Contingent-Specialist Software Engineering

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Job Title: Specialist, Software Engineering

Job Number: 35331

Job Location: Nashville, TN

Schedule: 9/80 Every other Friday off

Role is contingent upon program award

Job Summary:

Participate and consistently contribute to planning, design, implementation, verification, deployment, and support activities for custom software components and applications. May perform task management and mentoring activities for other software engineers.

The Software Engineer, Specialist is a seasoned and experienced professional with proficient job area knowledge and practical knowledge of project management, managing projects and processes under general supervision to achieve operational targets with moderate impact on departmental results.

Essential Functions:

• Interact directly with engineering team and program management staff to analyze and understand requirements
• Translate requirements into appropriate technical designs
• Effectively present technical designs to software engineering, program management, and other team members
• Implement requirements into software components and applications according to technical design
• Unit and component test software components and applications to ensure quality of deliverables
• Provide input and effort for the technical verification of all technical, functional and corporate requirements prior to delivery of software components and applications
• Investigate and address requirement violations in functional testing and production software as needed
• Track and report status of tasks, deliverables, and issues to software engineering team
• Adhere to corporate processes and standards for all activities and deliverables during all phases of involvement in the software development life cycle
• Effectively manage multiple task assignments
• Mentor less experienced team members as appropriate
• Perform other appropriate duties as requested, directed, or assigned
• Perform all job functions with a positive, professional attitude
• Ability to acquire a clearance (SECRET).
• Experience with Object Oriented development with focus on SOLID principals.
• A strong understanding of design patterns and UML. TCP/UDP experience is preferred.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or Mathematics, and a minimum of 4 years of experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience
• Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance

• 4 years of experience in relevant technologies, software development methodologies, and programming languages
• 4 years of experience in the principles, practices, and techniques of object-oriented design/development in a real-time environment
• 4 years of experience in regulatory standards impact on software development
• 4 years of experience in the principles, practices, and techniques of software unit, component, and integration testing
• 4 years of experience in principles, practices, and techniques of source code management and defect tracking
• 4 years of experience in Version 1.
• 4 years of experience in with C# and Visual Studio required (Java experience a potential substitute)
• Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance

• Ability to effectively utilize both written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to identify complex problems and provide multiple solutions
• Ability to understand, create, and communicate complex design specifications
• Ability to quickly and effectively breakdown assignments into work tasks and provide effort and schedule estimates and successfully achieve them
• Ability to use judgment and logic in decision-making considering relative to costs and benefits of potential actions
• Understanding and ability to implement Agile and Scrum methodologies, valuing procedures principles.Ability to promote a corporate ethics and exhibit a spirit of teamwork and cooperation within the organization
• Ability to work in a team environment and highly effective at collaboration.
• Basic understanding of UML (Unified Modeling Language)
• C# development and WPF/XAML experience is preferred.
• Hardware/Software API development preferred.
• Azure DevOps source control experience and YAML pipeline/release development is a plus.
• Ability to utilize design patterns as appropriate.
• Azure DevOps source control (GIT).
• A basic understanding of SOLID principals.
• Experience with multithreaded application development.

• Required to sit for long periods of time
• Infrequent light physical effort required
• Written and verbal communication
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and mouse
• May require the ability to travel via automobile or airplane
• This is an on-site position

• As required by program needs

• Work performed in an office environment with people close to each other
• Working with computers, and other computer components
• Duties may require being on call periodically and working outside of normal working hours (evenings and weekends)