Cloud Developer - SME

KDA Consulting is a Disabled Veteran, Woman-Owned, Certified Disadvantaged Small Business, comprised of a diverse team of professionals driven to tackle the demanding National Defense and Intelligence challenges through IT solutions.  We emphasize teamwork and focus on achieving goals to complete deliverables efficiently, on-time, and under budget. 

We are currently seeking a Cloud Developer- SME to join our team.

Primary Job Duties & Required Experience:

·        Demonstrated experience with Python, Bash, and Terraform.

·        Demonstrated experience Anaconda for development purposes.

·        Demonstrated experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with software such as source control (Git/GitHub), continuous build/delivery (Jenkins), issue management (Jira), and documentation/collaboration (Confluence).

·        Demonstrated experience with automated testing and deployment of infrastructure or configurations.

·        Demonstrated experience in the administration, provisioning, and use of cloud technologies (i.e. AWS) particularly with application of data science approaches in the cloud.

·        Demonstrated experience deploying and tuning Apache NiFi or other ETL workflows.

·        Demonstrated experience hosting and managing Structured Query Language (SQL) databases within cloud based relational databases.

·        Demonstrated experience optimizing connectivity between cloud-based services and on prem high performance cloud compute servers.

·        Demonstrated experience with DevSecOps solutions and tools.

·        Demonstrated experience in the cyber security domain to include: governance and risk management, compliance, encryption, software development security, access control, network security or secure architecture, or security operations.

·        Demonstrated experience preparing presentations and presenting to senior stakeholders.

·        Work with data scientists and data engineers to architect, operate, and document relevant cloud-on prem hybrid solutions to optimize relevant workflow components for advanced artificial intelligence applications.

·        Lead work to optimize cloud-based computing technologies, such as leveraging pyspark, distributed computation, and model training/inference, and integrate solutions into relevant delivery mechanisms or partner systems.

·        Build tools and scripts to monitor, troubleshoot, automate, and deploy AI models and outputs as part of a variety of existing business analytic platforms.

·        Directly responsible for solutions related to the Sponsor’s analytic work in these key areas: availability, latency, performance, efficiency, documentation, change management, monitoring, security, emergency response, and capacity planning.

·        Apply, develop and deploy cloud microservices and integration of cloud resources with on prem high performance computation servers to support the Sponsor’s efforts.

·        Create and use optimal solutions to store and host information.

·        Create software pipelines to query databases of interest, combine and merge data sources, and analyze information.

·        Use the Sponsor’s knowledge management, version control, coding standards, and delivery platforms.

·        Champion and manage requirements, builds, upgrades, and fixes within multiple (dev, test, production) environments.

·        Assist developers and data scientists with code deployments, particularly providing CI/CD configuration.

·        Leverage available solutions to create automations that enable timely tipping and queuing.

·        Optimize open-source software to accelerate mission solutions and minimize proprietary dependencies at the direction of the Sponsor.

·        Use a microservice-based architecture and agile coding for engineering and development activities to support reliable network performance, modern resource management, and security processes.

·        Develop analytical software packages, pipelines, and custom virtual environments for deployment in secure environments including standalone workstations, standalone compute clusters, secure cloud environments, and on-premises network infrastructure.

Highly Desired skills and demonstrated experience in Cloud Development:

·        Demonstrated experience supporting data scientists to create—through fine tuning, transfer learning—models for classification, prediction, generative AI, or other similar tasks.

·        Demonstrated experience optimizing the deployment of AI models in the cloud.

·        Demonstrated experience with front-end web development frameworks such as Flask.

·        Demonstrated experience using Tableau to connect cloud serves to Tableau output visualizations.

Job Requirements

·        Active TS/SCI + Full Scope Poly U.S. Government Security is required

·        Bachelor’s Degree

·        Sixteen (16) years of relevant professional work experience

·        Ability to maintain discretion and confidentiality

·        Strong interpersonal skills, especially the ability to network and establish professional relationships

·        Ability to prioritize, demonstrated strong organizational skills, and ability to meet or exceed deadlines

Physical Demands: Position will require frequent sitting, standing, and/or mobility within an office setting.  Employee must be able to use hands to complete work at a workstation/computer, be able to reach, type and manipulate with hands, fingers, and arms; lift and/or move up to 20 pounds; talk, see and hear.

Work Environment: Work is performed on client site in a professional office environment with moderate stress and noise levels.  Position requires employee to effectively use a computer, potentially for long periods of time, and to accommodate potentially frequent interruptions.  Candidate should be both customer-focused and present a team approach to overall work.

Schedule:  Business core hours are Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET. Standard work hours may vary for this position based upon contract requirements. Position will be located onsite at a customer facility in McLean, VA.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): KDA is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, KDA will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations in the hiring process. We encourage qualified individuals with disabilities to apply. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process or to perform essential job functions, please contact our HR team at  [email protected]. For persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, or deaf-disabled, KDA will provide an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter where needed as a reasonable accommodation for the hiring processes.

EEOC: KDA is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.