Senior-Level Application Engineer

Annapolis Junction, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The position involves designing software tools and subsystems to support software reuse and domain analyses, managing their implementation, and overseeing software development and support using formal specifications and design techniques. Responsibilities include estimating software development costs and schedules, reviewing existing programs for refinements, and formulating specifications for software applications. The role also includes program design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation, as well as instructing and checking the work of other personnel. Quality assurance review and evaluation of software products are also key responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Continuously monitor the health and status of security tool suites through IT system management.
• Maintain, upgrade, refresh, and update security tools to maintain full operational capacity.
• Conduct database administration to monitor, report, and repair any degradation of the health and status of the systems and tools within the NISIRT.
• Analyze newly identified vulnerabilities and deficiencies within the Enterprise IT/IC GovCloud security tool suite; perform gap analysis.
• Research and evaluate commercial products capable of eliminating vulnerabilities or deficiencies within the security tool suite.
• Conduct analysis of alternatives and present findings in a Technical Analysis package for Government evaluation.
• Collaborate with ancillary organizations to procure, deliver, dispose, and track new hardware/software required for solution implementation.
• Prepare Configuration Plans and software enhancement plans.
• Define, design, and incorporate interfaces to retrieve data from various scanning tools.
• Design, validate, and implement access controls as part of the systems and service solutions.
• Enhance, modify, and test COTS/GOTS and applicable hardware for interoperability with existing architecture.
• Define, coordinate, and schedule testing, integration, implementation, and deployment activities.
• Deploy security solutions across the IT Enterprise Network.
• Install hardware and implement required software to ensure a fully functional computer environment.
• Prepare and conduct security tool instruction/training for authorized users.

Requirements

• Twelve (12) years minimum experience with a High School Diploma/GED.
• Ten (10) years minimum experience with an Associate's Degree.
• Eight (8) years minimum experience with a Bachelor's Degree.
• Six (6) years minimum experience with a Master's Degree.
• Four (4) years minimum experience with a Doctorate's Degree.
• TS/SCI with Polygraph Required.