Job Information
Nightwing Applications Developer - SME in Herndon, Virginia
Date Posted:
2024-01-31
Country:
United States of America
Location:
VA531: 13900 Lincoln Park Dr, Herndon 13900 Lincoln Park Drive Suite 220, Herndon, VA, 20171 USA
Position Role Type:
Onsite
You have been redirected to RTX’s career page as we have recently transitioned from RTX to become a standalone company, which provides us with greater autonomy and opportunities for growth. As a prospective employee of Nightwing, you’ll have the chance to contribute to our continued success and shape the future of our cybersecurity, intelligence, and services offerings.
Nightwing has a great and unique position for an applications developer to work on a high-profile suite of services that will supply users with productionized data analytics to automate a wide range of Information Management mission activities conducted across the Sponsor organization. The candidate will work with a team of software developers and data scientists to refine existing analytic tools and build out new tools on a regular sprint-cycle cadence for deployment to production to meet the evolving needs of Sponsor users. This is an exciting opportunity for developers wanting to broaden their credentials in the realm of container infrastructure service management and data analytics. The candidate must have the ability to communicate clearly with project team members, application users, and Sponsor leadership about technical activities related to of the development of the application.
This position will include a variety of activities, including:
• Designing, developing, unit testing, and maintaining code for a production system
• Deploying containerized software to an AWS infrastructure
• Developing wireframes and flow diagrams used for rapid prototyping in order to drive out requirements and design
• Providing demonstrations of new features to a variety of technical and non-technical audiences
• Meeting with stakeholders, analyzing requirements, developing user stories and translating these into software development tasks
• Working with systems engineers to specify and design the system infrastructure that supports applications
• Developing technical documentation and briefing materials to provide support needed for security, disaster recovery, and continuity of operations.
Mandatory Skills
Demonstrated on-the-job experience in developing RESTful web services with the Java Spring Framework
Demonstrated on-the-job experience working in Linux environments (must be comfortable writing shell scripts and using VI)
Demonstrated on-the-job experience with RDBMs (Relational Database Management Systems) such as MySql, Postgres, or Oracle
Experience with creating, editing, pushing, and merging code in Git based version control software. (GitHub, GitLab)
bachelor's degree in computer science, Math, or other relevant field and minimum of 3 years of experience.
Optional Skills
Demonstrated on-the-job experience with Solr or ElasticSearch
Demonstrated on-the-job experience with DevOps related functions with AWS (such as configuring Load Balancers, Autoscaling Groups, S3 Security Groups, Creating SQS queues and Cloudformation templates)
Demonstrated on-the-job experience scaling software/infrastructure to processes large data sets.
Experience developing Python software (esp. web application frameworks like Flask, Django) and/or willingness to learn Python.
Experience developing application front ends with the Angular 13 framework and/or willingness to learn Angular
Demonstrated on-the-job experience with creating Docker containers for production applications and/or willingness to learn how to build and deploy containers.
Experience developing applications with the Node.js framework.
About Cybersecurity, Intelligence and Services
The Cybersecurity, Intelligence and Services (CIS) business provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. CIS brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets
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Previously part of a leading Fortune 100 company and headquartered in Dulles, VA; Nightwing became independent in 2024 but continues to support the nation’s most mission impactful initiatives.
When we formed Nightwing, we brought a deep set of credentials and an unfaltering commitment to the mission. For over four decades, our team has been providing some of the world’s most technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence support services to the U.S. government on its most important missions.
At Nightwing, we value collaboration and teamwork. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. Together, we’ll leverage our collective expertise to drive innovation, solve complex problems, and deliver exceptional results for our clients.
Thank you for considering joining us as we embark on this new journey and shape the future of cybersecurity and intelligence together as part of the Nightwing team.
The salary range for this role is 118,000 USD - 246,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.
Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.
This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.
RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.
RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
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