Backend Software Engineer

Ft. Meade, MD

Clearance Required: TS/SCI w/ Poly

People Centered. Data Driven

Elder Research Inc. is a Data Science consulting firm specialized in providing analytic solutions to clients in Commercial and Government industries. Providing analytic solutions to hundreds of companies across numerous industries, our team enjoys a great variety in the type of work they do and exposure to a wide range of techniques and tools.

We are trusted advisors to our clients, building lasting relationships and partnering as preferred analytics providers. We use a variety of programming languages and tools to create analytic solutions, often fitting within our clients’ environment and needs.

 We are looking for a Backend Software Engineer to join our team! For this role, you will support the development of tools to migrate data into a NiFi environment, monitor dataflows using NiFi, identify interruptions to dataflow, support operations and maintenance, to include improvements, and of legacy tools.

Job Duties:

• Review and test software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results
• Design and development of relational and non-relational database applications
• Utilize software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment
• Provide specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of Open-Source Software (OSS) and/or Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Government Off-The-Shelf (GOTS) software in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components
• 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

Required Qualifications:

• Experience with Python
• Experience with Angular
• Experience with NiFi
• Experience with Apache Tomcat
• Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
• Experience using Apache NiFi to process and distribute data
• Experience with Corporate data flow processes and tools 
• Experience with Spring Framework
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker
• Experience with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes
• Experience with Elastic Stack
• Experience using the Atlassian product suite (Confluence, Jira) 
• Experience with Git version control
• Top Secret / SCI Clearance with Poly 

About Elder Research, Inc

Elder Research is a fast growing consulting firm specializing in predictive analytics. Being in the data mining business over 20 years, we pride ourselves in our ability to find creative, cutting edge solutions to real-world problems. We work hard to provide the best value to our clients and allow each person to contribute their ideas and put their skills to use immediately.

Our team members are passionate, curious, life-long learners. We value humility, servant-leadership, teamwork, and integrity. We seek to serve our clients and our teammates to the best of our abilities. In keeping with our entrepreneurial spirit, we want candidates who are self-motivated with an innate curiosity and strong team work.

Elder Research believes in continuous learning; each week the entire company attends a “Tech Talk” followed by an office lunch. Elder Research provides a supportive work environment with established parental, bereavement, and PTO policies. By prioritizing a healthy work-life balance - with reasonable hours, solid pay, low travel, and extremely flexible time off - Elder Research enables and encourages its employees to serve others.

Elder Research, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Elder Research is a Government contractor and our positions require US Citizenship.