Job Summary:
Join Sure Secure’s EED-3 (EOSDIS Evolution and Development) team supporting NASA’s mission to provide global access to Earth science data. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Cumulus team, you’ll contribute to building a world-class operations dashboard that empowers Data Managers and System Operators to effectively operate the Cumulus framework, ensure continuous system operations, and maintain data integrity without compromise or risk.
You’ll develop innovative tools that enable scientists and students to discover, transform, and enhance Earth science data quality for solving environmental and socio-economic challenges. Cumulus is an AWS-hosted global data archive for Earth science records. Our established, high-performing agile team operates within the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology.
Roles and Responsibilities:
The candidate will work in a fast-paced Agile development environment performing operations, design, development, and testing for NASA’s Harmony application, which supports user-requested post-processing and data transformations for the NASA Earthdata missions’ extensive data archives. As a member of the EED-3 team, the software developer will build and support innovative tools allowing scientists and students alike to discover, transform, update, and improve the quality of earth science data in the pursuit of solving a wide range of environmental and socio-economic issues. This includes leading the deployment of product updates, identifying production issues and constructing scalable architecture.
- Responsibilities include:
- Participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle from user story generation, through design, development, automated testing and operational support
- Develop new feature ideas to meet the ever-evolving needs of our end-users
- Continually help the team grow by sharing new ideas and industry best practices
- Suggest improvements to processes and tools to help the team be more efficient
Required Education and Experience:
- 6+ years of software engineering experience including writing software using Python, Typescript, and/or Javascript
- Working knowledge and experience with standards-based geospatial data formats (e.g., NetCDF, HDF, Zarr), particularly for remote sensing and satellite datasets
- Experience with and knowledge of geospatial processing libraries and packages (e.g., GDAL, proj, xarray, geopandas, rasterio)
- Demonstrable knowledge of git and CICD processes
- Knowledge of industry best practices for deployment and testing processes for production software
- In-depth knowledge of cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, or Google Cloud, including networking, serverless services such as Lambda, Queues, and Topics.
- Ability to work with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- Strong problem-solving, technical, and leadership skills, the ability to take initiative and proactively debug complex issues
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
Desired/Preferred Skills:
- Knowledge of Terraform building AWS infrastructure
- Proficiency with JSON, XML
- Experience using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology
- Experience with full life cycle Software design and development experience on large/complex n-tier client/server applications.
- AWS Solutions Architect or AWS Developer certifications
REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical major such as Computer Science, Engineering, Geoscience or related technical field
- 6+ years of software engineering experience
Sure Secure Solutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, including Vets and Disabled. Employment contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation.
At Sure Secure Solutions, we have an enjoyable working environment, offering competitive benefit packages and surrounded with professionals who have the subject matter expertise to develop innovative, cutting-edge business solutions in an ever-evolving technology landscape. The benefits include Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Life insurance, Long and short-term disability, Paid time off, 401(k) Retirement plan. More specific information on benefits eligibility will be provided as part of the interview process.
This is a full-time Remote Role (Quarterly travel for a few days may be required)* A U.S. citizenship is required. All candidates must be able to pass a National Agency Clearance with Inquiries.