Software Engineer - CI/CD Pipeline

Description

The company is seeking a software engineer to support its customer, the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division.

The role sits in information technology and centers on building and running a CI/CD pipeline with security built in.

Responsibilities

• Use DevSecOps tools effectively within a CI/CD pipeline.
• Build security tools and practices into the software development lifecycle.
• Automate pipelines so they support the program's security goals.
• Advise programs on security for development and operational use.
• Select, deploy and maintain the CI/CD tools and processes the development team uses, and keep the deployed product observable and secure across its lifecycle.
• Integrate software applications into a working system in a cloud environment to meet requirements.
• Analyze results from software, hardware and interoperability testing.
• Apply security policies that meet the system's security objectives.
• Run functional and connectivity tests to confirm the system keeps working.
• Analyze and report trends in the system's security posture.
• Make sure security patches for commercial products in the platform are applied within the deadlines set by the management authority for the intended operating environment.
• Oversee configuration management of the platform and system software and recommend changes.
• Confirm that minimum security requirements are in place for every application.
• Choose and deploy suitable automated application security testing tools.
• Work with security engineers so that threats are handled during development.
• Work closely with development teams to provide and support the environment needed to deliver the organization's services.
• Carry out highly specialized, technical work on current and emerging technologies.
• Act as technical consultant on one or more projects in your area of engineering expertise.
• Keep current on relevant hardware systems, subsystems, components and related technologies, and build deep knowledge of the principles, methods and techniques in your field.
• Contribute engineering work as a member of a technical team.
• Handle complex work that often involves serious conflicts between engineering and management requirements, applying broad engineering principles and practices across your area and related fields.
• Analyze and evaluate alternative solutions to ill-defined problems, then devise and recommend alternative standard analysis methods to solve them.
• Solve problems on your own, without a walkthrough of background and approach, and without your solutions being reviewed for technical accuracy and policy conformance.
• Apply deep knowledge of standard guides, precedents, methods and techniques using standard engineering practice.
• Adapt practices to specific situations, adjust and correlate data, spot discrepancies and deviations in results, and follow operations through a series of detailed steps.
• Collaborate actively in a team setting to plan joint work and agree on shared approaches to problems.
• Coordinate and maintain liaison with organizations doing related work, including local and national government peers, commercial equipment manufacturers and commercial defense contractors.
• Collect, integrate and statistically analyze system performance data from test and operational environments, organize and visualize it, and prepare briefing material for internal and external presentations and reviews.
• Develop and maintain databases.
• Analyze how systems and support services deliver essential functions at the lowest overall cost of ownership, while meeting required performance, reliability, maintainability, availability, interchangeability, quality assurance and safety standards.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship, required to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.
• Interim or active Secret clearance before start.
• Bachelor's degree in software engineering, computer science or a related discipline.
• Communicate clearly, both orally and in writing.
• Work effectively as part of a team and collaborate across the program's functional teams.
• Experience with Navy cybersecurity directives and guidance.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Meet the SECNAV M-5239 qualifications for CSWF IT Support/Computer Technician, specialty area 42, at journeyman proficiency. The minimum certification must be met before you perform this task and kept current throughout. Review and report CEUs monthly to the NSWC Crane Code 104 SharePoint tool.
• Complete DAU course WSA 001, DevSecOps for the DoD: Fundamentals, within 120 business days of start. Additional training may be requested to keep up with emerging policies and guidance.
• Nice to have, desired: experience with the NAVSEA Afloat Software Authorization Playbook.
• Nice to have, desired: familiarity with tools in the Software Modernization Innovation Office's portfolio.

Conditions

Full-time, regular position.

Minimum Secret clearance required to start.

Up to 10% travel within the continental US.

Proposed salary range: $57,000 to $116,700.

Final pay depends on factors such as location, federal contract labor categories and wage rates, prior relevant experience, specific skills and competencies, education and certifications.

Benefits

• Flexible time off that lets you take the time you need.
• Access to robust learning resources.
• Comprehensive benefits including healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education and time off.
• Competitive compensation and learning and development opportunities.