Senior Software Engineer

VTG
  • Hanover, Maryland
  • Full-time
21 days ago

Job Description

Overview:

As a Senior Software Engineer supporting mission-essential national security initiatives, you will design, develop, integrate, and maintain secure, high-performance software solutions that enable critical intelligence, defense, and operational missions. Working alongside engineers, analysts, and mission stakeholders, you will build scalable applications and services that directly support the protection of U.S. national security interests.

 

The ideal candidate will have extensive software engineering experience, strong full-stack development capabilities, and advanced proficiency in C, C++, and Python. This individual will contribute to the design, development, integration, and sustainment of complex communications systems requiring real-time data processing and Radio Frequency domain knowledge.

 

This role is based in Hanover, Maryland.

 

Eligible candidates may receive a sign-on bonus of up to $10,000, making this an exceptional opportunity to join a mission-critical team supporting national security initiatives.

 

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Responsibilities:
  • Analyze user, system, and mission requirements to derive software design, interface, and performance requirements.
  • Design, develop, modify, test, integrate, and maintain complex software applications and mission-system components.
  • Perform full-stack software development across front-end, back-end, data-processing, and system-integration components.
  • Develop software solutions using C, C++, Python, and other applicable programming languages.
  • Develop Python applications, tools, and automation capabilities within the SWORD environment.
  • Debug existing software, conduct root-cause analysis, and correct defects affecting application and system performance.
  • Design and maintain scalable, reliable, and highly available mission systems using modern software architecture and system-design principles.
  • Develop software supporting communications systems, Radio Frequency processing, and real-time data-processing capabilities.
  • Design software components that meet strict performance, throughput, latency, reliability, and availability requirements.
  • Integrate software with communications equipment, Radio Frequency hardware, sensors, processing platforms, and external system interfaces.
  • Use scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict, measure, and evaluate software and system performance.
  • Develop and execute test procedures for individual software components, communications interfaces, and integrated systems.
  • Generate automation scripts and engineering tools to improve development, testing, integration, deployment, and operational efficiency.
  • Collaborate with systems engineers, hardware engineers, signal-processing engineers, and other technical stakeholders to define requirements, interfaces, performance expectations, system capabilities, and project limitations.
  • Troubleshoot complex software, hardware, communications, integration, and real-time system-performance issues.
  • Provide recommendations for improving software architecture, technical documentation, development processes, coding standards, testing practices, and engineering procedures.
  • Create and maintain software design documentation, interface documentation, test procedures, and other technical deliverables throughout the software development life cycle.
  • Participate in technical reviews, architecture discussions, software integration, verification, validation, deployment, and sustainment activities.
  • Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to software engineering team members.
Qualifications:
  • US Citizen with TS/SCI with Poly required
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline.
  • A minimum of 20 years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Extensive full-stack software development experience.
  • Experience developing Python applications, scripts, or tools within the SWORD environment.
  • Experience developing software for communications systems.
  • Experience designing or supporting real-time or near-real-time processing systems.
  • Experience debugging, testing, integrating, and maintaining complex software applications and mission systems.
  • Experience developing scalable, reliable, and highly available software solutions.
  • Experience translating operational, user, and system requirements into software design and performance requirements.
  • Experience integrating software with hardware systems, communications platforms, or external system interfaces.
  • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with software, systems, hardware, and Radio Frequency engineering teams.
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, technical leadership, documentation, and communication skills.
  • Strong software development experience using:

    • C++
    • C
    • Python
 

Numbers & Facts

LocationHanover, Maryland
Job TypeFull-time

Skills

  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Automationunmatched
  • C Programming Languageunmatched
  • C++ Programming Languageunmatched
  • Coding Standardsunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Communication Systemsunmatched
  • Computer Engineeringunmatched
  • Computer Scienceunmatched
  • Data Processingunmatched
  • Debugging Skillsunmatched
  • Debugging Toolsunmatched
  • Defense Intelligenceunmatched
  • Documentationunmatched
  • Electrical Engineeringunmatched
  • Engineeringunmatched
  • Hardware-Software Integrationunmatched
  • High Availabilityunmatched
  • High Availability Softwareunmatched
  • High Reliability Softwareunmatched
  • Identify Issuesunmatched
  • Integration Testingunmatched
  • Mathematical Modelingunmatched
  • Mathematicsunmatched
  • Mentoringunmatched
  • Network Debuggingunmatched
  • Predictive Modelingunmatched
  • Process Capabilityunmatched
  • Programming Languagesunmatched
  • Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
  • Quality Assurance Methodologyunmatched
  • Radio Engineeringunmatched
  • Radio Frequencyunmatched
  • Realtime Communicationsunmatched
  • Requirements Derivationunmatched
  • Requirements Managementunmatched
  • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
  • Scalable System Developmentunmatched
  • Scripting (Scripting Languages)unmatched
  • Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)unmatched
  • Signal Processingunmatched
  • Software Administrationunmatched
  • Software Architectureunmatched
  • Software Debuggingunmatched
  • Software Designunmatched
  • Software Developmentunmatched
  • Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)unmatched
  • Software Engineeringunmatched
  • Software Evaluationunmatched
  • Software Testingunmatched
  • System Integration (SI)unmatched
  • Systems Analysisunmatched
  • Systems Engineeringunmatched
  • Team Playerunmatched
  • Technical Deliveryunmatched
  • Technical Leadershipunmatched
  • Technical Writingunmatched
  • Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
  • Testingunmatched
  • Top Secret Clearanceunmatched
  • United States Citizenunmatched
  • User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)unmatched
  • Validation Testingunmatched

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