Senior Principal Software Engineer at Chameleon Consulting Group

Company Overview

CCG is a technology company focused on equipping customers with the capabilities and support to conduct intelligent and successful cyber operations. We do this by finding the most talented engineers and operators in the country, give them some of the most challenging problems facing the US government, and help them unleash their creativity and problem-solving skills. Excellence is our standard and mission success is our metric.

Role

We are seeking an experienced software engineer with a passion for solving novel cyber operations problems at scale. This role is part of a high functioning, high performing team that is a part of a larger, cross-functional program that focuses on delivering operational capability to the cyber warfighter. This particular team is responsible for developing an orchestration system that manages cyber infrastructure. The software itself is largely written using Golang and will require the individual to have familiarity with Kubernetes (deployments, networking), Ansible, Cloud Service Providers. and back-end development.

This is a remote role, with the expectation that the individual travels quarterly for customer engagements and hackathons. 

Responsibilities

• Contribute to design and architecture of back-end systems and critical external interfaces for integration with other commercial and government software solutions 
• Develop robust and high-quality software, putting the user’s requirements first 
• Build testing and continuous integration pipelines to verify code functionality, reduce risk, and speed deployment
• Facilitate delivery and deployment of operational capabilities on customer networks

Required Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance (note, only US Citizens are eligible for security clearances)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Degree requirement can be met with four years of hands on experience in a software engineer or similar full time position
• Must demonstrate the ability to develop software features and capabilities with limited supervision to move the project towards team goals
• Proficient in two or more of the the following programming languages - Python, Go, C/C++, or Rust
• Proficient in containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Podman)
• Proficient with container orchestration using Kubernetes
• Comfortable in a high-trust, adaptable, team environment

Preferred Qualifications (in addition to the required qualifications)

• Current US TS/SCI security clearance
• More than 3 years of industry experience in a software engineer or similar role in the Cyber Operation Domain
• Working knowledge of relational and graph databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Neo4j)
• Experience communicating with customers and end-users 

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status