Senior & Lead Software Engineer - Big Data Platform

MITRE Corporation
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Job Description

Our team develops, maintains, and operates the transportation big data platform and data access environments, enabling analysts to perform their research effectively. We have a diverse and highly technical team that embraces a high-trust culture of speed, risk-taking, and technical excellence. We empower our team members to be self-directed and self-motivated in their work. Having experts in a wide variety of domains (e.g., big data infrastructure, deep learning, software architecture, aviation data, etc.), we rely on regular cross-functional collaboration within our high-tempo environment, promoting organizational learning and ensuring quality is baked-in.

What you get to do:

  • Consult with analysts and data consumers to ensure their needs are met.
  • Develop, maintain, and monitor data analytics that produce high quality data
  • Analyze and visualize our data products to derive insights and assess data quality
  • Continuously improve the codebase and our development/deployment processes
  • Collaborate with peers during sprint planning, technical discussions, and code reviews
  • Write clean and testable code that works consistently, both locally and on the compute cluster
  • Share your experiences with other MITRE teams and external audiences
  • Mentor the team and grow those around you
  • Lead tasks and projects

Required for consideration:

  • A Bachelor's degree (Computer Science, Mathematics, or other physical science/engineering fields), or equivalent practical experience
  • 5 + years applicable software development experience
  • Must be a US citizen capable of obtaining & maintaining a US government clearance
  • Experience with software development using Java, Python, and/or another high-level programming language
  • Experience with data science techniques, data analysis, modeling, and visualization using Python, R, and/or Clojure
  • Experience with Git version control software
  • Experience with big data, distributed systems, and/or cloud platforms (Hadoop, AWS, Spark, Kafka, etc.)
  • Experience with Agile and DevOps principles and practices
  • Comfortable learning new languages and ideas
  • Creative problem solvers and risk takers
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with teammates, technical partners, and stakeholders

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Subject to all federal and state laws, rules and regulations, MITRE requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Newly hired employees must be fully vaccinated prior to their employment start date. MITRE will provide reasonable accommodation to individuals who are legally entitled to an exemption under applicable laws so long as it does not create an undue hardship for MITRE and/or does not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of the employee or others in the workplace.

Company Info.

MITRE Corporation

The Mitre Corporation is an American not-for-profit organization with dual headquarters in Bedford, Massachusetts, and McLean, Virginia. It manages federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) supporting various U.S. government agencies in the aviation, defense, healthcare, homeland security, and cybersecurity fields, among others.

  • Industry
    Public Services
  • No. of Employees
    8,425
  • Location
    Bedford, Massachusetts and McLean, Virginia, United States
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