Software Developer
Mclean, VA

Job Description

Altamira Technologies has a long and successful history providing innovative solutions throughout the U.S. National Security community. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Altamira serves the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities by focusing on creating innovative solutions leveraging common standards in architecture, data and security. Altamira believes that our people and the culture of our company differentiate us from other companies.

We focus on recruiting talented, self-motivated employees that strive to find a way to get things done. Join our team of experts as we engineer national security!

Altamira has an immediate opportunity for a Software Developer in our McLean, VA office who will be responsible for supporting and updating a tool that amalgamates, searches, then displays data from various data sources.

Responsibilities include:

* Provision, configure, and apply security updates as needed to cloud-based AWS server instances.


* Maintain software code and troubleshoot application production issues within the full-stack of web development, from front-end view to back-end data and server issues.


* Update application datasets with new data from providers, as well as create mappings and ingestion procedures for new datasets into Elasticsearch. This will include the ability to programmatically manipulate JSON, MS Excel, csv, xml and other data formats to aide in data ingestion processes.


* Develop and test new application features in NodeJS, Vue, React, and other web development tools to accommodate the addition of new data from various sources.


* Communicate and meet with data partners to help establish requirements and potential data collection procedures. This may also include working with data partners to establish application connections and test SOAP and/or Rest APIs.


* Assist with paperwork and application requirements to meet security approvals for test and production environments.


* Be comfortable doing applications and answering technical questions for both technical and non-technical audiences.


* Be flexible to assist in multiple project areas as needed on a daily basis as priorities may shift.



Required experience:

* Experience with Object Oriented Programming languages such as JAVA, C++, RUBY; or experience programming with NodeJS.


* A self-starter who enjoys working on small teams with dynamic priorities and responsibilities. Communicates and collaborates well with others, while also being able to work independently with generally defined requirements.


* Experience developing and maintaining dynamic web applications using HTML, JavaScript, and AJAX.


* Experience working with REST or SOAP APIs.



Desired experience:

* Experience working in Cloud Environment/AWS deploying and maintaining web applications in dev, test, and prod environments.


* Experience with NodeJS and MEAN, ELK or similar stack.


* Experience programming with front-end Web Framework such as Vue.js or React.


* Experience collecting, translating, and modeling sets of data for analysis in ElasticSearch.


* Experience developing and deploying applications in Windows and Unix Operating Systems.


* Experience with requirements analysis and definition.



All candidates must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

Altamira is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.