Python Developer

Skill Level: Mid to Senior

Location: Chantilly (fully on-site, no remote option)

• MUST HAVE A POLY CLEARANCE TO APPLY**
  
  

Responsible for developing end-to-end system features, from user experience to backend code, and deploying those systems across multiple environments. Provide expertise to the development team using Agile methodologies, modern languages, best practices, cloud technologies, and microservices. Ensure solutions align with current and future architecture and operational environments. Strong experience in Python coding, API development, and version control systems (e.g., GitHub) is required. Experience in a microservice / Kubernetes environment is preferred.

Tasks

• Work includes leveraging the Scrum methodology to plan and execute tasks within the project Program Increment strategy
• Software development includes the use of Python and shell scripting to interact with internal and external API’s, databases, and services.
• Cloud infrastructure is deployed using AWS C2S available services in the IDL VPC boundaries. Commonly used AWS tools include Managed OpenSearch, EMR, EC2, Lambdas, etc.
• Microservices and Kubernetes container orchestration is used to deploy applications in a managed way
• Working with the ISSM and various networking professionals to ensure data routing and access needs meet requirements.
• Activity in the space requires the use of Python and/or Java while deploying the code in an automated fashion with Jenkins and GitHub. This facilitates unit testing, code review, code coverage etc. as part of coding best practices.
  
  

Required Skills

• Python 5 years’ experience in software/application development
• Full-time on-site in Chantilly, VA with core hours of 9am - 3pm
• Python development experience, including FastAPI and SQLAlchemy
• Familiarity with Linux OS Experience with Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, etc.)
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and GitHub
• Understanding of how to build and run containerized applications (Docker, Helm)
• Familiarity with, or a working under-standing of big data search tools (Airflow, Pyspark, Trino, OpenSearch, Elastic, etc.)
  
  

Desired Skills:

• Docker
• Jenkins
• Hadoop/Spark
• Kibana
• Kafka
• NiFi
• ElasticSearch