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The Boeing Company seeks an Experienced Containerization Software Engineer to join our Argon ST team in Fairfax, VA. This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Defense, Space, and Security (BDS) business organization.

Boeing BDS Argon ST designs and develops Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) products for the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and allied customers. The products intercept Radio Frequency (RF) signals, apply signal processing algorithms, and distribute the processed results.  Our systems are deployed on manned/unmanned aircrafts, ships/submarines, and ground platforms. Join us in advancing the mission!

As a member of the Software Engineering DevSecOps group, you will leverage industry-leading tools, techniques, and processes to help software development teams, integration and test engineers, IT personnel, program management, and customer representatives to increase first-time quality, team velocity, and customer satisfaction on a wide range of projects.

Position Responsibilities: 

• Display mastery of industry best practices in classified and unclassified server builds, containerization, software build, software artifact management, version control strategies, virtualization, application deployment, configuration, and integration.

• Identify, investigate, deploy, integrate, maintain, upgrade and support tools used in our development and deployment processes.

• Perform automation and auditing of software builds and unit, functional, and acceptance tests.

• Automate server builds and deployments across multiple networks.

• Efficiently execute a wide range of day-to-day operations including user / permissions management, code delivery, team consults, server and database administration.

• Be able to independently analyze complex workflows, identify improvement opportunities, and leverage industry standard tools and technologies to drive cost, schedule and risk reduction.

• Effectively collaborate with stakeholders including IT, cybersecurity, program management, and engineering organizations to meet requirements in a fast-paced environment.

This position is expected to be 100 onsite.  The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

Security Clearance and Export Control Requirements: 
This position requires an active Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance with the ability to obtain Sensitive Compartment Information (SCI).  (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active.)

Coding Challenge:
To be considered for this position you will be required to complete a technical assessment as part of the selection process.  Failure to complete the assessment will remove you from consideration.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience):

• 5+ years of experience in the Software Development lifecycle (including Requirements Analysis, Design, Code, Integration & Test)

• 5+ years’ experience with software development using either Java, C++, or Python

• 5+ years of experience with development and administration in Linux systems in virtualized environments (OracleOS and/or RHEL)

• 5+ years of experience with container and container orchestration (Docker and Kubernetes)

• 3+ years of experience working with Virtualized Systems (i.e. VMWare) design and implementation

• 3+ years of experience in automated builds and continuous integration

• 2+ years of experience to you have with Ansible, Chef, or other automation/configuration management tools

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry

• At least 2 years of experience with Bash Shell scripting 

• At least 2 years of experience with Artifact management server administration - Artifactory preferred

• Version control system administration: git preferred. SVN, CVS a plus

• Bug tracking tool administration: JIRA preferred

• Cloud server management: AWS preferred

• Database management system: mySQL/pSQL

• Shell editors: vi/vim, emacs, etc.

• IDEs: IntelliJ/VSCode/Eclipse preferred

• Security+ Certification

Typical Education/Experience:
Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 5 or more years related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD, Master+3 years related work experience). In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

Travel: Less than 10

Shift Work:  1st shift

Relocation: 
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.  Basic relocation will be offered for eligible internal candidates. 

Drug Free Workplace:
Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent.  Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.  

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.  

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as spanet and business considerations.  

Summary Pay Range for Experienced level: $112,200 - $151,800

Applications for this position will be accepted until January 5, 2025

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.