What are the responsibilities and job description for the Applications Developer position at Central Intelligence Agency?
Applications Developers analyze, develop and deploy information/software systems to enhance CIA's capabilities to collect, produce, and disseminate intelligence.
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications- Experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Programming languages, and related web technologies, such as: Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, C, C#, C , Go, Rust, Ruby, SQL, CSS, HTML, XML, JSON
- DevOps concepts and tools, such as: GitHub, JIRA, Maven, Jenkins, Chef, Ansible, Docker, ELK stack, Nexus, Nagios
- Database platforms, such as: Oracle, MySQL, NoSQL, Mongo DB, HDFS
- Familiarity with multiple hosting platforms, such as: Windows, Linux, VMware, Citrix, Amazon cloud computing platforms
- Experience working with stakeholders on creating solutions with varied, sometime conflicting, requirements
- Ability to meet the minimum requirements for joining CIA, including U.S. citizenship and a background investigation
- Big data concepts and technologies, such as: Apache Hadoop, Apache Hive, Solr, Cloudera, MapReduce, R, Spark, Kafka, NiFi, and the ELK (ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana) or the OpenSearch stack
- Application architecture and systems engineering principles, including: n-tier/services-oriented architecture, application design patterns, Agile development (e.g. Scrum, Kanban), application security, developing system requirements, system design artifacts and models, design documentation and development for commercial cloud (e.g. Amazon Web Service, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, etc)
- Software as a Service (SaaS) Platforms development and customization (eg. Salesforce, ServiceNow, Microsoft Office 365)
- UI/UX design, wireframing and prototyping experience. Experience with tools such as Pen Pot, Figma, Balsamiq etc.
- Experience with AI/ML development including using tools such as Scikit-lean, Pandas and Spacy.
Responsibilities:
As an Applications Developer for CIA, you will analyze, develop and deploy innovative information/software systems and capabilities to enhance the CIA's capabilities to collect, produce, and disseminate intelligence. Utilizing your education and experience as a Computer Scientist, Software Engineer, or Web Designer and Publisher, you will directly support analysis, intelligence collection, and other business. Applications Developers participate in team environments via structured development lifecycles: analyze and define local and/or enterprise information system requirements, perform system/application design, develop capability prototypes, develop and implement operational information systems, and conduct unit and integration testing of application modules. You also have the opportunity for hands-on research and exploration of leading-edge commercial technologies through application/integration of technology in delivering IT solutions.Salary : $72,965
