Cloud Design Engineer 2

Annapolis Junction, MD
Full Time
IT Services
Mid Level

About Farfield Systems, Inc

At Farfield we are committed to delivering trusted expertise to our government clients.  As we grow, our focus is on increasing opportunities for you to grow with us while still delivering the same excellence customers have grown to expect from us. We continually evaluate our environment to provide a place where your career is packed with opportunities to grow and you have the ability to demonstrate your passion to our customers.  We focus on building a Team where each employee is a valued member.  Farfield provides support to multiple agencies across the United States Government in many locations. That means many different opportunities to follow your career path without changing companies every few years.

 "Employee driven...Customer focused."  We build, operate and secure networks and infrastructure.


*** Requires a Top Secret/SCI clearance with a polygraph and U.S. Citizenship***

The Cloud Design Engineer develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse Web-Based User Interfaces that interact with Big-Data Cloud systems based upon documented requirements. Directly contributes to all stages of designing, implementing and testing Web-Based User Interfaces that expose data for Big-Data Cloud Based infrastructure using Hadoop Eco-System. Provides expertise in Cloud Technologies, Distributed Computing and how to best display data produced by these technologies. Cloud Designer implements Graphical Web-Based User Interface with usability, security, and performance in mind. Reviews and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results. Resolves software problem reports. Utilizes software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment. Provides specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse.

Basic Qualifications:

1. Eight (8) years software engineering experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity are required; two (2) years of which must be in programs utilizing Big-Data Cloud technologies and/or Distributed Computing. Four (4) years of cloud software engineering experience on projects with similar Big-Data systems may be substituted for a bachelors degree.
2. Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Master in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university may be substituted for two (2) years of experience. Cloudera Certified Hadoop Developer certification may be substituted for one (1) year of Cloud experience.
3. The following Cloud related experiences are required:
4. a. Two (2) year of Web-Based applications that retrieves/stores data in a Cloud Data System
5. b. Two (2) year of building applications that comply with modern Web 2.0 standards
6. c. Two (2) years of Cloud and/or Distributed Computing Information Retrieval (IR)
7. d. One (1) year working with data stored in Cloud Big Table
8. e. One (1) year of analyzing data stored in Cloud Distributed File System
9. Experience in Computer Network Operations - Utility Computing, Network Management, Virtualizations (VMWare or VirtualBox), Cloud Computing
10. Experience in Information Assurance - Securing User Interfaces based on Cloud and Distributed applications that contain disparate data sources and classifications through industry standard techniques such as Firewalls, PKI Certificate, and Server Authentication with experience in Corporate authentication service(s)
11. Experience in Information Technology:
12. a. Object Oriented Design and Programming, Java, Eclipse or similar development environment, MAVEN, RESTful web services
13. b. Interfacing with Cloud and Distributed Computing Technologies: at least one or a combination of several of the following areas - Spring MVC, J2EE, HDFS, HBase, JMS, Concurrent Programming, Multi-Node implementation/installation and other applicable technologies
14. c. Cloud and Distributed Computing Information Retrieval: at least one or a combination of several of the following areas - HDFS, HBASE, Apache Lucene, Apache Solr, MongoDB
15. d. AJAX Cross Browser support: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSP/Servlets, Groovy
16. e. Aspect Oriented Design and Development
17. f. Debugging and Profiling Cloud and Distributed Installations: Java Virtual Machine (JVM) memory management, Profiling Java Applications
18. Experience in SIGINT:
19. a. Experience with at least one SIGINT collection discipline areas (FORNSAT, CABLE, Terrestrial/Microwave, Overhead, ELINT)
20. b. Geolocation, emitter identification, and signal applications
21. c. Joint program collection platforms and dataflow architectures; signals characterization analysis
22. Experience with CentOS, Linux/RedHat; Configuration management tools such as Subversion, ClearQuest, or Razor

Desired Qualifications:

1. Provides in-depth knowledge of Information Retrieval; assisting the software development team in designing, developing and testing Cloud Information Retrieval
2. Propose new ways of analyzing data stored in Cloud Big Table
3. Propose new ways of analyzing data stored in Cloud Distributed File System
4. Oversees one or more software development tasks and ensures the work is completed in accordance with the constraints of the software development process being used on any particular project
5. Ensure quality control of all developed and modified software
6. Make recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards


 

Farfield Systems will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants who are unable to utilize our online application system due to a disability. Please send your request to [email protected] or call us for assistance at 410-874-9363. 


Farfield Systems is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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