Overview

Are you ready to take the next step in your career with Castalia Systems?

We’re looking for growth-oriented stars looking to thrive as part of our growing Castalia team! Diversity is what makes our company great, and we’re looking for top talent to come be a part of the difference.

When founded in 2011, the vision of Castalia Systems was to create a company that focused on its people - the Castalia family - while providing advanced solutions to clients with honesty and integrity. Castalia Systems is a Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Small Disadvantage Business (SDB) providing top-tier solutions in the Defense and Intelligence space.

Castalia employees love working here because we put them first.

We know benefits are important, and our package includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k matching with day one vesting, generous PTO and paid holidays, paid life insurance, AD&D, long/short-term disability, professional training, tuition reimbursement, and many more!

The Role:

Castalia Systems is supporting a U.S. Government customer on a large mission critical development and sustainment program to design, build, deliver, and operate a network operations environment; including introducing new cyber capabilities to address emerging threats. Castalia is seeking Senior Software Engineers with Cloud development expertise to support the design, development, and deployment of advanced cybersecurity capabilities. 

Title: Senior Software Engineer

Location: Dulles, VA

On-site Only

Responsibilities

How You’ll Impact:

• Collaborating within Agile Scrum teams as a key contributor responsible for the design, test and implementation of advanced cybersecurity software capabilities.• Developing and performing automated builds, testing, and deployments• Developing high quality technical documentation, including user guides, test plans, and contract deliverable items and supporting product training.• Supporting risk assessments and developing risk mitigation countermeasures

Qualifications

What You Bring:

Required Skills:• U.S. Citizenship• Active Secret clearance. Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability• 8 years of directly relevant software development experience• 4 years of experience with Agile software development• Experience with cloud-oriented development using Amazon Web Services (AWS) and/or Microsoft Azure• Experience working on projects that implement analytic models into production systems.• Possesses or quickly develop a comprehensive understanding of Government Information Security policies, regulations, and guidelines.• Strong experience with one or more of the following program languages: Java, Python, and Javascript• Experience with Linux/Unix and Shell Scripting• Demonstrated experience with one or more of the following database technologies: SQL, Oracle, MySQL, JBDC, NOSQL, etc.• Ability to create well-modularized, maintainable software and willing to follow group coding standards and design.• Proficiency with MS Office ApplicationsDesired Skills:• Demonstrated experience with one or more of the following front-end (UI) technologies: ReactJS, AngularJS, etc• Experience with Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE), Kibana, Logstash, Hadoop• Experience and/or familiarity with DevOps, Continuous Development/Continuous Integration concepts, and automated test tools such as Docker, Jenkins, Kubernetes, JIRA, Git, Chef, Ansible, Puppet, Junit, JMeter, RSpec, and/or Cucumber• Certifications related to Agile development and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) such as Scrum Master, Product Owner, SAFe Agilist (SA), SAFe Practitioner (SP)• Technical understanding of cybersecurity attack techniques and associated mitigation techniquesRequired Education:BS Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, OR Computer Systems Engineering. [Eight (8) years of experience (for a total of fourteen (14) or more years) may be substituted for a degree.]Desired Certifications:• Agile software development methodology certification (e.g. SCRUM Master) highly desired.• DoD 8570.1 IAT Level II• CSSLP

Castalia Systems is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, HIV-positive status, as well as any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful, and all persons involved in the operations of the company are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.