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Cloud Software Engineer III

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Software Engineer

The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC), of the Technical Services Support Contract (TSSC) at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS), a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) funded project, located near Sioux Falls, SD is recruiting a mid to senior Software Engineer to support the Earth Observing System (EOS) project.

The candidate must be a creative problem-solver who can respond to evolving development needs in an applied research setting.  Applicants must be able to work within a multidisciplinary a team of highly skilled Systems Engineers, Software Engineers, and Science staff, to collaborate with multiple data providers and consumer across the vast LP DAAC user community to advance the Land Change Science mission at EROS.

The candidate will work in a fast-paced Agile development environment performing operations, design, and development for the NASA Earthdata Cloud.  Earthdata Cloud is a core capability in NASA’s Earth Observing System Data Information System (EOSDIS), which provides end-to-end capabilities for managing NASA’s Earth science data from various sources – satellites, aircraft, field measurements, and other programs.  The candidate will ensure adherence to operational agreements and polices (including response times), compliance to program and NASA standards and requirements (including Section 508 compliance), leveraging of industry best practices for automation and scalability of assets, and implementation of issue detection and alerts.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science

Experience: 5-10 years of relevant experience 

Required Skills:

Three years of continuous residency in the U.S.Knowledge of agile development practices using associated project management toolsKnowledge and understanding of application hosting with an emphasis using Cloud Services in an Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS) or Platform as Service (PAAS) environmentIn-depth knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS), including networking and serverless services such as Lambda and Step FunctionsExperience in supporting infrastructures and operations using DevOps automation tools such as Terraform, Puppet, Chef, or Ansible. Focus on high availability of hardware, data replication, and provide real-time recovery in failure situationsFamiliar with core suite of AWS services related to DevOps, with depth in those that are heavily used when providing DevOps automation solutions, including the Management and Deployment services such as Terraform and IAMA strong desire to automate processes, build software tools, and create infrastructure-as-code solutions in a DevOps environmentExperience in developing data management systemsAbility to analyze current cloud infrastructure and define, plan, communicate, and implement improvement solutionsWell versed in software engineering methodology and processesExperience with secure software development practices and conceptsExperience with Representational State Transfer (REST) servicesKnowledge of cloud micro-service architecture including but not limited to networking, data storage, security, cloud specific patterns, and AWS service selection.

Desired Experience, Knowledge, and/or Skills:

Experience with the UNIX OS.Experience with full life cycle Software design and development experience on large/complex n-tier client/server applications.AWS Solutions Architect or AWS Developer certifications

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Three years of continuous residency in the U.S. for issuance of a Government Security credentialThe candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a national agency check and background investigation after hire to obtain a badge for government facility access and user accounts.

KBR partners with several other companies to fulfill its requirements as a government contractor. The selected subcontracting companies align their benefits as closely as possible to those of KBR.

KBR Benefits​

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule.  We support career advancement through professional training and development.​

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