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Career Opportunities for Talented IT Professionals
Currently seeking CLEARED & talented IT professionals
IT professionals
Benefits information
- 401K with 15% employer contribution/ fully vested at 1 year anniversary.
- Five (5) weeks comprehensive annual leave (25 days).
- Additional leave can be earned in lieu of overtime.*
- 11 Paid Federal Government Holidays.
- Up to $5,000 annually for individually tailored education / training program.
- All education plans must be pre-approved by Advantage Engineering management.
- Life Insurance at 1x annual salary with employee option to purchase additional coverage for self and dependents.
- Short-term and long-term disability.
- We contribute a generous portion towards the cost of monthly medical plans for any of the three medical, 1 dental and 1 vision plan provided by CareFirst.
- All employees are eligible to earn generous incentive and performance bonuses.
Network Engineer III- Software and System Testing
Required Skills:
- NSX/NSX-T
- Dell Z9000/Force 10 networking
- Cisco networking
- Vmware
Desired Skills:
- N/A
CNO Analyst/Programmer II (Windows)
Required Skills:
- Windows development experience (Visual Studio)
- C++ development experience
- Python development experience
- Debugging Windows programs (windbg)
- Subversion
Desired Skills:
- Understanding of Windows kernel constructs
- Windows kernel development experience
- Automated unit testing experience
- MSBuild property sheet development and troubleshooting
CNO Analyst/Programmer III
Required Skills:
- Unix/Linux development experience
- Strong C programming skills
- Python development experience
- Subversion
Desired Skills:
- C++ programming experience
- Java programming experience
- Embedded experience
- Mobile experience
- Networking experience
- Works well within a growing team
CNO Analyst/Programmer II (Unix/Linux)
Required Skills:
- •Unix/Linux development experience
- •Strong C programming skills
- •Python development experience
- •Subversion
Desired Skills:
- C++ programming experience
- Java programming experience
- Embedded experience
- Mobile experience
- Networking experience
- Works well within a growing team
Software Engineer III- Mid-Level Developer
Required Skills:
- Knowledge of the CentOS/RedHat Linux operating systems (Versions 6.5 and 7.x) to include the configuration of detached network storage, LDAP management and configuration, network interface configuration, firewall and syslog configurations.
- Experience with Ansible
- Experience with GitLab or some other configuration management utility
- Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Bash)
- Fluent in Puppet configuration management tool
- Experience with open source SIMP software suite and its capabilities
- Technical understanding and communication skills to provide customer integration support.
- Experience working within an Agile development framework and being able to effectively write User Stories and Acceptance Criteria
- Participate in Sprint Demos and effectively communicate with Product Owner
Desired Skills:
- Experience with Python
- Experience with C++
- Experience with Docker
- Experience with Foreman
Description:
- Able to integrate FOSS products and tools into a disconnected environment (e.g., work through RPM dependencies)
- Able to integrate FOSS products while adhering to security and customer requirements
- Identify and resolve existing bugs/shortcomings in code base
- Provide Tier 3 support to end users as it relates to Linux, Puppet, or SIMP issues
- Troubleshooting performance problems on production systems
- Implement, review, and package code base to deliver a cohesive product along with supporting documentation
Software Engineer III-Data Scientist Engineer
Required Skills:
- Strong domain knowledge of network metadata and protocols
- Network analysis
- Analytic development experience using scripting languages such as Python and Scala to use statistical libraries against data
- Skilled with big data processing frameworks such as Pig, MapReduce and Spark to scale algorithms over large volumes of data
- Desire to work with network metadata to include deep packet inspection generated data, alerting data, and netflow in order to generate insights about network behavior
- Experience employing combination (2 or more) of analysis, computer science, mathematics, and software engineering skills to devise strategies for extracting meaning and value from large datasets
- Experience with statistics and analytics and data mining
- Experience or knowledge working with data generated by Bro, Snort, Suricata, and Netflow sensors
- Experience working with notebook style data analysis tools to present analytic workflows
- Skilled working with development and SE teams, other stakeholders agencies, and leadership
- Knowledge of data indexing and storage methodologies for analytic outputs
- Strong communication and presentation skills required
Desired Skills:
- Experience working with cloud service providers and data stewards
- Demonstrated experience working with corporate query and visualization tools
- Experience with machine learning
Description:
- Devise strategies to extract meaning and value from structured and unstructured data
- Leverage statistical methods and/or machine learning to discover patterns and behaviors of entities
- Use query and visualization tools to present question focused datasets in a story like manner
- Work with network metadata to develop new methodologies and techniques for detection of abnormal behavior
- Analyze and develop requirements to support the characterization and ingestion of new and existing data types
- Collaborate with customer teams to understand direct mission needs and requirements
Software Engineer II- Developer
Required Skills:
- 3 or more years experience as a Linux administrator or Power User (Red Hat derivatives preferred)
- Experience with Git
- Experience with scripting languages such as Ruby (preferred), Python, PERL, etc...
- Self-motivated and willing to learn
- Experience or familiarity with Puppet 4.0 and later
- General system administration skills managing services like LDAP, BIND, DHCP, PAM, NFS
Description:
- Must have a general understanding of the full Operating System stack
- Responsible for managing and automating Linux tools and services using Puppet
- Must be adaptable to be able to work in a rapidly changing and fast moving environment
- Must be security-focused, familiar with SSL and PKI, and understand the importance of systems integrity for compliance
- Willing to take on new and different tasks and work as part of a team
Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) III
Required Skills:
- Thorough understanding of the RMF process (Risk Management Framework)
- Highly Experienced with XACTA, LatteArt, Biscotti & SEAR
- Working knowledge of DoDI 8500.2 “Information Assurance.”
