Cloud Software Engineer – Level 3

DESCRIPTION:

Ascendant Innovations Corp is looking for an experienced Cloud Software Engineer (Level 3). The Cloud Software Engineer will have a primary focus of supporting all aspects of agile software design and development for a full featured service hosted on large scale compute clusters and AWS Cloud Infrastructure. Duties include design, development, testing and integration of capabilities, optimization & performance tuning, and operation & sustainment functions.
 REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Strong experience in Linux and Java programming.
• Experience with Agile.
• Proficient with continuous integration, deployment, testing, & monitoring practices.
• Experience with AWS Cloud architecture design.
• Familiar w/microservices software development & container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Must meet the Labor Category requirements, contact staffing@ascendantinnovations.comfor details.

 QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or related disciplinefrom an accredited college or university, plus four (4) years of experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Certification in one of the following:
  • AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
  • AWS Certified Developer-Associate
  • AWS Certified Machine Learning-Specialty
  • Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
  • Elastic Certified Engineer or Elastic Certified Observability

OR

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus six (6) years of experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Certification in one of the following:
  • AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
  • AWS Certified Developer-Associate
  • AWS Certified Machine Learning-Specialty
  • Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
  • Elastic Certified Engineer or Elastic Certified Observability

OR

• Eight (8) yearsof experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Certification in one of the following:
  • AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
  • AWS Certified Developer-Associate
  • AWS Certified Machine Learning-Specialty
  • Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
  • Elastic Certified Engineer or Elastic Certified Observability

Clearance Requirements:
Must be a US Citizen with an active Top Secret/SCI w/polygraph.

Equal Opportunity Employer:
AIC offers equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, gender, religion, age, nationality, social or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.