GA-CCRi maintains and deploys production systems for users across the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, and commercial industry. We build and develop best-in-class all domain and globally focused situational awareness capabilities, including THRESHER and DRAGONSPELL, that process petabytes of data from numerous streaming data sources in near real time. Our systems apply state-of-the-art algorithms and machine learning techniques to extract features and fuse data from multiple phenomenologies to form a rich live view of objects in the sky, on the sea, and on the ground. Our rapidly growing suite of federal software solutions are used by thousands of intelligence analysts and military personnel around the globe to counter new and emerging threats to national security

GA-CCRi is looking for Software Engineers to join our federal team to develop scalable, high-performant cloud-based software systems in five focus areas:

1. Global Situational Awareness and data fusion for air, maritime, ground tracking

2. Activities-Based Intelligence systems and algorithms

3. Battlefield situational awareness, analysis, and command and control.

4. Automatic Target Recognition/Image processing/Computer Vision systems

5. Intelligence collection orchestration systems

Duties and Responsibilities

• With limited direction, this position exercises considerable latitude in determining technical objectives for the review, research, design, development and/or modification of enterprise-wide end-user, system level, and data management software applications.

• Guides the successful completion of a program(s) and may function in a project leadership role.

• Formulates plans, typically long term, for application development and deployment as well as responsible for meeting software compliance standards.

• Formulate plans and guides the development and implementation of software. Includes determining language, coding, platform, resource requirements, testing, and documentation.

• Evaluates integration of software applications with the overall computing environment; and responsible for planning/overseeing documentation, testing, maintenance, and software updates.

• Communicates with domain experts, users, and management throughout the software development lifecycle, represents the company as the prime technical contact on contracts and/or projects, and interacts with senior external personnel on significant technical matters requiring coordination between the organizations.

• Document and communicate highly technical concepts effectively to technical and non-technical audiences in a clear and effective manner

• May function in a leadership role for a project and/or program and provide direction and guidance to less experienced developers or team of developers.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Maintain the strict confidentiality of sensitive information

• Observe all laws, regulations and other applicable obligations wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company

• Work in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices

Requirements

• Ability to transfer and maintain a Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility and a CI poly is required.

• Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in computer science, information system or related discipline and progressive software development experience as follows; nine or more years of experience with a bachelors degree, seven or more years of experience with a masters degree, or four or more years with a PhD. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.

• Must have an extensive expertise of software development concepts, principles, and theory and demonstrate extensive technical expertise and application of programming and analysis concepts.

• Proficient in at least one of the following languages: Java, Scala, Python, Golang

• An understanding of formal software engineering principles including design, documentation, ticketing systems, version control and Agile methodologies

• Must possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately throughout an evolving environment.

• Exceptional analytical skills and problem-solving skills.

• High level of self-initiative and self-motivation

• Ability to work effectively in small team settings to solve complex problems

• Strong organization, communication, decision making, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required enabling an effective interface with other departments and/or professionals, and capable of representing the organization as a prime technical contact, as well as providing leadership and guidance to less experienced professionals.

• Customer focused, formulates plans based on the development of innovative new designs in resolving advanced software development problems.

• Must be able to work both independently and in a team environment.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Active Top Secret Security Clearance

• Curious and excited to learn new technologies

• Able to coordinate with a small team of engineers

• Excited about understanding our customer’s needs and mission

• Interested in maintaining and adapting existing codebases

• Able to write unit tests

• Experienced with full software lifecycle development

• Able to build and deploy working prototypes

• Comfortable working with Linux systems on a daily basis

• Database technologies (e.g. PostgreSQL or other relational database experience)

• Deployment technologies such as: Docker, Kubernetes, Knative, Helm, Rancher

• Cloud technologies such as: Hadoop, Kafka, HBase, Accumulo,

• CI/CD pipelines and tooling (Gitlab CI/CD, ArgoCD, CircleCI, Jenkins)

• AWS infrastructure and tooling

• Distributed software version control systems, in particular, git

• Geospatial data and analytics

• Data fusion and data engineering tools

• Familiarity with Intelligence Community and DoD mission sets

• CompTIA Security+ certification or willingness to get certified

Travel Percentage Required

0-10%

Relocation Assistance Provided

Yes

US Citizenship Required?

Yes

Clearance Required?

Yes

Clearance Level

Ability to transfer and maintain a Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility is required.

Pay Range

$140,000-$220,000

Benefits

• Casual Work Environment

• Intellectually Challenging Work

• Health Insurance including FSA, HSA and Tricare Supplement options

• Short/Long Term Disability Insurance

• Generous Defined Retirement Benefit, including both a 401K match and pension plan.

• Very Flexible Vacation Policy

• The job description above is not intended to be comprehensive list. Responsibilities, activities, duties, and/or tasks may change or be assigned at any time.

• CCRi is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce because we know that our differences benefit our employees, our customers, and our community. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a an individual with a disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.