About the role

What will you do at NetSage?

NetSage's mission is to help our customers achieve their missions by providing superior cyber services. We seek talented professionals who are interested in doing meaningful, mission-focused work for the U.S. Federal Government.

We are a growing Company that puts our employees first and offers excellent pay and world-class benefits. We do not hire contract by contract; instead, we offer multiple job options and career progression for our employees. We realize that our website and job descriptions may be a little vague and that's on purpose because of the customers we support.

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Job Description

We are seeking a Principal Cloud Software Engineer to develop, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse Big-Data Cloud systems based upon documented requirements.

In this role, you will

directly contribute to all stages of back-end processing, analyzing, and indexing.
The ideal candidate for this role will offer subject-matter expertise in Cloud Computing and the Hadoop Eco-System including implementing Java applications, Distributed Computing, Information Retrieval (IR), and Object-Oriented Design.
Please consider applying if you meet the following qualifications.
Required

Qualifications

TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance.
A Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in computer science or a related STEM discipline and eleven (12) years or relevant experience is required.
A Master of Science (M.S.) degree and ten (10) years of experience or in lieu of a degree, sixteen (16) years of relevant experience is also acceptable.
Relevant experience qualifies as professional experience in cloud software engineering on projects with similar Big-Data systems.
A Cloudera Certified Hadoop Developer certification may be substituted for one (1) year of relevant experience.
At minimum, the following cloud-related experience is required: Two (2) years of Cloud and/or Distributed Computing Information Retrieval (IR).
One (1) year of experience implementing code that interacts with Cloud Big Table.
One (1) year of experience implementing code that interacts with Cloud Distributed File System.
One (1) year of experience implementing complex MapReduce analytics.
One (1) year of experience implementing code that interacts with Cloud Distributed Coordination Frameworks.
One (1) year of experience architecting Cloud Computing solutions.
One (1) year of experience debugging problems with cloud-based Distributed Computing Frameworks.
One (1) year of experience managing multi-node cloud-based installations.
Experience in Network Management, Virtualization (VMWare or VirtualBox), and/or Cloud Computing.
Experience securing cloud-based and distributed applications through industry standard techniques such as Firewalls, PKI Certificate, and Server Authentication with experience in corporate authentication service(s).
Experience in object-oriented design and programming to include Java, Eclipse, or similar development environments.
Experience with MAVEN and RESTful web services.
Experience with CentOS, Linux/RedHat, or configuration management tools such as Subversion, ClearQuest, or Razor.

Which skills does this role require?

Cloud ComputingHadoopJavaDistributed ComputingInformation RetrievalObject-Oriented DesignMapReduceCloud Big TableCloud Distributed File SystemNetwork ManagementVirtualizationLinuxMavenRESTful Web ServicesCentOSConfiguration ManagementVMWareVirtualBoxFirewallsPKI CertificateServer AuthenticationEclipseRedHatSubversionClearQuestRazorBig-DataTS/SCIPolygraphSTEMCloudera Certified Hadoop DeveloperNode.jsREST APIs

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