Senior Developer
ECS Corporate Services

ECS is seeking a Senior Developer to work in our Fairfax, VA office.

Job Description:

ECS is looking for a Senior Developer to support the development of an integrated solution to visualize cyber security related data. The Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Dashboard is comprised of multiple Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) and open-source products, software configuration packages and custom code which work together to operate as a single dashboard solution, tailored to meet DHS requirements. ECS is responsible for designing the complete Dashboard solution, and for developing and delivering custom components that work with the prescribed, pre-installed COTS and open-source components. This position will work as part of an agile development team to conduct systems design, analysis and development of the solution.

We are seeking a problem solver, who enjoys the challenge of tackling technical tasks and problems with little oversight, and connecting dots to think at the broader, solution level. The ideal candidate will also enjoy mentoring and coaching more junior level resources, and leading various technical design and delivery initiatives. A strong desire and aptitude for learning is a must - our solution is rapidly evolving, along with new requirements, technologies and the threat landscape. Successful candidates will have demonstrated experience writing well-structured code and applications using coding best practices to deliver enterprise applications. Candidates should have a solid understanding of application architecture and interfaces as well as experience with data modeling, hands on configuration, performance tuning and monitoring/optimizing of distributed data storage stacks (e.g. Elasticsearch).

Required Skills:

• 10+ years' experience developing enterprise-level applications and supporting end-to-end systems development and delivery in an Agile environment.
• 10+ years' experience with systems integration (i.e. moving data from one system to another, integrating functions between applications, experience with ETL, work with API's, advanced level expertise with scripting languages ,Python preferred).
• 5+ years' experience leading technical analysis efforts, to evaluate new methodologies and technologies, make recommendations that meet requirements and optimally deliver technical capabilities.
• Advanced level expertise querying data to include aggregations, calculations, and producing metrics from data.
• Expert level experience designing and implementing data visualizations. Experience with Kibana, Splunk, or Grafana preferred.
• Advanced level expertise with one or more message queuing systems. RabbitMQ or Kafka preferred.
• Intermediate level expertise creating data pipelines to include ETL and streaming data such as log data or tool/sensor data to indices. Experience with Splunk forwarders, Kafka, Logstash, Beats, or ES/Splunk python.
• Intermediate level expertise with data modeling, hands on configuration, tuning and operating of distributed data storage stacks. Open-source tools including Kafka, Logstash, Beats, Elasticsearch, Kibana, or Splunk preferred.
• Excellent written and oral communication, must be comfortable presenting information both internally, and to customers.
• Commitment to improving the cyber security posture of DHS + Federal Agencies
• Must be a US Citizen and able to acquire DHS Suitability

Desired Skills:

Candidates will benefit from having these skills, experience and understanding:

• Experience working with cyber tools, technologies and missions.
• Experience working within code repositories, esp. Git/GitHub.
• Understanding of machine learning, and it's use in anomaly detection.
• Contributor to open-source projects.
• Experience with ALM tools, esp. Jira.
• Experience with tools in both Linux and Windows environments.
• Understand current cyber exploits, attack methodology, and detection techniques using a wide variety of security products including COTS and open source.
• Cloud workload experience (Amazon Web Services, Azure).

ECS is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, status as a crime victim, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. ECS promotes affirmative action for minorities, women, disabled persons, and veterans.

ECS is a leading mid-sized provider of technology services to the United States Federal Government. We are focused on people, values and purpose. Every day, our 3800+ employees focus on providing their technical talent to support the Federal Agencies and Departments of the US Government to serve, protect and defend the American People.

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