Athena Consulting Group (ACG) is an Information Assurance, Program Management and Information Technology services Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) focused on solutions with customer-centric support to the US Government, including the Department of Defense and Veteran’s Affairs. We have offices in Charleston, SC, Fairfax, VA, and San Diego, CA, supporting customers worldwide. True North has partnered with Athena to recruit for a group of their specialized positions.
To apply to any of the below positions, please send your resume and cover letter to [email protected] with subject line "Athena - <Position Title>".
To apply to any of the below positions, please send your resume and cover letter to [email protected] with subject line "Athena - <Position Title>".
Developer
Location: Boston
Needed Experience:
Location: Boston
Needed Experience:
- Languages (must): C, Python
- Languages (nice): Java, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, PHP
- Platforms: Android (4.4 and above), Linux
- Development Specialists: JNI, NDK, Encryption (AES)
- Quality Analysis and Code Testing
- Need a problem solver / hacker type
- Strong written and spoken communication skills
- Agile experience
- Work in Jira (story management) and Github (code management)
- Helping to build a Data At Rest (DAR) encryption system for Android
- Effectively building a user-space encrypted file system
- Helping to build a Data In Use (DIU) encryption mechanism to encrypt inter-app communications
- Extending an app wrapping platform for android to be able to hook into system calls (read, write, attributes) and replace them with secure versions
- Working in two-week sprints and must be able to meet deliverables on time and complete all assigned tasks
- Helpful to be a self-starter who takes tasks on without direction
- Testing and inspection of code to ensure it meets requirements and is bug free
- Executing test cases against code to ensure compliance
- Tracking bugs to resolution
Junior Software Developer
Roles and Responsibilities
Security Clearance Requirement: Ability to obtain a DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance is required. Candidate selected will be subject to a government background investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Education: Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Electronic/Chemical/Computer/ Software Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Information Systems or Computer Information Systems.
Experience: Three (3) years total experience, to include: software Design, Development, and Test and Evaluation. One (1) year programming experience with object-oriented analysis, design and programming using JSP, Java, Servlets, or ASP, .NET, C#, JavaScript.
Specific experience in: working with web-based technologies, web programming languages such as HTML, XML, WebApps, and JavaScript, and other design software. Should have an understanding of and/or experience with the following:
Roles and Responsibilities
- Codes software applications to adhere to designs supporting external customers’ requirements.
- Develops scripts, programs, and other tools as needed
- Performs software and system testing procedures, bug verification, release testing, and beta support.
- Performs product design and programming activities involving multiple modules or subsystems.
- Participates in design meetings and consults with other staff to evaluate interface between hardware and software, and operational and performance requirements of overall system.
- Performs release testing and beta support for assigned projects and resolves problems found in the software.
- Prepares documentation as required.
Security Clearance Requirement: Ability to obtain a DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance is required. Candidate selected will be subject to a government background investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Education: Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Electronic/Chemical/Computer/ Software Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Information Systems or Computer Information Systems.
Experience: Three (3) years total experience, to include: software Design, Development, and Test and Evaluation. One (1) year programming experience with object-oriented analysis, design and programming using JSP, Java, Servlets, or ASP, .NET, C#, JavaScript.
Specific experience in: working with web-based technologies, web programming languages such as HTML, XML, WebApps, and JavaScript, and other design software. Should have an understanding of and/or experience with the following:
- SOA components (e.g., Orchestration, ESBs) and technologies (e.g., XML, XPath, XSLT, Web Services)
- RHEL/rpm linux, JBOSS, PostgresQL, SAML, SSO, OpenAM, Puppet, GWT, Fuse/AMQ, BPMS, OpenShift
- WS-* standards (e.g., WS-Addressing, WS-Security, WS-I Basic Profile, WS-I Basic Security Profile)
- Web Services standards and technologies (e.g., XML, SOAP, REST, WSDL, XSD, UDDI)
Senior Software Developer
Duties & Responsibilities
Security Clearance Requirement: Ability to obtain a DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance is required. Candidate selected will be subject to a government background investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Education: Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Electronic/Chemical/Computer/ Software Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Information Systems or Computer Information Systems.
Experience: Six (6) years total experience, to include: software Design, Development, and Test and Evaluation. Four (4) years programming experience with object-oriented analysis, design and programming using JSP, Java, Servlets, or ASP, .NET, C#, JavaScript. . Familiarity with CANES Afloat Core Services (ACS) is desirable.
Specific experience in: working with web-based technologies, web programming languages such as HTML, XML, WebApps, and JavaScript, and other design software. Should have an understanding of and/or experience with the following:
Duties & Responsibilities
- Participates in design meetings and consults with other staff to evaluate interface between hardware and software, and operational and performance requirements of overall system.
- Performs complex release testing and beta support for assigned projects and resolves problems found in the software.
- Performs software and system testing procedures, bug verification, release testing, and beta support.
- Performs product design and programming activities involving multiple modules or subsystems.
- Create demo clients that use the ACS services (e.g. messaging, mediation, discovery)
- Create example code for release to developers
- Refine and expand current developer/integrator guidance (e.g. documents, videos, webinars)
- Assist in testing CANES ACS services for release and applying IA lockdowns
- Standardizes the quality assurance procedure for software.
- Analyze technical data to determine requirements, adapt for functionality.
