
SME Software Engineer
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Job Description
Description of Task to be Performed:
AnaVation is seeking a highly skilled Senior-Level Software Engineer to join our team and lead the design, development, testing, and management of application development projects that support critical IT infrastructure, including large-scale data processing, computationally intensive statistical modeling, and advanced analytics within a forensic and investigative ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and manage application development projects in support of IT infrastructure
- Integrate third-party components and introduce new custom capabilities
- Modify existing code and recommend process improvements
- Automate operations and maintenance tasks
- Develop and implement technical efforts for large-scale data processing and advanced analytics
- Participate in all aspects of the software development life cycle
- Contribute to planning, requirements, development, testing, and quality assurance
- Participate in technical project milestone reviews and code architecture sessions
- Provide resource estimation and development best practices knowledge transfer
- Participate in Program Increments (PIs) and Agile Release Train (ART) activities
- Support the multi-enclave environment (Unclassified, Secret, and Top Secret)
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in software engineering
- Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and the ability to obtain a CI Poly
- Expert knowledge in Angular
- Strong understanding of forensic and investigative system requirements
- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing complex software solutions in secure government environments
- One or more programming languages: Java, .NET(C#), Python
- Complex system architecture design
- Message brokers such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, and Redis
- Elasticsearch, Splunk, and other data platforms
- Containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Cloud platforms (AWS GovCloud, SC2S, C2S)
- Object-oriented design and development
- Relational Databases and SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL)
- REST API development and integration
- Git and other source control management systems
- Unit testing and test-driven development
- DevSecOps practices and tools
- Frontend frameworks (Angular, React, Svelte)
- Data streaming and integration technologies such as Apache Nifi
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
- GraphQL
- Microservices architecture
- Performance optimization and scalability design · Security engineering principles
Preferred Qualifications:
- ElasticSearch/ OpenSearch
- ETL pipelines
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
- Cloud certification
- Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
- 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
- 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
- 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
- 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
- Competitive Pay
- Generous paid leave and holiday package
- Tuition and training reimbursement
- Life and AD&D Insurance
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