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General Atomics

Cleared Software Engineer

General Atomics, Chantilly, Virginia, United States, 22021

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General Atomics Integrated Intelligence, Inc. (GA-I3), an affiliate of General Atomics, maintains and deploys production systems for users across the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, and commercial industry. We build and develop best-in-class all domain and globally focused situational awareness capabilities, including THRESHER and DRAGONSPELL, that process petabytes of data from numerous streaming data sources in near real time. Our systems apply state-of-the-art algorithms and machine learning techniques to extract features and fuse data from multiple phenomenologies to form a rich live view of objects in the sky, on the sea, and on the ground. These analytics are designed to determine not just where something is, but what it is, where it's been and what it's doing. All of this "data to knowledge" is made available to end users in our own browser-based application for visualization, analysis, and understanding. We always want to do more, and that's where you come in!

GA-I3 is looking for a Software Engineer to join our federal team to develop scalable, high-performant cloud-based computer vision systems focused on the automated detection of objects in satellite imagery. State of the art Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are used in AI/ML pipelines to process large volumes of satellite imagery. Object detections from the platform are used by the community to search for objects, maintain object custody, and in Multi-INT analytics.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Develop, integrate, and maintain cloud-based image processing pipelines and infrastructure that process satellite imagery at scale in a cloud environment

Develop test scripts and frameworks to verify and validate functionality

Maintain existing capabilities deployed to customer facilities and cloud environments including debugging and updating to keep pace with the evolving environment and technology

Understand customer, user, and operational requirements and implement new functionality into software products

Document and communicate highly technical concepts effectively to technical and non-technical audiences in a clear and effective manner

Communicate with management, customers, developers, and users

Work directly with internal and external developers to transition applications into the computer vision platform

Maintain the strict confidentiality of sensitive information

Observe all laws, regulations and other applicable obligations wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company

Work in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices

Perform other duties as assigned

We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.

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Job Qualifications:

Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in computer science, information systems or a related discipline and progressive software development experience as follows; four or more years of experience with a bachelors degree or two or more years of experience with a masters degree. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.

Ability to transfer and maintain a Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility and a CI poly is required.

Strong experience with cloud-based technologies, including AWS or Azure

Experience with software development lifecycle and use of associated tools

Linux

Proficient programming skills in languages such as Java, Python, Scala, Go, Rust

An understanding of formal software engineering principles including design, documentation, ticketing systems, version control and Agile methodologies

Must possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately throughout an evolving requirement

Excellent analytical skills and problem-solving skills

High level of self-initiative and self-motivation

Ability to work effectively in small steam settings to solve complex problems

Strong organization, communication, decision making, presentation, and interpersonal skills

Customer focused, formulates plans based on the development of innovative new designs in resolving advanced software development problems

CompTIA Security+ or willingness to get certified

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Curious and excited to learn new technologies

Excited about understanding our customer's needs and mission

Interested in maintaining and adapting existing codebases

Satellite image processing and computer vision applications

Image processing libraries such as GDAL, OpenCV

Experienced with full lifecycle development

Able to build and deploy working prototypes

GEOINT AI/ML pipelines

Geospatial data processing

Cloud technologies such as Kubernetes, Helm

Data brokers such as Kafka and RabbitMQ

Knative

CI/CD pipelines and tooling (Gitlab CI/CD, ArgoCD, CircleCI, Jenkins)

RESTful APIs

Databases technologies (PostgreSQL, Redis, or other DBs)

Salary:

$98,100 - $171,398

Travel Percentage Required

0 - 25

Relocation Assistance Provided

Provided

US Citizenship Required?

Yes

Clearance Required?

Yes

Clearance Level

Mid-Level (3-7 years)

Workstyle

Onsite

General Atomics is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, ancestry, gender, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, transitioning status, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, medical condition, mental disability, physical disability, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law. EEO is the law. We also prohibit compensation discrimination under all applicable laws. To learn more visit https://tbcdn.talentbrew.com/company/499/v2_0/EEO Notices.pdf. U.S. Citizenship is required for certain positions.