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665 Cloud Software Engineer 3

ARSIEM

Annapolis Junction, MDFull-time$230–257K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$230–257K/yr
Location
Annapolis Junction, MD
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

TS/SCI clearance, required

Job overview

ARSIEM seeks a Cloud Software Engineer 3 to develop, maintain, and enhance Big Data cloud systems for a government client in Annapolis Junction, Maryland. The role contributes to back-end processing, analysis, and indexing, and includes software design, testing, troubleshooting, and system-design input. Candidates must meet extensive software engineering and cloud experience requirements and hold an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph; U.S. citizenship is required.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Cloud Computing, requiredHadoop, requiredJava, nice to haveFront-End Development, nice to haveAngular, nice to haveTypeScript, nice to haveAWS, requiredDevOps, requiredDistributed Computing, requiredInformation Retrieval, requiredCloud Bigtable, requiredCloud Distributed File Systems, requiredMapReduce, requiredCloud Coordination Frameworks, requiredCloud Architecture, requiredCloud Debugging, requiredMulti-Node Cloud Management, requiredUtility Computing, requiredNetwork Management, requiredVirtualization, requiredPython, requiredCFEngine, requiredBash, requiredRuby, requiredCloud Security, requiredFirewalls, requiredPKI Authentication, requiredObject-Oriented Design, requiredEclipse, requiredMaven, requiredRESTful Web Services, requiredYARN, requiredJ2EE, requiredZooKeeper, requiredHDFS, requiredHBase, requiredJMS, requiredConcurrent Programming, requiredApache Lucene, requiredApache Solr, required

Qualifications

12 Years Software Engineering, required4 Years Big Data Cloud Experience, required4 Years Cloud Engineering or Bachelor's, requiredMaster's in Computer Science or Related, nice to haveCloudera Certified Hadoop Developer, nice to have2 Years Cloud Information Retrieval, required1 Year Cloud Bigtable Implementation, required1 Year Cloud Distributed File System, required1 Year MapReduce Analytics, required1 Year Cloud Coordination Frameworks, required1 Year Cloud Architecture, required1 Year Cloud Framework Debugging, required

Full job description

About ARSIEM Corporation

At ARSIEM Corporation we are committed to fostering a proven and trusted partnership with our government clients. We provide support to multiple agencies across the United States Government. ARSIEM has an experienced workforce of qualified professionals committed to providing the best possible support.

As demand increases, ARSIEM continues to provide reliable and cutting-edge technical solutions at the best value to our clients. That means a career packed with opportunities to grow and the ability to have an impact on every client you work with.

ARSIEM is currently looking for a Cloud Software Engineer 3. The Cloud Software Engineer develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse Big Data cloud systems based on documented requirements. The position will support one of our government clients in Annapolis Junction, MD.

Responsibilities

  • Develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse Big-Data Cloud systems based upon documented requirements.

  • Directly contributes to all stages of back-end processing, analyzing, and indexing. Provides expertise in Cloud Computing, Hadoop Eco-System including implementing Java applications, distributed Computing, Information Retrieval (IR), and Object Oriented Design.

  • Works individually or as part of a team. Reviews and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results.

  • Resolves software problem reports.

  • Utilizes software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment.

  • Provides specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of Commercial Off-the-shelf (COTS)/Government Off-the-shelf (GOTS) in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Twelve (12) years experience software engineering experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.

  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required; four (4) years of which must be in programs utilizing Big-Data cloud technologies and/or Distributed Computing.

  • Four (4) years of cloud software engineering experience on projects with similar Big-Data systems may be substituted for a bachelors degree.

  • Master in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university may be substituted for two (2) years of experience.

  • Cloudera Certified Hadoop Developer certification may be substituted for one (1) year of Cloud experience.

  • Experience with AWS and DevOps.

  • Nice to have: Java or Front-end experience - Angular, Typescript (not the old JavaScript Angular JS)

  • The following Cloud related experiences are required:

  • Two (2) years of Cloud and/or Distributed Computing Information Retrieval (IR).

  • One (1) year of experience with implementing code that interacts with implementation of Cloud Big Table.

  • One (1) year of experience with implementing code that interacts with implementation of Cloud Distributed File System.

  • One (1) year of experience with implementing complex MapReduce analytics.

