Senior Software Engineer

Sr Software Engineer

Duration: 12 months (possible to hire) Location: Reston, VA (Hybrid)

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Education Level: Bachelor's Degree
• Education Details: Information Technology or Computer Science
• Experience: 5 years experience with software development, basic coding and compilation, software architecture/design, user requirements definition and software specification development.
• In Lieu of Education
• In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)
• Ability to communicate technical requirements to all levels of expertise., Advanced
• Proficient in establishing and maintaining good working relationships., Advanced
• Knowledge and understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC)., Advanced
• Proficient with integrating complex and/or existing systems., Advanced
• Knowledge of programming languages (e.g. JavaScript, C, Python, etc.)., Advanced
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal., Advanced
• Knowledge of cloud technologies (e.g. AWS, Azure), Proficient
• Knowledge of database technologies (e.g. cloud, SQL, Oracle, Mongo DB, PostgreSQL, etc.), Advanced
• Fundamental knowledge of software engineers' best practices, agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, Advanced
• Knowledge of test-first practices including Test-Driven Development (TDD) for unit tests and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) for automated acceptance tests, Advanced
• Strong experience with Deployment/Continuous Integration/ Continuous Testing/ Continuous Delivery processes and tools and have expertise in CI/CD tools and framework, Advanced
• Knowledge of Code quality and promotion practices, Advanced

Preferred Skills: The position will require working with broad cutting edge technologies, including, but not limited to AWS API Gateway, API Management System (APIM), IBM API Connect, IBM DataPower, Automation Suites for testing API, Venafi Systems, CyberArk, Python, Java EE, Spring, Hibernate, Web Security, REST Services, Micro Services, Role Based Access Control (RBAC) security model, Identity and Access Management, Single Sign On (SSO), Kubernetes and containerization technologies, Internet technologies for web browsers, and the other integration technology.

• The Candidate must play the role of subject matter expert in the field of Web Services, microservices and REST API.
• Review the API specification for conformance of the enterprise standards and API governance framework
• Review the documentation and make recommendation for change
• Design and develop framework (reusable routines) using REST API Specifications and shell scripts to manage lifecycle of API's
• Work with CI/CD team to create necessary custom Jenkins pipelines
• Design, develop and implement custom API flows and Publish API's to APIM platform
• Troubleshoot issues seen in DataPower and APIM
• Generate reports from APIM Analytics
• Experience with OAuth and JWT (with OpenID Connect)
• Participate in customer onboarding activities on to API Gateway platform and participate in triage activities on a need basis
• Support production release activities
• Experience managing/deploying APIs on Cloud and On-premise API Gateway solutions
• Experience with IBM API Cloud Saas Platform
• Experience with AWS & AWS API Gateways

Additional Skills

• IBM DataPower v10
• IBM API Connect v10
• Open API Specifications 2.0/3.0,
• Bash/shell scripting,
• Java,
• Spring Framework,
• Oracle/DB2,
• Jenkins Pipelines,
• Python,
• IBM Cloud Saas Platform
• AWS & AWS API Gateway