Senior Software Engineer - TS/SCI | Systems & Data

Nightwing; Maryland; On-site; USD 99,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision, and Dental

401(k) plan

PTO

Holidays

Employee referral award eligibility

Job summary

Nightwing is seeking a Level 2 Software Engineer in Maryland to join a team delivering advanced cyber, data operations, and software solutions for government clients. The role requires an active TS/SCI with Poly and 8 years of SWE experience, plus a CS degree or related field.

You will analyze requirements, design and code features, debug defects, and mentor junior staff while coordinating with system engineers. The position offers competitive pay and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Eight years of experience as a SWE on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Four years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

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 systems or operating environments.
• 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 components.
• 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 constraints 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.

Skills

Python

Software design

Debugging

Team lead

Algorithms

Documentation

System integration

Database queries

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Nightwing is seeking a Level 2 Software Engineer in Maryland to join a team delivering advanced cyber, data operations, and software solutions for government clients. The role requires an active TS/SCI with Poly and 8 years of SWE experience, plus a CS degree or related field.

You will analyze requirements, design and code features, debug defects, and mentor junior staff while coordinating with system engineers. The position offers competitive pay and comprehensive benefits.