  • One (1) year of experience with implementing code that interacts with Cloud Distributed Coordination Frameworks.

  • One (1) year of experience in architecting Cloud Computing solutions

  • One (1) year of experience in debugging problems with Cloud based Distributed Computing Frameworks

  • One (1) year of experience in managing multi-node Cloud based installation

  • Experience in Computer Network Operations:

  • Utility Computing, Network Management, Virtualization (VMWare or VirtualBox), Cloud Computing

  • Multi Node Management and Installation: Management and installation of Cloud and Distributed Computing on multiple nodes, Python, CFEngine, Bash, Ruby or related technologies.

  • Experience in Information Assurance: Securing Cloud Based and Distributed applications through industry standard techniques such as Firewalls, PKI Certificate and Server Authentication with experience in Corporate authentication service(s)

  • Experience in Information Technology:

  • Object Oriented Design and Programming, Java, Eclipse or similar development environment, MAVEN, RESTful web services.

  • Cloud and Distributed Computing Technologies: at least one or a combination of several of the following areas - YARN, J2EE, MapReduce, Zookeeper, HDFS, HBase, JMS, Concurrent Programming,

  • Multi-Node implementation/installation and other applicable technologies.

  • Cloud and Distributed Computing Information Retrieval: at least one or a combination of several of the following areas - HDFS, HBASE, Apache Lucene, Apache Solr, MongoDB

  • Ingesting, Parsing and Analysis of Disparate Data-sources and formats: XML, JSON, CSV, Binary Formats, Sequence or Map Files, Avro and related technologies

  • Aspect Oriented Design and Development

  • Debugging and Profiling Cloud and Distributed Installations: Java Virtual Machine (JVM) memory management, Profiling Java Applications

  • UNIX/LINUX, CentOS

  • Experience in SIGINT:

  • Experience with at least one SIGINT collection discipline areas (FORNSAT, CABLE, Terrestrial/Microwave, Overhead, and ELINT)

  • Geolocation, emitter identification, and signal applications.

  • Joint program collection platforms and dataflow architectures; signals characterization analysis

  • Experience with Other:

  • CentOS, Linux/RedHat

  • Configuration management tools such as Subversion, ClearQuest, or Razor.

  • Twelve (12) years experience software engineering experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.

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Preferred Qualifications

  • Provide in-depth knowledge of Information Retrieval; assisting the software development team in designing, developing and testing Cloud Information Retrieval

  • Implement complex workflows that manage Cloud MapReduce analytics

  • Implement code that interacts with Cloud Distributed Coordination Frameworks

  • Oversee one or more software development tasks and ensures the work is completed in accordance with the constraints of the software development process being used on any particular project

  • Make recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards

  • Serve as a subject matter expert for Cloud Computing and corresponding technologies including Hadoop assisting the software development team in designing, developing and testing Cloud

  • Computing Systems

  • Debug problems with Cloud based Distributed Computing Frameworks

  • Manage multi-node Cloud based installation

  • Delegate programming and testing responsibilities to one or more teams and monitor their performance

  • Select the software development process in coordination with the customer and system engineering

  • Recommend new technologies and processes for complex cloud software projects

  • Ensure quality control of all developed and modified software

  • Architect solutions to complex Cloud Software Engineering Problems such as efficiently processing and retrieving large amounts of data

  • Make recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards

Clearance Requirement: This position requires an active TS/SCI with a polygraph. You must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Candidate Referral: Do you know someone who would be GREAT at this role? If you do, ARSIEM has a way for you to earn a bonus through our referral program for persons presenting NEW (not in our resume database) candidates who are successfully placed on one of our projects. The bonus for this position is $10,000, and the referrer is eligible to receive the sum for any applicant we place within 12 months of referral. The bonus is paid after the referred employee reaches 6 months of employment.

ARSIEM is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other federally protected class.

How this job compares

Set against the 40,155 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$230–257K/yr
  • Maryland median$120–205K/yr1,057 salary ranges
  • US median$133–216K/yr32,033 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $244K, is 49% above the Maryland median midpoint ($164K) — in the top quarter of Software Engineer salary ranges in Maryland.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,288 open Software Engineer jobs in Maryland and 40,155 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Maryland
Experience
This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience — more than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 33,026 postings).
Education
12,547 of the 40,155 open Software Engineer jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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