Software Engineer 3

Software Engineer 3 - Richland
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Richland, WA
Overview:
Protecting U.S. residents and visitors is among our nation's highest priorities. As adversaries gain access to sophisticated technologies and materials, the threats grow more dynamic and complex—from cyber and nuclear to chemical and biological weapons of mass effect and other forms of terrorism. The PNNL national security mission employs our researchers, tools, and technologies to play a key role in advancing the ability to identify and secure nuclear materials, detect weapons of mass effect, manage nonproliferation treaties, secure our nation's borders, and protect critical infrastructures. PNNL's scientific discovery and capabilities—rooted in innovative theory, methods, algorithms, and tools—are enabling stronger, more resilient technologies and systems to safeguard national security. Coupled with decades of radiological and nuclear materials expertise, advanced computing and threat analysis capabilities, and a broad fundamental science base, we are identifying and countering emerging threats that have significant impact at home and around the globe.

Join a group of 90 software engineers using the latest technologies to solve the hardest problems for our nation. We are seeking a senior software engineer to design, build, and deploy scalable data pipelines and analytics/machine learning solutions.

Critical Technologies

Programming & Scripting - Python, C#, GO, Rust, Java, Scala
Compute – IoT/ICS, Linux, Fargate/EC2, ECS/Docker, EKS/Kubernetes, EMR
Development – Git/Gitlab, Agile, Atlassian, CDK, CI/CD, DevOps, IDE
Data and Storage – S3, Athena, Postgres, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Dynamo, Redshift, MongoDB
Pipelines – IAM, Cognito, Nifi, Airflow, Dagster, Spark, Lambda, Beats, Splunk
Analytics – Dask, Numpy & Pandas, DataBricks, SageMaker, Tensorflow/Keras, PySpark
National Interest Project Examples

Detect and prevent smuggling of drugs and contraband at ports of entry [Link]
Develop large data pipelines to thwart funding for terrorists, nuclear proliferators, drug cartels, and rogue leaders [Link]
Applying big data solutions to national security problems [Link]
Applying image classification for nuclear forensics analysis [Link]
Detect and respond to advanced cyber threats with at-edge computing [Link]
Develop capabilities for scalable geospatial analytics [Link]
Use remotely sensed imagery to identify and monitor the progression of wildfires [Link]
Analyze the resiliency of the electric power grid to prevent large-scale outages [Link]
Optimize building efficiency using IOT and ICS data with automated demand-response markets [Link]
Model climate change and impacts to civilization [Link]
Hunt for the existence of dark matter to understand the nature of the universe [Link]
Data Complexities

Volume – large, we work with terabytes and petabytes
Variety – Images, audio, text, IoT, RF, GPS, edge sensors
Velocity – Sub-second and lower frequency
How We Work

Diverse and flexible projects – Flexibility to choose and move between projects
Agile development environment – Scrum meetings, standups, demos, and retrospectives
Partners – Work with government, academic, industry, and other partners to solve problems
Locations – Seattle, WA; Richland, WA; Washington, DC
Team Sizes – Typically around 5-10 members, although projects can be more than 100 or just a few members
Team Compositions – Our teams include cloud engineers, machine learning engineers, data scientists/domain experts, UI/UX designers, front-end developers, scrums masters, product owners, and most importantly, users

A day in the life of a software engineer at PNNL might involve exploring new scientific data and creating robust datasets. You will create data pipelines to store in large databases, feed to AI/ML and create new data analysis tools to tackle national level problems. You will work with Cloud engineers to deploy to AWS and Azure, ML researchers to develop production ready models, and analysts to extract new features and derive new insights. You will hit a sprint demo to show off your biweekly progress and then call it a day. All along you will know that your deployment answered a critical national security problem, something that might have been discussed on the evening news.

Missing some of these skills or experiences? That's okay. If you have relevant technical expertise, are highly driven, and are very motivated to learn these technologies and tackle these domain problems, let's talk.

Rockstar Rewards:
Employees and their families are offered medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, basic life insurance, disability insurance*, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, tuition assistance, supplemental parental bonding leave**, surrogacy and adoption assistance, and fertility support. Employees are automatically enrolled in our company funded pension plan* and may enroll in our 401k savings plan. Employees may accrue up to 120 vacation hours per year and may receive ten paid holidays per year.
Research Associates excluded.
**Once eligibility requirements are met.

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Responsibilities:
Identify mission challenges and formulate engineering solutions methodically
Embrace software engineering excellence and delivering quality results at scale
Employ expertise with a high-level programming language such as Python / C#
Apply good design and innovative problem-solving skills to solve challenging technical problems
Initiate personal direction and goals
Demonstrate outstanding verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work in a collaborative environment
Be passionate and self-motivated with good time management skills
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
BS/BA and 5+ years of relevant work experience -OR-
MS/MA and 3+ years of relevant work experience -OR-
PhD with 1+ year of relevant experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Degree in computer science, software engineering, or related field
Active TS or Q security clearance and the ability to maintain such a clearance
Hazardous Working Conditions/Environment:
Not applicable.
Additional Information:
This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a federal security clearance.

Requirements:
U.S. Citizenship
Background Investigation: Applicants selected will be subject to a Federal background investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified matter in accordance with 10 CFR 710, Appendix B.
Drug Testing: All Security Clearance positions are Testing Designated Positions, which means that the candidate selected is subject to pre-employment and random drug testing. In addition, applicants must be able to demonstrate non-use of illegal drugs, including marijuana, for the 12 consecutive months preceding completion of the requisite Questionnaire for National Security Positions (QNSP).
Note: Applicants will be considered ineligible for security clearance processing by the U.S. Department of Energy until non-use of illegal drugs, including marijuana, for 12 months can be demonstrated.
"Referral Eligible"
Testing Designated Position (TDP):
This position is a Testing Designated Position (TDP). The candidate selected for this position will be subject to pre-employment and random drug testing for illegal drugs, including marijuana, consistent with the Controlled Substances Act and the PNNL Workplace Substance Abuse Program.