- Design, develop and test applications, embeds software on systems and enterprise architecture platforms.
- Develops and integrating various software builds using commercial/government off-the-shelf (COTS/GOTS).
- May provide guidance to others to achieve goals in accordance with established DoD standards, guidelines, policies and procedures.
Security Clearance Requirement: Ability to obtain a DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance is required. Candidate selected will be subject to a government background investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Education: Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Electronic/Chemical/Computer/ Software Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Information Systems or Computer Information Systems.
Experience: Six (6) years total experience, to include: software Design, Development, and Test and Evaluation. Four (4) years programming experience with object-oriented analysis, design and programming using JSP, Java, Servlets, or ASP, .NET, C#, JavaScript. . Familiarity with CANES Afloat Core Services (ACS) is desirable.
Specific experience in: working with web-based technologies, web programming languages such as HTML, XML, WebApps, and JavaScript, and other design software. Should have an understanding of and/or experience with the following:
- SOA experience Enterprise Service Bus and Message Brokers (AMPQ) and technologies (e.g., XML, XPath, XSLT, Web Services)
- Extensive RHEL/rpm linux, JBOSS, PostgresQL, SAML, SSO, OpenAM, Puppet, GWT, Fuse/AMQ, BPMS, OpenShift PostgreSQL
- Web Services standards and technologies (e.g., XML, SOAP, REST, WSDL, XSD, UDDI)
Functional Systems Support for Cyber Security - ACAS support
Located in Charleston, SC
- Functional Systems Support for Cyber Security
- Support the use of complementary scanning and patching tools as necessary to Provide subject matter expertise for Information Assurance (IA) Tools (including – Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS), Host Based Security System (HBSS), System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), Data at Rest (DAR), Group Policy Objects (GPO), Central Logging)
- Maintain sites’ security postures
- Review ACAS deployment to support site administrators ability to scan all confirmed assets with an all audits scan (or equivalent) in accordance with local, Navy, or DoD scanning policies
- Provides policy and oversight for IA Tools (including – ACAS, HBSS, SCCM, DAR, GPO, and Central Logging)
- Provide remote and on site Tiger Team support to the networking team and sites for system and network based situations that negatively impact technical security posture
- Define, govern, and manage changes to the baseline configurations and technical policy of all technical tools in the operational environments
- Review HBSS deployment to ensure site assets are adequately protected and properly managed
- Provide technical recommendations and support for security related events of interest, including on site incident response activities
- Provide technical subject matter expertise to Network Security Operations Center (NSOC) teams or appropriate DHA teams for systems such as Network Protection Suite (NPS), Navy Medicine Enterprise Services (NAVMEDES), network, and system vulnerability remediation. Provide IA validation of local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) changes recommended and/or implemented on Navy Medicine site LANs and WANs by Engineering Services (including –Palo Alto and/other web proxy device policies, outside security screening router (OSSR) access control lists (ACLs), Service and Site Context firewall rules, intrusion prevention system (IPS) blocking categories and user defined signatures, IPS exceptions, and network routing changes).
- Provide periodic knowledge transfer regarding the use and configuration of IA tools from Tiger Team subject matter experts to the stakeholder community
- Participate in conference calls and/or support calls as necessary to support areas of expertise
Located in Charleston, SC
- While a good working knowledge of ACAS is needed, the team lead has also stated that a strong background in Retina would be considered.
- Linux is also helpful (and if they are strong in LINUX, they might be able to work even without ACAS/Retina experience.)
- Specific requirements ACAS (or Retina/LINUX), Security+CE (or better), Network Security background, Familiarization with Navy Medicine, or Navy Networks a plus.
- Functional Systems Support for Cyber Security
- Support the use of complementary scanning and patching tools as necessary to Provide subject matter expertise for Information Assurance (IA) Tools (including – Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS), Host Based Security System (HBSS), System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), Data at Rest (DAR), Group Policy Objects (GPO), Central Logging)
- Maintain sites’ security postures
- Review ACAS deployment to support site administrators ability to scan all confirmed assets with an all audits scan (or equivalent) in accordance with local, Navy, or DoD scanning policies
- Provides policy and oversight for IA Tools (including – ACAS, HBSS, SCCM, DAR, GPO, and Central Logging)
- Provide remote and on site Tiger Team support to the networking team and sites for system and network based situations that negatively impact technical security posture
- Define, govern, and manage changes to the baseline configurations and technical policy of all technical tools in the operational environments
- Review HBSS deployment to ensure site assets are adequately protected and properly managed
- Provide technical recommendations and support for security related events of interest, including on site incident response activities
- Provide technical subject matter expertise to Network Security Operations Center (NSOC) teams or appropriate DHA teams for systems such as Network Protection Suite (NPS), Navy Medicine Enterprise Services (NAVMEDES), network, and system vulnerability remediation. Provide IA validation of local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) changes recommended and/or implemented on Navy Medicine site LANs and WANs by Engineering Services (including –Palo Alto and/other web proxy device policies, outside security screening router (OSSR) access control lists (ACLs), Service and Site Context firewall rules, intrusion prevention system (IPS) blocking categories and user defined signatures, IPS exceptions, and network routing changes).
- Provide periodic knowledge transfer regarding the use and configuration of IA tools from Tiger Team subject matter experts to the stakeholder community
- Participate in conference calls and/or support calls as necessary to support areas of expertise
