Systems Engineer
Seed Innovations believes that each team member makes a significant contribution to the success of our organization. If you want to be more than just a number, keep reading!
Why Seed?
Our engineers push the envelope to deliver high availability, automated, and secure systems that operate in the cloud and on premises. We have multiple customers throughout the region interested in efficient, scalable, automated mission solutions that take full advantage of the latest software engineering approaches. We take pride in hiring bright minds that aren’t satisfied with the status quo. Help us build better government and commercial systems, one customer at a time! Seed is a family-centered, fun-loving, high-energy, innovative team. Check us out and be a part of the solution!
We are willing to train the right candidates that may not have all the Kubernetes or CaC/IaC experience but possess strong engineering skills and an aptitude for understanding systems and desire to learn.
Due to our customer base, U.S. citizenship is required. Secret security clearance is required at the time of hire. Applicants selected may be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation.
Individuals must either be fully vaccinated or be approved for an accommodation to perform services for Seed Innovations.
Location: Colorado (South Denver or Colorado Springs Area – access to Peterson SFB), Washington DC Area (access to Andrews Joint Base) or Dayton, Ohio Area (access to Wright-Patterson AF Base)
Job Description
Seeking a highly motivated and strong Systems Engineer to support automated data pipeline implementation and maintenance as well as data feed coordination, implementation, and status on a Government program that:
- Enables analytics partnerships
- Enables Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence
- Allows functional communities to use the state-of-the-art, cloud-based tools they need to solve the Government’s toughest data-related challenges
Required Skills & Experience
- Eager to learn new technologies and gain expert-level understanding of the latest approaches (auto-scaled cloud-based systems, serverless architectures, cloud/on-premises hybrid solutions)
- A passion for Agile and DevSecOps methodologies
- Experience with automated data movement (I.e., data pipelines), data tagging and cataloging and data curation
- Strong ‘security first’ mindset
- Experience implementing data quality checks to find and resolve data issues
- Experience with cloud systems and architectures (Amazon AWS, Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure)
- Familiarity with Linux and scripting (Bash and Python, etc)
- Ability to work on high performing teams supporting multiple projects and personnel
- Ability to organize and track multiple concurrent topics
- Support data users in data solutions and needs
- Mentor and train other engineers throughout the company and seek to continually improve processes company & project wide
- Work closely with engineering professionals within the company to maintain hardware and software needed for projects to be completed efficiently
- Provide clear goals for all areas of a project and develop steps to oversee timely execution
- Be proactive about challenges or constraints within a project and seek to manage them accordingly
- Provide detailed specifications for proposed solutions including materials, manpower and time necessary
- Assist other department engineers in creating practical demonstrations of proposed solutions and demonstrating them to other members of the team
- Work alongside project management teams to successfully monitor progress and implementation of initiatives
- Establish milestones for necessary contributions from departments and develop processes to facilitate their collaboration
- Excellent communications skills; written and oral
Education Requirements
- Two to three years of experience with a B.S in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent degree or 7+ years of experience without a degree
Salary Range
Benefits Include:
- Benefits Pool: Health, Retirement & PTO/Sick Leave
- Variable compensation also included
- Company-provided STD, LTD and Life
Seed Innovations is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis prohibited by law.