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Alion Science and Technology

Full-Stack Developer (Engineer Software 5)- 2789

Springfield, VA

Job Description
A division of Huntington Ingalls Industries
Who We Are

HII-Technical Solutions Division (HII-TSD) is currently seeking a Software Engineer in Springfield, VA. The Software Engineer would be a member of a team of "big data" specialists who build capabilities that directly support intelligence personnel who sole purpose is support to operations.

What We Offer:

  • An opportunity to work with a premier team of intelligence and technology professionals.
  • To establish a true legacy by building applications that will usher in a new era of analytics capabilities.
  • The ability to work within an organization where the fruits of your labor will directly support operations whose efficacy has actual national security implications.
  • Access to peerless platform and a trove of data that is diverse, massive, and relevant.
  • The ability to see firsthand the difference between being truly part of something great rather than simply having a job.

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A division of Huntington Ingalls Industries

Defense & Federal Solutions

Defense & Federal Solutions, a business group within Huntington Ingalls Industries' Technical Solutions division, helps solve tough national security challenges for the Department of Defense, the intelligence community and federal civilian agencies. Our expert capabilities include intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and cyber; secure enterprise IT engineering and operations; military training and simulation; logistics management and integrated product support; and fleet maintenance, modernization, repair and sustainment.

What you should bring with you (skills/experience)
  • Work with Systems Engineers to ensure that data is effectively received, processed, and postured.
  • Work with Data Scientists to ensure that data quality and confidence meet standards sufficient for effective data utilization.
  • Work with intelligence professionals to build and deliver a premier suite of analytics capabilities.
  • A passion for the design, development, documentation, testing, and fielding of applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
  • The ability to collaborate with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems.
  • A genuine desire to support intelligence professionals in identifying and developing against user needs of the highest priority.
  • Creativity, curiosity, and an appreciation for data science.


What you must have

15 years relevant experience with Bachelors Degree or 13 years relevant experience with Masters Degree.
Proficiency in two or more of the following programming languages: C#, Java, .NET, Python, Perl, Ruby, or similar
  • Familiarity with operating systems including: UNIX, Linux, Windows, etc.
  • Machine learning, data mining, and knowledge discovery
  • Analytic algorithm design and implementation
  • ETL processes; including document parsing techniques
  • Using or designing RESTful APls, SOAP, XML
  • Developing large cloud software projects, preferably in Java, Python, or C++
  • Java/J2EE, multithreaded and concurrency systems
  • Multi-threaded, big data, distributive cloud architectures and frameworks including Hadoop, MapReduce, Cloudera, Hive, Spark, Elasticsearch, etc. for the purposes of conducting analytic algorithm design and implementation
  • NoSQL database such as Neo4J, Titan, Mongo, Cassandra, and hBase
  • AWS Services (EC2, Network, ELB, S3/EBS, etc.)
  • Experience with or desire to be part of a team involved with processing and managing large data sets (multi-TB scale strongly desired, multi-PB scale is a huge bonus)
  • Web services environment and technologies such as JSON, XML, KML, and SOAP
  • Proficiency in troubleshooting in very complex distributed environments including following stack traces back to code and identifying a root cause
  • Data transfer systems such NiFi
  • Current Agile methods
  • Management/tracking utilities such as GitLab/GitHub, Jira, Redmine, or similar

Clearance: Must possess and maintain a TS/SCI clearance

A new Federal Executive Order requires that employees of Federal contractors be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by December 8, 2021. Accordingly, as a condition of employment with Technical Solutions, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, employees will be required to provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 or have an approved exemption prior to starting employment.

Bonus points for...

Certification(s):
  • COMPTIA Security+ certification or CISSP
  • Distributed computing
  • Agile and/or Scrum

Experience with:
  • Running internet facing or Service Level Agreement (SLA'd) auto-deployed environments
  • Real-time media protocols (Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP), Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP))
  • Text processing: NPL, NER, entity retrieval (e.g. Solr/Lucene), topic extraction, summarization, clustering, etc.

Having previously provided direct support to:
  • Special Operations Forces or comparable operational element.
  • Intelligence professionals.


Huntington Ingalls Industries is America's largest military shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to partners in government and industry. For more than a century, HII's Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII's Technical Solutions division provides a wide range of professional services through its Fleet Support, Mission Driven Innovative Solutions, Nuclear & Environmental, and Oil & Gas groups. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, HII employs more than 42,000 people operating both domestically and internationally.

A new Federal Executive Order requires that employees of Federal contractors be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by December 8, 2021. Accordingly, as a condition of employment with Technical Solutions, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, employees will be required to provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 or have an approved exemption prior to starting employment.

Huntington Ingalls Industries is an Equal Opportunity/Vets and Disabled Employer. U.S. Citizenship may be required for certain positions.

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