Senior Principal Software Engineer – (Secret Clearance Preferred – Onsite Required)

General Dynamics Information Technology

Oakton (VA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 150,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Comprehensive health and wellness packages

Professional growth opportunities

Paid vacation and holiday

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer to join our team in Oakton, Virginia. This is an exciting opportunity to work on a high-performance big data system and participate in the Agile software development process.

The ideal candidate will possess over 10 years of experience and expertise in software engineering concepts, Modern C++, and database technologies. Comprehensive health, wellness packages, and professional growth opportunities are included.

Qualifications

10+ years of related experience in software engineering.
Experience with high performance applications in a Linux environment.

Responsibilities

Lead software requirements analysis, design, development, testing, and maintenance.
Mentor and coach other software engineers.
Deliver solutions to complex problems through application development.

Skills

Applied software engineering concepts

Database technologies and SQL

Object-oriented and functional programming

Modern C++ (versions 11/14/17/20)

Scripting languages (Bash, Ruby, Python)

Data modeling and NoSQL (MongoDB)

Parallel and multi-threaded programming

Performance improvement techniques

Education

Bachelor's degree in software engineering or related field

Job description

SOFTWARE ENGINEER SR PRINCIPAL

GDIT is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our team.

This challenging and interesting software engineering and development position is a chance to participate in the development and operation of a high‑performance big data system, and join a longstanding, stable program consisting of a team of individuals using defined Agile software principles and practices.

As a Senior Principal Software Engineer, you will lead and perform software requirements analysis, design, development, testing, maintenance and participate in research of an operational big data system. The Senior Principal Software Engineer focuses on proficiency and quality of software and application development and programming to deliver solutions to complex problems. You will tailor cutting‑edge solutions to the unique requirements of our clients. Additionally, the Senior Principal Software Engineer may mentor and coach other software engineers.

US Citizenship is required. DoW active Secret clearance is preferred. If a candidate does not have an active clearance, GDIT will sponsor the clearance upon contingent offer. The work must be performed onsite (no remote work).

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Bring your engineering expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT.

Demonstrated understanding and technical expertise in applied software engineering concepts, principles and applications
Experience with database technologies, SQL, ETL, indexing and performance including contextual data
In‑depth understanding of object‑oriented and functional programming, design patterns, data structures and algorithms
Proven ability to create high performance applications using Modern C++ (versions 11/14/17/20) applied in a Linux development environment
Proven experience in scripting languages including Bash, Ruby and Python
Experience with data modeling and NoSQL database technologies such as MongoDB
Experience with parallel and multi‑threaded programming and multi‑process applications
Proven experience with very large databases/big data/enterprise data warehouses
Experience with memory architectures (NUMA) and caching
Expertise in applying techniques for improving performance such as profiling, avoiding memory allocation/de‑allocation, parallelization and algorithms
Required Experience: 10+ years of related experience

Preferred Skills

Education: Bachelor's (4 year) degree in software engineering or related technical field OR a minimum of 14 years of equivalent work experience
Experience with Azure Cloud development

What sets you apart:

Ability to interact and collaborate effectively with project teams, managers, and end users
Maintain commitment to ongoing professional development
Be able to grasp and apply new information quickly and handle increasing responsibilities with growing complexity
Be a creative and innovative thinker with the ability to multi‑task

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS

Department of War Secret security clearance is required before starting on the program. Applicants selected will be subject to a government background investigation and must meet eligibility and suitability requirements. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE