Application Engineer IV

Job Description

SALARY RANGE $190,000 - $247,000/year.

DUTIES As a successful candidate for the Application Engineer IV role, you will design software tools and subsystems to support software reuse and domain analysis and manage their implementation. You will manage software development and support using formal specifications, data flow diagrams, other accepted design techniques, and Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools. You will estimate software development costs and schedules. You will review existing programs and assist in making refinements, reducing operating time, and improving current techniques. You will formulate and define specifications for software applications or modify and maintain existing applications using engineering releases and utilities from the manufacturer. You will be responsible for program design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation. You will instruct, direct, and check the work of other task personnel. You will be responsible for quality assurance review and evaluating existing and new software products.

SKILLS

• Monitor the health and status of security tool suites through IT system management
• Maintain, upgrade, refresh, and update systems to ensure full operational capacity
• Conduct database administration to identify and repair system/tool degradation within NISIRT
• Analyze newly identified vulnerabilities and deficiencies; perform gap analysis
• Research and evaluate commercial solutions to address security gaps at the direction of the Government
• Present analysis of alternatives to the Government in a Technical Analysis package
• Coordinate with ancillary organizations to procure, deliver, dispose of, and track required hardware/software
• Prepare Configuration Plans and software enhancement plans; engineer solutions with GUI/web interfaces
• Define, design, and integrate data retrieval interfaces for various scanning tools
• Design, validate, and implement access controls across systems and services
• Enhance, modify, and test COTS/GOTS hardware/software for compatibility with Enterprise IT/IC GovCloud architecture
• Prepare Engineering Change Proposals for system configuration changes
• Coordinate testing, integration, implementation, and deployment activities with external interface owners
• Deploy security solutions across the IT Enterprise Network, including hardware and software installation
• Conduct training on new tool capabilities and functions for authorized users of the security tool suite

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Required Skills

CERTIFICATIONS & TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES IAT Level II (CCNA-Security, CySA+, CND, or Security+ CE).

QUALIFICATIONS Ph.D. plus Four (4) years of experience, a Master's degree plus Six (6) years of experience, a Bachelor's degree plus Eight (8) years of experience, or an Associate's degree plus Ten (10) years of professional experience is acceptable. Twelve (12) years of relevant experience is acceptable if the candidate does not possess a degree.

Additional Requirements:

Experience with:

Troubleshooting experience (VM & application logs & tracking down sources/causes of VM or application issues)

Strong Linux skills (RHEL 8/9)

Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and Rancher for containerized workloads

Familiarity with Apache NiFi or similar data integration tools

Working knowledge of Ansible for automation and configuration management

Hands-on experience managing VMs in OpenStack, VMware, or AWS

Ability to troubleshoot SSH, performance, and network-related issues in Linux environments

Experience applying security hardening (STIG, STE/STN) and maintaining compliance documentation (SSP)

Experience with network flow monitoring tools

Active Security + Certification

Monitoring and managing production Linux VMs

Desired Skills

Desired:

RedHat certification

Knowledge of Python

MongoDB, Kubernetes (Docker)

Familiar with Riverbed Technology