Principal Software Engineer

RPMGlobal; Hanover (MD); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a seasoned software engineer to join our defense-focused team. The role emphasizes solving challenging problems using a broad spectrum of technologies, from large-scale data processing to AI, networks, and security.

Candidates should bring leadership, versatility, and a drive to push technology forward in national security contexts. Requirements include 20 years of software engineering experience, a BS in Computer Science or related field, and an active Top Secret/SCI

Qualifications

• 20 years experience as a software engineer is required.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Four (4) years of additional software engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

• Develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems (e.g., processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems) based upon documented requirements.
• Works individually or as part of a team.
• Reviews and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results.
• Resolves software problem reports.
• Utilizes software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment.
• Provides specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of COTS/GOTS in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components.

Skills

Java

C++

C#

JavaScript

Python

Scala

Ruby

Go

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

20 years of experience—may substitute for degree

Tools

Eclipse

NetBeans

IntelliJ IDEA

PyCharm

Visual Studio

VS Code

Job description

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is looking for a top-notch software engineer to join our team. We are driven to solve challenging customer problems by leveraging innovative technical solutions. Our software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that drive decision making and impact our national defense. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and UI design. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems as we continue to push technology forward.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems (e.g., processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems) based upon documented requirements.
• Works individually or as part of a team.
• Reviews and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results.
• Resolves software problem reports.
• Utilizes software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment.
• Provides specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of Commercial Off-the-shelf (COTS)/Government Off-the-shelf (GOTS) in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components.

Required Qualifications

• Twenty (20) years experience as a software engineer is required.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Four (4) years of additional software engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with some or all of the following: Programming languages such as Java, C#, C++, JavaScript, Python, Scala, Ruby and Go.
• IDEs such as Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, Visual Studio and VS Code.
• Operating systems such as Windows, Unix, Linux and macOS.
• Team collaboration and issue tracking tools such as Atlassian Suite (JIRA, Confluence), GitHub and ServiceNow.
• Software frameworks such as Spring, Angular and Bootstrap.
• Databases such as Oracle, MySQL and MongoDB.
• Build tools such as Maven and Jenkins.
• Containers and container orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Configuration management tools such as Git, SVN and CVS.
• Cloud providers such as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university with 20 years of experience.
• No bachelor's degree with 24 years of experience.

Required Certifications

• None specified.

Required Security Clearance

• Active Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph