are met. Analyzes user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints
• Confers with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design system and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces
• Designs, develops and modifies software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design
• Coordinates software system installations and monitors equipment functioning to ensure specifications are met
• Modify existing databases and database management systems
• Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system or direct others in coding descriptions
• Work as part of a project team to coordinate database development and determine project scope and limitations
• Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project
• Review and approve the modification of existing databases and database management systems
• Instruct staff to write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system
• Direct database development and approve project scope and limitations
• Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project
• Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure
• Approve, schedule, plan and supervise the installation and testing of new products and improvements to computer systems
• Develop standards and guidelines to guide the use and acquisition of software and to protect vulnerable information

Requirements:

• Fully adjudicated DoD Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree and 8-10 years of relevant experience
• Working knowledge of AWS ecosystem & implement cloud-native software solutions on AWS
• Knowledge and experience working with Relational & NoSQL Databases. (Oracle, PostgreSQL, Dynamodb)
• Must be proactive and able to perform in a fast-paced Agile environment providing timely deliverables
• Strong Problem-solving skills, Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to effectively communicate technical information
• Experience in manipulating XML payloads to conform pre-defined XSD schemas
• Experience with REACT (familiar with Module Federation and or MFE (Micro Front Ends), and component library experience is a bonus
• Experience with Spring Boot and or Node.js API, & API Integration gateways (Java, and or JS)
• Experience with Backend Data Integration (SQL such as Postgres, and Data Connection Elements)
• Experience taking direction from an Architect
• Experience (not a SME, just some understanding) with Gitlab, CI/CD Pipelines and preferably DoD DEVSECOPs
• Experience with AGILE, and SCRUM
• At least some Experience with Docker, or Fargate, or EKS, and NGINX is a must
• Experience AWS GovCloud and SRG approved Native Services
• Requires Security+ certification or ability to obtain within 30 days
• Optional skills is SonarQube, Postman and or Swagger, and code vulnerability scanning