- Thorough understanding of NIST 800-53, NIST 800-37, DCID 6/3, and the NISPOM
- Experienced with government accreditation requirements under DITSCAP and DIACAP.
- Familiar with Nessus or CyborgBunny.
- Experience in evaluating, testing, certification and accreditation of classified and sensitive but unclassified information systems.
- Experienced with analysis and evaluation of hardware and software in support of the Intelligence Community (IC).
- Able to apply current computer security technologies and IA requirements to maintain system security posture.
- Responsible for maintaining and enforcing approved security policies, standards and guidelines
Description:
- Develop system security documentation in support of authorization and continuous monitoring under the DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF)
- Coordinate with DAOs Data Owners, SAs and devs for Security relevant changes to SSPs
- Monitor/maintain SSPs for hardware and software changes
- Participate in a wide range of security issues including architectures, firewalls, electronic data traffic, and network access
- Ensures systems are operated, maintained, and disposed of in accordance with internal security policies and practices outlined in the System Security Plan
- Ensures that all system users have the requisite security clearances, authorization, and need-to-know, and are aware of their security responsibilities before granting access
- Research and report on CSIRs
- Review audit events for information systems and address events/incidents that occur with stakeholders.
- Ensures all information system security-related documentation is current and accessible to properly authorized individuals
- Maintains records, outlining required patches/system upgrades that have been accomplished throughout the information system's life cycle
- Update Biscotti by coordinating with SAs and reporting IAVA status
- Create and maintain Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM) as required
- Ensures that all systems/network are compliant and in scope of current accreditation
- Coordinate Nessus or CyborgBunny scans as required
- Evaluates proposed changes or additions to the information system, and advises the Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM) of their security relevance
- Participate in internal / external security audits/inspections
- Directs program system administrators on security matters
Software Analyst Systems Architect II- Software Developer
Required Skills:
- Provide software development support for multiple, browser-based node-link graphing applications and support tools.
- Create and provide software updates to meet requirements
- Respond to user requests for support
- Develop and maintain integration documentation through the use of APIs
- Monitor and maintain product operational environments
- Resolve issues of interoperability between products and other associated programs or systems
- Adhere to the products agile software development process
Responsibilities include:
- Translating requirements and customer feedback into actionable designs for software developers
- Configuration Management of development servers (virtual & physical) for continuous integration and deployment of product releases
- Application Testing
- Application release planning
- Creating mockups, wireframes, HTML/CSS for new features
- User interface, front-end development to include styling and CSS bug fixes
Required Skills:
- Experience developing with Java, JavaScript, Java Build/Development tools
Preferred Skills:
- Working with Data Visualization platforms /data
- jQuery
- Visual Studio
- Apache
- Mongo
- Git
- JIRA / Confluence
Software Analyst Systems Architect II- Junior Software Developer
Overall Responsibilities:
The junior software developer will be required to help develop components for an existing system, which is a small Oracle database. Must be able to adapt to rapidly changing requirements. This position has great opportunities to learn new technologies (e.g. SOA, Cloud).
Desired Skills:
- Basic experience with Glassfish, JBoss, Tomcat
Required Skills:
- Strong analytical/problem solving skills
- Adaptable to changing requirements
- Basic/Intermediate knowledge of JAVA
- Basic knowledge of JSF
- Basic scripting experience (BASH, KSH, Python, etc.)
- Basic Oracle development experience
- Experience in working in an Agile environment
- Basic knowledge of ATLASSIAN tools.
System Administrator III
Responsibilities include:
- Analyze system logs and identifying potential issues with computer systems.
- Introduce and integrate new technologies into existing data center environments.
- Performing routine audit of systems and software.
- Applying operating system updates, patches, and configuration changes.
- Installing and configuring new hardware and software.
- Adding, removing, or updating user account information, resetting passwords, etc.
- Answer technical queries and assist developers and end users.
- Responsible for security of the system.
- Responsible for documenting the configuration of the system.
- Troubleshoot any reported problems.
- System performance tuning.
- Configuring, adding, and deleting file systems
- Build new development, test and production environments utilizing Dell Blade servers and VMware.
- Install and configure VMware ESX server on Dell Blades.
- Install and configures VMware Infrastructure Server.
- Build Active Directory Domain Servers.
- Install and configure infrastructure related software such as DNS, McAfee EPO Servers, CENTRIFY, LDAP and Linux repositories for patching and updates.
- Performed daily task of all virtual environments to include building new virtual machines, updating DNS and troubleshooting system problems.
- OS (Linux)
- Create documentation for builds and upgrades.
- Install and configure infrastructure applications and support integration with critical application environment.
- Patch and update Linux and VM systems.
- Support Certification and Accreditation of Systems.
- Tier III support
System Engineer II
Required Skills:
- Experience in a technical leadership role, leading projects and programs for Government or Industry customers
- Experience gathering requirements; worked with customer to capture end user system use cases, and to translate user requirements to technical requirements
- Developed system architecture document, system boundaries diagrams, internal and external dataflow of the system, process models and concept of operations
- Experience in full life cycle of project which includes, management, infrastructure design and security and data integrity controls
- Conduct requirements review with the customer, addressing requirements review issues, obtain government approval for requirements
- Experience in the following: Designing complex systems; integrating systems using multiple operating systems (Solaris, Linux, and Windows 2000); performing tradeoff studies; System performance analysis.
- Experience developing, delivering, testing and supporting integrated hardware and software systems using recognized industry recognized process management
Opportunity is knocking- apply with Advantage today!
If you are seeking a challenging, creative position that utilizes your unique IT skill set, call the Advantage team to begin your application for one of our available contract positions. We are constantly on the lookout for new talent to help us raise the bar even higher for unparalleled success and innovative solutions for our Maryland-based clients. Contact us today at 703-463-8524 to take the next steps toward becoming an Advantage IT professional.
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