Federal - Python Developer

Job description

Organization: Accenture Federal Services
Location: Reston, VA

Accenture Federal Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture LLP, is a U.S. company with offices in Arlington, Virginia. Accenture's federal business has served every cabinet-level department and 30 of the largest federal organizations. Accenture Federal Services transforms bold ideas into breakthrough outcomes for clients at defense, intelligence, public safety, civilian and military health organizations.

We believe that great outcomes are everything. It's what drives us to turn bold ideas into breakthrough solutions. By combining digital technologies with what works across the world's leading businesses, we use agile approaches to help clients solve their toughest problems fast—the first time. So, you can deliver what matters most.

Count on us to help you embrace new ways of working, building for change and put customers at the core. A wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture, we bring over 30 years of experience serving the federal government, including every cabinet-level department. Our 7,200 dedicated colleagues and change makers work with our clients at the heart of the nation's priorities in defense, intel, public safety, health and civilian to help you make a difference for the people you employ, serve and protect.

Job Responsibilities:

· Understand requirements, design and develop software components.
· Research software concepts, develop and demo proof of concept.
· Work with team members to understand current product features.
· Develop automated unit/integration tests.
· Participate in code reviews.
· Communicate and participate in the project's agile process with the integration team.
· Support continuous process improvement in the DevOps CI/CD Pipeline.

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Basic Skills & Qualifications:

·  3+ years of relevant development experience with Python and Java.
·  Experience with developing RESTful APIs
·  Professional experience working within technologies/tools such as HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, MS SQL, NoSQL, Relational Databases, Big Data, Git Jenkins Preferred Skills & Qualifications:

·  Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science or equivalent
·  Experience with Elasticsearch
·  Experience with pulling data from AWS Cloud, Azure Cloud, or Cloud implementations and environments
·  Strong object-oriented programming principles
·  Experience with Python libraries such as Flask, SQL,Alchemy
·  Experience building web applications with Python ORM frameworks
·  Experience using message-queuing software (RabbitMQ/Kafka)
·  Experience with software automation for testing and deployment
·  Familiar with MS SQL, NoSQL DB, JSON
·  Familiar with tools such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet, SaltStack
·  Experience with software integration using COTS products
·  Experience with Cloud based services such as Azure, AWS, GCP
·  Linux Red Hat certified Specialist in Security+ Certified
·  Experience with DHS Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) a plus
·  Ability to captured and translate business requirements to functional requirements
·  Ability to work in an Agile environment for development and feature releases
·  Demonstrated experience writing technical documentation to support code deployment guides
·  Quick learner, able to learn new technology and software
·  Experience in unit testing, debugging and troubleshooting issues on developed code
·  Experience in secure coding practices
·  Red Hat OS experience
·  Self-starter and have the ability to think outside of the box to design effective solutions
·  Excellent verbal and written communication skills as this position will interact with peers and customers
·  Ability to work independently with minimum supervision and as a team member
An active security clearance or the ability to obtain one may be required for this role.

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Accenture (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status).

Accenture is a Federal Contractor and an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

Equal Employment Opportunity
All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.

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