Position Summary
Base-2 Solutions is seeking an Appian Software Developer/Integrator to support the design, development, deployment, and operation of a DoD-wide Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TCPED) workflow management platform for Open Source Intelligence (OSINT). The role supports mission-focused requirements management, task coordination, data exploitation, enrichment, triage, and analytics capabilities through cloud computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cross-domain transfer systems, and microservices.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Work with a team of systems integration engineers to deploy release candidates successfully to the production environment.
- Participate in test, staging, and production deployments.
- Integrate container-based Appian using Kubernetes, Rancher, Helm, and other DevOpsSec integration tools.
- Assist with the maintenance of services and procedures for a big data pipeline that includes Kafka, Elasticsearch, and internally developed Python and Java microservices running on Kubernetes.
- Monitor automated system integration tests to identify failed modules and components.
- Manage individual project priorities, deliverables, and deadlines.
- Foster collaboration among team members to provide quality service and products to the customer.
Required Qualifications
- Experience meeting an applicable education and prior relevant experience pathway in the equivalency section.
- Experience with Appian.
- Experience with containerization.
- Development and/or scripting experience, especially Python and Bash.
- Experience with DevOps practices and tools, including Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools and practices, especially GitLab or Jenkins.
- Experience with Agile practices.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work well on a team and independently as a self-starter.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with systems at scale.
- Experience with Kafka or other message-passing systems.
- Experience working on a production or enterprise system.
- Cloud infrastructure experience.
- Appian certification.
- Experience with Java.
- Experience with Kubernetes monitoring, including Prometheus and Grafana.
- Experience integrating Appian with PostgreSQL or another database.
- Experience with SALT for deployment automation.
- Experience with GraphQL.
- Experience with Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Logstash, specifically administration experience.
- Experience with Helm and Helmfile.
- Possess at least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification, e.g., CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate).
- Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification per DoD 8570 policy.
Required Education and Experience Equivalency
- Bachelor's Degree with 8+ years of prior relevant experience.
- Master's Degree with 6+ years of prior relevant experience.
Required Certifications
Required Security Clearance