Job Description

Software Engineer 2 - (Python, SQL, React)

Clearance: TS/SCI - Polygraph required
Position ID: 20-6-003-SWE2
Location: Fort Meade, Maryland

Section 7 DAT is a forward deployed development team providing critical mission support to CNO. As a member of the team you will work closely with analysts and operators providing software solutions for hard CNE problems. You’ll have the opportunity to work on every part of the CNE pipeline from sitting next to operators assisting them with tools we build. Providing tools to analysts so the better understand their data to make decisions supporting national security. There are a lot of big data problems in Section 7 that require thoughtful and robust solutions to provide the maximum mission gain to our customers.

• Develop data transforms for every kind of data. (Text, JSON, Databases, XML, configs, etc.).
• Gather feature requests, new application requirements and understand project and customer needs.
• Dive into unknown data and help analysts figure out what the right questions to ask are.
• Work on tools to improve the performance of applications and transforms allowing more data to be understood.
• Manage and support mission critical servers supporting CNO projects directly working as a developer of server framework and sysadmin on servers when needed.

Position Required Skills:

• Strong experience with python.
• Knowledge of dataframes (pandas, polars)
• Knowledge of SQL as a language and different database flavors (SQLite, Postgress, MySQL).
• Understanding of git and gitlab for source control.
• Familiar with Type script/java script and react or another modern frontend framework.
• Be comfortable working directly with customers and having direct feedback.

Nice to Haves

• AWS Certifications.
• DevOps CI/CD Experience.
• Experience with agency data processing and data storage.
• Experience developing using AI Agents.
• CNO Experience.

SWE2 Qualifications:

YOE Requirement: 8 yrs., B.S. in a technical discipline or 4 additional yrs. in place of B.S.

Salary Range: $191k-$234k (Annually)

The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possible contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Akina is a Woman Owned, Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business, looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team. We offer a generous compensation package that includes 24 days PTO accrued annually and 11 federal holidays. Our 401k is 100% vested on your start date and the company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary. Akina covers 100% of healthcare costs for employees and 50% toward dependents. We offer educational assistance towards college classes and will cover costs associated with job related training and certifications.

Akina is committed to excellence and creating innovative and flexible solutions for our clients. We are a small company with an open ear to our employees' needs in order to attract and retain quality talent that enables our customer's mission.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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