Senior Software Engineer – TS/SCI Poly | Govt IT

DCCA; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 235,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Retirement plans

Paid disability

Life insurance

Employee assistance programs

Paid leave

Education assistance

Wellness initiatives

Job summary

DCCA, a veteran‑owned IT contractor in Maryland, seeks a Software Engineer 3 to design, develop, and maintain complex software systems. The role emphasizes leadership, architecture input, and performance optimization for analytics, data processing, and real‑time applications.

Candidate must have an active TS/SCI with Polygraph. Twenty years of SWE experience in similar programs is required, along with a Computer Science degree.

Qualifications

• Twenty years of SWE experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• A polygraph within 5 years is required for this task.

Responsibilities

• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements
• Debug existing software and correct defects
• Provide recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards
• Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features
• Integrate existing software into new or modified system or operating environment
• Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories
• Write or review software and system documentation
• Serve as team lead at the level appropriate to the software development process being used on any particular project
• Design or implement complex database or data repository interfaces/queries
• Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards
• Assist with developing and executing test procedures for software component
• Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards, confer with users or system engineers; analyze systems flow, data usage and work processes; and investigate problem areas
• Modify existing software to correct errors, to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance
• Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design
• Design or implement complex algorithms requiring adherence to strict timing, system resource, or interface constraints; Perform quality control on team products
• Implement recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards
• Oversee one or more software development teams and ensure the work is completed in accordance with the constraint of the software development process being used on any particular project
• Confer with system engineers and hardware engineers to derive software requirements and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces
• Coordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure operational specifications are met
• Recommend new technologies and processes for complex software projects
• Serve as the technical lead of multiple software development teams
• Select the software development process in coordination with the customer and system engineering
• Ensure quality control of all developed and modified software
• Delegate programming and testing responsibilities to one or more team and monitor their performance
• A polygraph within 5 years is required for this task.

Skills

UI/UX frontend

API design

ReactJS

NodeJS

Java

Spring Boot

JavaScript

Docker/Podman

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

AWS

MongoDB

Elasticsearch

Gradle

Job description

DCCA, a veteran‑owned IT contractor in Maryland, seeks a Software Engineer 3 to design, develop, and maintain complex software systems. The role emphasizes leadership, architecture input, and performance optimization for analytics, data processing, and real‑time applications.

Candidate must have an active TS/SCI with Polygraph. Twenty years of SWE experience in similar programs is required, along with a Computer Science degree.