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Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER) is seeking a motivated individual to work as part of an energetic team developing complex software for multiple Dept. of Defense and commercial programs providing solutions to real-world problems related to space weather impacts on operations. The successful applicant will interact closely with scientists, product developers and engineers in an agile development process to rapidly design, develop, test, integrate and deploy software capabilities with a DevOps mindset. The position requires both new software development and ability to adapt/extend existing codes. New development will be mainly in C++ and Python but existing code also includes C and FORTRAN. Candidates must have a BS degree plus 4 years experience or MS degree plus 2 years experience in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics or sciences involving programming. A successful applicant will have demonstrated the ability to develop quality software for science or engineering applications and to rapidly learn new problem domains and software technologies. Strong technical and communication skills, teamwork, and problem solving in a fast-paced R&D environment are required.

The following are required:

1)      Strong C++ and Python programming skills and object-oriented design.

2)      Development experience in Linux and Windows environments.

3)      Demonstrated experience in software development of scientific, geospatial or engineering applications.

4)      Understand the software lifecycle and experience in the use of software process tools including source control (Git, Subversion)

5)      Demonstrated ability and enthusiasm for rapidly learning and applying new software technologies to complex problems.

6)      An understanding or background in signal processing, RF propagation, and/or wave propagation.

The following are desired:

1)      High performance computing and code optimization, including experience in multithreading and multiprocessing applications, and GPGPU programming

2)      Interest in remote sensing/satellites, physics, meteorology, or other geophysical sciences

3)      Web development using a variety of server and client frameworks such as JSF, jQuery, SOAP, REST

4)      Experience developing and deploying applications for AWS

5)      DevOps experience using technologies such as Ansible, Packer, Vagrant, CloudFormation, Terraform

6)      Experience developing and maintaining build systems using tools such as CMake, Gradle, Maven, or Ant

7)      Experience with continuous integration tools such as Jenkins

These positions are open to US citizens and successful applicants must have the ability to obtain a DoD secret level clearance. AER offers a competitive wage and benefit package.

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