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Job Summary:
Amentum is a company that values growth and diversity, and they are seeking a highly motivated Software Engineer to support the SPoRT project at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The role involves developing and maintaining software infrastructure for meteorological research, ensuring that critical weather data is efficiently delivered to end-users.
Responsibilities:
• Infrastructure Automation: Design and implement "Infrastructure as Code" (IaC) solutions (using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or CloudFormation) to manage on-premises and cloud-based computing resources, ensuring consistency and reproducibility across environments.
• CI/CD Pipeline Management: Develop and maintain automated build, test, and deployment pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions) to streamline the delivery of scientific software and ensure rigorous code quality standards.
• Cloud Operations & Architecture: Architect and manage scalable resources within NASA’s Science Cloud environment (AWS/Azure), utilizing services like EC2, S3, Lambda, and container orchestration to support high-throughput data processing.
• Containerization: Containerize scientific applications and data processing workflows using Docker and Singularity, enabling the portability of research code between local workstations and high-performance cloud clusters.
• Web Application Support: Deploy and maintain web-based applications that convey scientific results to the public and stakeholders, ensuring high availability and responsiveness.
• Operational Reliability & Monitoring: Implement robust monitoring and alerting systems (e.g., Splunk, Nagios, Prometheus) to ensure the continuous operation of real-time data feeds and identify performance bottlenecks.
• Security Compliance (DevSecOps): Collaborate with security teams to integrate automated security scanning (e.g., SonarQube, Nessus) into the development lifecycle, ensuring strict adherence to NASA IT security standards and FISMA compliance.
• Documentation: Write comprehensive documentation for software developed, system architecture, and operational procedures to support knowledge transfer and system maintainability.
• Communication: Assist with leading discussions with both customers and end-users. These meetings include discussions on technical status updates, project management and planning, engaging with end-users, and collaborative efforts with other NASA teams and projects.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, Remote Sensing or a related technical field from an ABET-accredited university.
• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years’ experience (including intern/co-op experience).
• Master’s degree with a minimum of 3 years’ experience.
• Strong command of the Linux command line, shell scripting (Bash), and system configuration.
• Extensive experience with Python for scripting, automation, and data processing; familiarity with the scientific python stack (Pandas, NumPy, Dask).
• Deep understanding of Git/GitHub workflows, including branching strategies, merge requests, and collaborative code reviews.
• Ability to work in a collaborative, dynamic environment, interacting effectively with scientists and engineers.
Preferred:
• Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure, particularly in a scientific or data-intensive context.
• Proficiency with Ansible, Terraform, or Puppet for automated provisioning.
• Experience with MongoDB, PostgreSQL, or cloud-native databases.
• Skilled in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, AJAX, and responsive design for dashboard creation.
• Knowledge of web security principles and DevSecOps best practices.
• Experience with Atmospheric Science, Physical Science data, or Machine Learning workflows.
Company:
Amentum is a technology and engineering company for security, defense, and energy. Founded in 2020, the company is headquartered in Germantown, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.