What are the responsibilities and job description for the Full Stack Software Developer - NASA Systems position at Qualified Technical Services?
Work Location : NASA Ames Research Center - Mountain View, CA
Minimum Citizenship : U.S. Citizen (This position requires access to ITAR and / or EAR protected data)
Clearance : US Government
JOB DESCRIPTION - Full Stack Software Developer - NASA Systems
Join an agile technical team as an Early Career Full Stack Software Engineer working on multiple and diverse NASA IT / data systems projects supporting NASA’s NEO, S3VI, and FOP missions, stakeholders, and user communities. You will be immersed in the NASA agile lifecycle software engineering process to enhance and potentially redesign NEO, S3VI, and FORS suite of public and internal web portal applications, custom-built workflows, data consolidation, integration, search engines, and reporting tools.
This position will support multiple heterogenous NASA IT / data system development projects such as the following :
The Near Earth Objects (NEO) characterization group within the NASA Ames Research Center’s (ARC) planetary defense project has been tasked with building online, web-based resources for the planetary defense community to collate and disseminate physical characteristics of Near Earth Asteroids (NEA) and Meteorites (hence Objects).
NASA public site reference :
The Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute (S3VI) is a virtual multi-institutional and multi-disciplinary virtual collaboration institute within the small spacecraft research community to advance the field of small spacecraft systems and allied sciences by promoting innovations, exploring new concepts, identifying emerging technology opportunities, and establishing the effective conduits for the collaboration, sharing, and dissemination of research results relevant to small spacecraft systems and its subsystems.
NASA public site reference :
The Flight Opportunities Program (FOP) is one of nine programs in the NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD). It was established in late 2010 to help fulfill the strategic objective of transforming NASA missions and advancing U.S. spaceflight capabilities. Through Flight Opportunities, STMD selects promising technologies from industry, academia and government, and tests them on commercial launch vehicles.
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REQUIREMENTS - Full Stack Software Developer - NASA Systems
Education : BS in Computer Science
Year(s) of Experience : 0 - 4 years of related experience
Qualifications, Skills and Traits :
- Comprehensive and practical knowledge of at least one of the following programming languages : JavaScript, PHP, Python, ASP.net, C#.net, UNIX / Linux shell scripting
- Comprehensive knowledge of building multi-tiered web applications using Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and the following technology solution stacks : Linux, Apache, MongoDB, PHP (LAMP), MongoDB, ExpressJS, ReactJS, NodeJS (MERN), and Microsoft .NET
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of at least 2 or more of the following web technologies and standards : JavaScript, AJAX, CSS, HTML / XHTML, HTML5, XML, JSON, JQuery, REST(ful) web services, Django Python, Express, ReactJS, NodeJS, Entity .NET, Bootstrap, Kendo UI for ASP.net and / or PHP frameworks
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of both or either UNIX / Linux, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL and Microsoft Windows Server Operating Systems
- Comprehensive understanding and knowledge of at least one of the following databases and search technologies : MongoDB NoSQL document-based database, MySQL database, Microsoft SQL Server database, and Elastic Search
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of enterprise IT / data system design, architecture, and frameworks for scalability, modularity, and flexibility
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of full and tailored agile / iterative software engineering & development lifecycle from initial requirements gathering / scoping to production grade deliverables
- Strong verbal and written communication
- Must be a motivated team player but also able to work independently in a small agile software development team
Desired Skills :
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