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Sr Software Engineer - Big Data

Reston💼 Full-time💰 $164,300–$164,300🗓 2026-09-22 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, develop, and maintain software systems to gather, analyze, and report on large-scale network traffic, DNS, and web content data to derive operational and business intelligence.

Role type

Senior IC Software Engineer (Big Data & Infrastructure)

Builds

Data collection, storage, analysis, and reporting systems for network traffic and DNS data

Domain

Internet Infrastructure / Big Data / Networking

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Java, Python, Big Data frameworks (MapReduce, Spark), Hadoop, Hive, Kafka, Linux, Unix, RDBMS, NoSQL, Time-series DBs, Automation (Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins), Cloud-native architectures, Performance tuning, Data migration

Preferred skills

Distributed systems design, Vulnerability management, CI/CD pipeline development, Incident response, Kernel configuration

Technologies

Java, Python, Spark, Hadoop, Hive, Kafka, Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, Linux, Kubernetes (implied by cloud-native)

Responsibilities

Design and implement object-oriented software for big data collection and analysis; Perform system verification and performance testing; Collaborate with architects to define testing procedures; Lead incident response for distributed systems and networking issues; Foster documentation and knowledge sharing; Drive continuous improvement of organizational practices.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with technical leadership

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