The Level 2 Software Engineer (SWE) shall possess the following capabilities:

• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements.
• Debug existing software and correct defects.
• Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features.
• Write or review software and system documentation.
• Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments.
• Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories.
• Software development using languages such as C, C , Python, Ruby, Perl, JavaScript, etc.
• Has experience with agile development processes.
• Has experience with source code control systems, such as Git.
• Serve as team lead at the level appropriate to the software development process being used on any particular project.
• Design and development of relational and non-relational database applications.
• Use of orchestration frameworks such as Spring and Kafka.
• Familiarization with queue management systems
• Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards.
• Develop and execute test procedures for software components.
• Develop software solutions by analyzing system perfonnance standards and conferring with users or system engineers; analyzing systems flow, data usage and work processes; and investigating problem areas.
• Modify existing software to adapt to new hardware or to improve its performance
• Design, develop, and modify software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design decisions
• Java development using the Eclipse IDE (Integrated Development Environment).
• Development of Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications
• Experience using collaboration and software development tools (ie. Atlassian).
• Software development using continuous integration practices
• Experience with container technologies (ie. Docker).
• Unix shell scripting
• Development of event driven or data driven analytics

• Development of cloud-based solutions and technologies.
• Design or implement complex algorithms requiring adherence to strict timing, system resource, or interface constraints. Perform quality control on team products.
• Recommend and implement suggestions for improving documentation and software development process standards.
• Oversee one or more software development teams and ensure the work is completed in accordance with the constraints of the software development process being used on any particular project.
• Confer with system engineers and hardware engineers to derive software requirements and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements, and interfaces.
• Coordinate software installation on a system and monitor performance to ensure operational specifications are met.

• Experience using the Linux CLI
• Experience developing with Java in a Linux computing environment
• Experience developing with the Spring Framework including Spring Boot and Spring Integration
• Experience developing web-based UI applications using Javascript/Typescript, HTML and CSS
• Experience developing with the React Javascript Framework 
• Experience developing with NoSQL MongoDB (CRUD, Advanced Queries, Indexing, Sharding)
• Experience developing with FOSS Messaging Frameworks such as Kafka and RabbitMQ
• Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools such as GitLab CI and Jenkins
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker
• Experience using Git Version Control System

• Experience using the Atlassian Tool Suite (JIRA, Confluence)
• Experience with UX graphic design and visualization techniques
• Experience with container orchestration techniques such as Kubernetes