Senior Software Engineer

DCS Corporation; Maryland; Remote; USD 125,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

DCS Corporation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to contribute to modernization of mission planning software for Air Force and Navy on an Agile/SAFe team. This role is 100% remote within US time zones (EST/CST). You will own software products, collaborate with senior engineers, and mentor junior staff.

Qualifications include U.S. Citizenship, a related Bachelor's with 12+ years (or a Master’s with 10+ years), and ability to obtain Interim Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Citizenship in the U.S. is required.
• Bachelor's degree with 12+ years or Master’s with 10+ years of related experience.
• Ability to obtain Interim Secret clearance within 2 months and Full Secret clearance within 9 months.
• Experience with Java, C++, or C# in application/service development.
• Ability to work with a geographically distributed team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to software development as part of a SAFe multi-team enterprise.
• Own software products being developed and provide technical guidance.
• Gain domain knowledge and mentor software and test engineers.
• Represent the team in meetings and present technical analyses and recommendations.
• Collaborate with senior engineers and architects to improve software.

Skills

Java

C++

C#

SAFe/Agile

Clearance eligibility

Distributed teamwork

Verbal and written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree + 12 years experience

Master's degree + 10 years experience

Tools

Kubernetes/Helm

Docker

RabbitMQ

Git

Jira/Bitbucket/Confluence/Jenkins/Rancher/SonarQube

Postgres/SQL

React/TypeScript/JavaScript/Node/NPM/HTML5/CSS

Job description

Salary: $125,000 - $200,000

DCS is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its teams developing and modernizing Air Force and Navy mission planning software on an Agile/SAFe team. This position can be performed 100% remote within Eastern Standard or Central Standard time zones.

Essential Job Functions:

• Contribute to software development as part of a team contributing to a multi-team, multi-organization enterprise using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Take ownership of and responsibility for software products being developed.
• Gain domain knowledge and contribute to providing technical guidance to software and test engineers.
• Represent the team in meetings and presentations as needed, including providing technical analysis & recommendations, and the development & presentation of meeting materials.
• Work with other senior engineers and architects to relentlessly improve software developed.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to more junior software engineers.
• Have a willingness to collaborate with other development teams, customers and users to produce the desired product that strives to exceed customer expectations.

Required Skills:

• Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline plus 12 years relevant experience, or Master's degree plus 10 years experience.
• Ability to obtain Interim Secret Clearance within 2 months, and Full Secret Clearance within 9 months.
• Experience with application and / or service development using Java, C++, and / or C#
• Ability to work with a geographically-distributed team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with JMPS and / or NOMS is highly desired.
• Experience with COM.
• Experience with Kubernetes/Helm.
• Experience with RabbitMQ.
• Knowledge and familiarity with Git.
• Knowledge and familiarity with any of the following: Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence, Jenkins, Rancher, SonarQube
• Experience with Web Application Design and Development using the following: React, Jest, TypeScript/JavaScript, Node, NPM, HTML5, CSS.
• Experience with Postgres/SQL Database.
• Experience with Docker
• Experience with Microservice architectures.
• Experience with Agile Scrum or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), any SAFe certification is a plus.
• Knowledge and understanding of mission planning needs of military aviators.

https://careers.dcscorp.com/pages?page=dcsbenefits