Software Systems Engineer

We are looking for a Software Engineer to contribute to an exciting new opportunity for the Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PODAAC) team for our customer.

As a member of the Cloud Development team, the candidate will contribute to the successful development and deployment of the data- / compute-intensive mission SDS and report to the Cognizant Engineer (Cog E).

Responsibilities Include but Are Not Limited To:

• Working directly with the Cog E for PODAAC to design and develop capabilities for the ingestion, processing, storage, management and delivery of PODAAC science data products and metadata.
• Developing data processing workflows and data product metadata extractors.
• Designing, developing, and integrating software capabilities in compliance with interface and requirements documents.
• Developing software on the cloud using opensource tools – e.g., HySDS, Elasticsearch, Conda, Terraform, Apache HTTP Server (web server), Python Flask, AWS CLI (AWS command line utility) etc.
• Developing new tools and services contributing to their design based on the use cases defined.

Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in STEM and at least 5 years of related professional experience

Work Location:
The work is required to be completed on-site in Pasadena CA

This position requires a U.S. Person who is eligible to obtain any required Export Authorization.

Required Skills:

• Extensive knowledge of software development discipline Including S/W development lifecycle, requirement development, V&V, Configuration Management and issue tracking
• Experience with agile development framework and sprint lifecycles
• In depth knowledge of Linux, Cloud services, Docker container technologies, Elastic Stack, messaging protocols, REST-based interfaces
• Experience with AWS processing and data storage strongly preferred; specifically, familiarity with the AWS console, EC2 instance management, S3 storage, Lambda, SNS/SQS, and concepts like Autoscaling groups and basics on how networking works on the AWS cloud
• Experience and understanding of Science Data System functional capabilities and services
• Experience designing and developing process control and data management software for automated data processing systems
• Understanding of various workflow patterns and experience implementing data processing pipelines that meet mission science data requirements.
• Experience with data/metadata modeling and common data management techniques and concerns such as data lineage (provenance), database management and data architecture
• Strong Proficiency with Python, Unix scripts, XML, JSON, Maven, Gradle
• Technical document writing and presentation skill
• Extensive experience with Git, and Issue tracking tools such as Jira

Optional Skills:

• C++
• Java
• Experience with CI, CD concept using tools such as Artifactory, Jenkins, Terraform
• Experience with process control and data management system software and frameworks such as Apache OODT, ACCE, HySDS, ARIA and CWS
• Experience with standard science data formats such as HDF5 and NetCDF
• Experience and understanding of Flight projects life cycle, processes and procedures

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $150,000.00 - $160,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• software engineering: 5 years (Preferred)
• python: 5 years (Preferred)

Work Location: One location