Software Engineer

Joining the BlueHalo team means immersing yourself in a dynamic environment, working alongside the brightest minds in technology through some of the toughest challenges facing our nation today. We are spearheading the future of global defense, with every BlueHalo employee playing a key role in our success. That's why our investment in you goes beyond competitive pay and a rewarding benefits package. We're committed to providing our people with the best opportunities to develop their skills, share their knowledge, and push their innovative ideas to the cutting-edge. Enjoying this journey with a supportive team that feels like family throughout BlueHalo Nation is an unparalleled opportunity. From Space to C-UAS & Autonomous Systems to Electronic Warfare & Cyber, and Artificial Intelligence, at our company there is no limit to where you can take your career. Our mission is clear: to lead through innovation. Join the transformation and innovate with us.

Overview:

Blue Halo is seeking a talented Software Engineer to join an exciting, mission-focused software development team supporting mission enabling systems applying the best software engineering principals and engineering methodologies to research, design, develop, and modify application software.

You'd like to do this:

• Build a new large-scale software capability for a federal government national security customer on a high-profile, emerging topic of global importance.
• Use creativity, initiative, and teamwork to design and build software tools central to our customers' mission.
• Understand the various file formats that might be ingested and find technical solutions for ETL.
• Code and test high quality software in a responsive agile team environment driven by dynamically evolving software requirements.
• Follow software process management and control throughout the coding portion of the software development.
• Support documentation, design, and process improvement activities.
• Lead small tasks in coordination with other technical resources.

You're required to have this:

• Active Top Secret Clearance with Polygraph
• Minimum of 4 years relevant experience. A bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline may be substituted for 4 years of experience; a master's degree may be substituted for 6 years of experience; or a PhD may be substituted for 7 years of experience.
• Proficiency with one or more of the following: Java, Spring Framework/Boot/Security, JavaScript, TypeScript, Apache Nifi, MongoDB, PostgreSQL via RDS, Linux, Git, Docker, Angular, D3, VueJS, or React.
• Proficiency in AWS-related technologies and Agile methodologies.

You could also have this:

• Experience building and maintaining a large-scale database or large-scale real-time data flows, to include database schema design, query, and storage optimization.
• Understanding of various file formats for database ingestion and experience with ETL
• Use of modern coding practices, with an emphasis on type safety, unit testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strength as either a front-end or back-end engineer, yet full-stack skills are preferred.
• Experience developing/deploying solutions using AWS tools and services.
• Experience with Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience enhancing software to reduce operating time or improve efficiency.
• Experience designing, developing or supporting an API capable of servicing a high volume of requests.

Salary Range: $100,000 - $168,000

Location: This is a hybrid role with 3 days per week on site in Chantilly, VA and 2 days per week remote.

The BlueHalo pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several factors including, but not limited to, level of position, job responsibilities, geographic location, scope of relevant work experience, educational background, certifications, contract-specific affordability, organizational requirements, alignment with local internal equity as well as alignment with market data.

Our compensation package also includes components designed to support employees' total well-being, which should be considered when evaluating our competitive benefits package. These benefits include health insurance, life insurance, disability, company holiday and paid time off, parental leave, 401(k) company match and contributions, professional development/training reimbursements, and other work/life programs.

About BlueHalo Intelligence Systems

BlueHalo's Intel division provides specialized operational support, services and technology to plan, design, develop and execute critical missions in the national security community. BlueHalo generates actionable insights from analytics through a suite of operationalized AI/ML tools for data collection/ingestion and subsequent text, geospatial, time series and image/video analytics to support open-source intelligence. BlueHalo is a national source for classified Cyber/SIGINT missions and a leading provider of blockchain/crypto analytics and platform cyber resiliency, specializing in offensive and defensive cyber and SIGINT warfare technologies.

The BlueHalo Effect

It speaks to who we are as a company, a global protective ring that shields everything we most want to safeguard, an unbroken line that ensures our customers retain the advantage in any battlespace, from high above the Earth to deep in cyberspace. It's who we are, a halo, a protector, the light of inspired engineering keeping our Nation safe.

Our vision is a world where national security is certain because technical superiority is assured.

Join us and become a vital element of The BlueHalo Effect!