Principal Software Engineer, Chameleon Consulting Group, Herndon, VA
Chameleon Consulting Group -
Herndon, VA,
US
Principal Software Engineer
Date Posted: 2024-06-18
Job description
Company Overview
CCG is a technology company focused on equipping customers with the capabilities and support to conduct intelligent and successful cyber operations. We do this by finding the most talented engineers and operators in the country, give them some of the most challenging problems facing the US government, and help them unleash their creativity and problem-solving skills. Excellence is our standard and mission success is our metric.
Role
This position is for a software developer that enjoys writing code that automates agents to perform certain actions given certain inputs. The software is largely written in Golang on top of Kubernetes. There are opportunities to apply AI techniques on the decision making components of the system, and to innovate in approaches.
Responsibilities
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status
CCG is a technology company focused on equipping customers with the capabilities and support to conduct intelligent and successful cyber operations. We do this by finding the most talented engineers and operators in the country, give them some of the most challenging problems facing the US government, and help them unleash their creativity and problem-solving skills. Excellence is our standard and mission success is our metric.
Role
This position is for a software developer that enjoys writing code that automates agents to perform certain actions given certain inputs. The software is largely written in Golang on top of Kubernetes. There are opportunities to apply AI techniques on the decision making components of the system, and to innovate in approaches.
Responsibilities
- Participate and lead design and architecture of back-end systems
- Develop robust and high-quality software, putting the user's requirements first and always driving towards a working product on-time
- Integrate and build testing into product family
- Facilitate delivery and deployment of operational capabilities
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance (note, only US Citizens are eligible for security clearances)
- Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Degree requirement can be met with four years of hands on experience in a software engineer or similar full time position
- Must be able to demonstrate the ability to develop software based capabilities - this is typically achieved after a minimum of 5 years of full time industry experience and a bachelors degree
- Experience providing daily guidance and oversight to other engineers
- Experience contributing to or leading the design of new capabilities
- Proficient in two or more of the the following programming languages - Python, GO, C/C++, JAVA, or RUST
- Proficient in containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Podman)
- Proficient with container orchestration using Kubernetes
- Comfortable and proficient in Linux-based development environments
- Working knowledge of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL)
- Ability to collaborate as a team but execute independently
- Comfortable in a high-trust, adaptable, team environment
- Current US TS/SCI security clearance
- More than 5 years of industry experience in a software engineer or similar role in the Cyber Operation Domain
- Experience communicating with customers and end-users
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status