Senior Engineer Backend

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the V Team Life.

What you’ll be doing…

Looking for a highly experienced software engineer/developer to work on leading edge network and security applications.  Applications may include UI/UX layers on multiple platforms (Android, IOS, Windows, Linux) and UNIX server-based (Linux/Solaris) supporting analytics and anomaly detection algorithms, user access management, case management and system management utilizing a variety of programming languages and packages.  The solutions often are operated in near real-time and are highly configurable and scalable.  Responsibilities will include all aspects of software development from requirements to design, coding, documentation and testing all while keeping best-practices, corporate/departmental standards and security in mind.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Design, develop, test and integrate abstract, reusable software components using an object-oriented design approach in an agile, test-driven development environment.

• Use collaboration tools to design and document solutions and communicate with team members and management.

• Use a variety of programming languages, packages and tools to implement solutions.

• Use configuration management tools to manage codebases.

• Use a variety of system platforms to build, test, deploy and manage solutions.

Where you’ll be working...

In this worksite-based role, you’ll work 100% onsite at our Colorado Springs, CO location.

What we’re looking for…

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years or work experience

• Four or more years of relevant work experience

• Must be able to pass an extensive background investigation as a condition of employment.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.

• Seven (7) plus years of technical experience in:

  • Web application development within multiple browser brands/platforms

  • Java, JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS and similar packages to build a robust and flexible client-side presentation

  • Charting, graphics and icon design and development

  • Web application servers (Apache Tomcat) and services within UNIX environments

  • Software development of complex applications within UNIX systems

  • Working within UNIX shells and the UNIX environments

  • Object-oriented development using C++, Java, or Python

  • Database management systems such as Postgres and Vertica, including designing tables and relationships, complex queries and writing stored procedures

  • UNIX shell scripting using BASH, PERL and Python using object-oriented approaches

  • Experience working with big data applications with an understanding of the unique storage and processing challenges big data imposes

• Personal Characteristics

  • Recent and proven technical experience and software development skills.

  • Highly motivated to provide correct and effective designs and code quickly, meeting all deadlines and requirements.

  • Excellent oral and written communication skill, both formally and informally.

  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

  • Collaborative, creative and detail-oriented approach to problem solving in complex situations.

  • Ability to work individually with minimal direction, and as a team player on a larger development team.

  • Quickly support new projects as business needs require.

  • Teamwork skills are critical.

• Domain Knowledge

  • Knowledge of overall system architecture concepts including server database configurations, Internet communication protocols and embedded controls.

  • Understanding of server-side system design characteristics (e.g. virtualization, scalability, load-balancing, database optimization, etc.)

  • Familiar with general security concepts (e.g. authentication, authorization, encryption, digital signatures, etc.)

  • Familiarity with columnar databases (such as Vertica) would be preferred.

• Process Knowledge

  • Solid understanding of software development lifecycle best-practices, methods and conventions, including but not limited to test-driven development, source code management, continuous integration.

  • Understanding of agile techniques, including TDD, CI/CD.  Ability to work in a hybrid agile environment.

  • Understanding of and prior experience with coding standards and design and code reviews.

  • Previous experience with and general understanding of traditional waterfall lifecycle.

  • Experience with collaborative development and documentation techniques and tools.

  • Skills using informal user-stories and agile design approaches as well as software specification techniques such as UML, BPL, etc.

  • Understanding of product development processes and tools, including experience with software requirements development, design, and testing (verification & validation) methodologies.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

In this worksite-based role, you’ll work onsite at a defined location(s).

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity 

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