Software Developer

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.

As a Software Developer with AMERICAN SYSTEMS you will have the opportunity to do the following:

Serve as the back-end developer for an in-house developed application, with a focus on system integration and automation.
• Provide expertise in Perl and Python programming languages.
• Work on a variety of automation efforts: in-house applications, security compliance automation, and operating systems.
• Contribute towards an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) paradigm to manage the infrastructure as a whole programmatically and provide an enterprise level solution to security and compliance.
• Engage in full-cycle end-to-end development, spanning design through implementation, with a focus on agile software development.
• Collaborate closely with development team members to facilitate planning, release planning, and work prioritization across the portfolio.
• Partner with application architects as well as other application teams to implement solutions and ensure effective integration with downstream systems.

Job Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship with a current Secret clearance.
• Security+ or equivalent IAT Level II (or higher) certification or the ability to get one within the first 4 months.
• A minimum of 8-10 years of software development experience.
• 2+ years of experience converting Perl programs to Python.
• 2+ years of experience leveraging APIs to: Windows Active Directory/LDAP, DNS, VMware/VCenter, and Atlassian Jira and Confluence.
• Experience with Subversion and Kubernetes compliant containers.
• Experience utilizing Atlassian Jira to identify and track software requirements, development tasking, bug tracking, etc. utilizting Agile Sprint methodologies.