PVM, Inc is actively seeking an experienced JUNIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER with strong operations, maintenance and system administration skills, and an ACTIVE SECRET CLEARANCE.  PVM is looking for you to support our project in the Quantico, VA area. We are looking for a skilled Developer who will help facilitate the software development lifecycle (SDLC) by installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting test and production environments. You will join our talented team of engineers who deliver mission critical capability to our USG client and ensure the highest levels of availability, performance and security. You should have a background in IT, systems administration, computer systems engineering, or systems engineering and analysis. We also expect you to demonstrate superb technical competency and strong teamwork skills.

WHO IS PVM?

PVM, Inc. is a diverse team of professional engineers headquartered in San Diego, with remote engineers nation-wide.  We've worked hard to earn the trust of our customers and peers, and are excited about our growth. We are an employee managed company that empowers our team to make decisions and seek the best solutions for our customers. We THRIVE on challenges with MISSION CRITICAL applications.

THINGS PVM HAS DONE

• Created new insights for U.S. financial institutions into their massive amounts of data.
• Provided real-time, enterprise solutions on enterprise architectures for DoD and Military strategic / tactical decision making.
• Developed federal, state, and local law enforcement forensic investigations leveraging OSINT.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ability to work effectively in teams of technical and non-technical individuals. 
• Monitor and support all installed systems and infrastructure
• Act proactively to organize the highest levels of systems and database accessibility. 
• Perform data clean-up and object manipulation while maintaining data validity and integrity.
• Evaluate application performance, identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions, and implement them with the help of developers.
• Contribute to the object design of information and application use of data models.
• Update plans, project milestones, data and the database as necessary to ensure compliance 
• Ability to identify the need, and or prepare for known or planned future data, database, platform, cross-domain solutions, other system and or operating or computing environment conversions.
• Work together with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution

YOU HAVE

• The UNRESTRICTED RIGHT TO WORK IN THE US WITHOUT REQUIRING SPONSORSHIP.
• ACTIVE SECRET CLEARANCE REQUIRED
• 2+ years' experience of working on a Systems Engineer position
• Solid experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting UNIX/Linux based environments
• Excellent knowledge of data modeling improvement (data object, properties, links).
• Skill and comfort working in a rapidly changing environment with dynamic objectives and interaction with users.

ICING ON THE CAKE

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other related area
• Experience with automation software (such as Puppet, cfengine, Chef and so on) and with monitoring systems
• Strong scripting skills, including shell scripts, Perl, Ruby, Python etc.
• Strong database skills including optimization and cross-domain solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to continuously learn, work independently, and make decisions with minimal supervision. You understand that making mistakes means you're learning, and you actively seek opportunities to grow and develop.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Comprehensive benefits package to include health benefits, paid time off, 401K matching, tuition reimbursement and internal employee micro-bonus programs
• PVM is a company made up of real people. Accommodating real people means things like allowing ample maternity/paternity leave, family vacation time, and cultivating a family culture within the company.
• At PVM you should feel comfortable to collaborate with team members to produce innovative solutions and to confront them with real life issues.
• The corporate tech world can be fast paced and highly professional- we want to take the edge off while making big waves in the industry.
• We would love to meet you and have you join our dynamic and diverse team!
• Find out more about us at www.pvmit.com