SIXGEN is a mission-focused company. Our success is predicated on our experienced cadre of technical Subject Matter Experts who provide solutions to the Nation’s toughest challenges in cyberspace. We conduct intelligence operations, mitigate threats to critical infrastructure and key resources, and develop the capabilities necessary for providing enhanced situational awareness to warfighters and decision makers through rapid data solutions backed by security best practice. Currently, both commercial and government organizations are facing obstacles in today's rapidly changing net-centric landscape, making cybersecurity a chief necessity.
SIXGEN would like to add an ambitious, dedicated, and self-motivated
Front Line Engineer to our team.
Primary role:
- Serve as the Front Line Engineer and support other engineering tasking as needed
- Perform software maintenance, updates, patches, new feature development
- Perform code reviews (Ruby, HTML, CSS, Javascript)
- Monitor the system email alias to vet questions and incoming requests
- Work with customer to establish a new requirements process, including the transition from Help Desk to GitLab
- Develop and monitor analytics to help prioritize software maintenance efforts
Additional Tasking Can Include:
- Assist in engineering activities to transition/convert mission data flows from legacy systems to client modernized data flow architecture
- Assess current data flow processes, define technical and process improvements to achieve increased mission efficiency, system performance, data quality and integrity, data minimization and legal compliance
- Define and document Standard Operating Procedures, User Guides and Mission Processes in support of mission activities and systems
- Transition operational data flows from legacy system to new system
- Test and verify new operational data flows and terminate legacy flows once transitioned
- Assess and define technical requirements and processes for data flow and data quality monitoring, reporting and visualizations
- Help monitor, assess and resolve data flow problems
- Define requirements and recommend improvements to data flow management tools and processes
- Create and maintain project documentation, presentations, tracking, tasking etc. in Microsoft Word, Visio, SharePoint, Excel and PowerPoint
- Provide estimates of scope and timelines for engineering and architecture tasks and artifacts to team leads and customers related to software in production
- Coordinate with various development teams in and other mission stakeholders
- Will work closely with Lead Engineer and System Integrator/Database Architect
Required Experience:
- ACTIVE TS/SCI CLEARANCE
- Programming experience
- Agile, SCRUM, GitLab and/or JIRA experience
- Help Desk experience with software maintenance is preferred
- Experience with a scripting language (Python and/or Ruby is preferred)
- Solid Linux command line skills is a plus
- Experience providing assistance to users
- Experience with maintenance, administration, and troubleshooting of computer software
Education Requirements:
- BS or BA in Computer Science or related field with 8 years experience
OR
- AS/AA/2-year technical/trade school with 12 years experience
Work Schedule and Location:
- Core hours may be selected by candidate to include an 8-hour work day between 6am-6pm, 5 days per week
- Work is required in customer spaces in Arlington, VA three (3) days per week
Benefits and Salary:
- SIXGEN pays 100% of health benefits - Medical, Vision, Dental
- 401K with 3.5% company match
- Professional development opportunities
- The salary range is dependent on skills and experience