Description
JOB DESCRIPTION:
SAIC is seeking a Software Engineer to support The Ocean Biology Processing Group at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
The Ocean Biology Processing Group ( http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov ) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is a world leader in satellite-based remote sensing of the ocean. This position will work closely with other developers, engineers, and operators supporting NASA's Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center ( http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ) as it transitions from a Linux-based on-premises system to an Amazon Web Services cloud-computing environment.
Duties will include:
- Provide software development support that will ingest, distribution and value-added services for OB.DAAC data holdings in NASA's Earthdata Cloud environment
- Utilize AWS scripts/services (e.g. S3, Lambdas, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, Cloudwatch, API Gateway) to scale and deploy code.
- Participate in software requirements, code reviews, and test plan reviews
- Ensure clear and thorough code and design documentation.
- Collaborating with team members to plan, estimate, and write clear user stories / acceptance criteria, and communicate effectively on Slack, Teams, etc.
Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, or related IT field from an accredited institution.
Required skills:
Experience in operational deployment, troubleshooting, and issue resolution preferable in a cloud environment (AWS, EC2, S3, DynamoDB, Lambda).
2-5 years' experience with Terraform, Jira and Python backend integration
Experience developing and executing continuous integration tests (e.g., Bamboo, Jest, Ava, Mocha)
Experience effectively maintaining a version-controlled code repository using modern tools (e.g., git)
Experience developing with Unix/Linux operating systems, including bash scripting
Experience with Docker / containerization software
Good written and communication skills
Experience working successfully with a distributed team
The successful candidate will also be eligible for unescorted access to NASA facilities.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER: 2313786
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