Senior Software Systems Engineer – TS/SCI Clearance

Redhorse Corporation; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Performance-based incentives

Job summary

Redhorse Corporation is seeking a Software Systems Engineer to deliver data insights and technology solutions for national-security missions. You will work with latitude on objectives, applying advanced software design and mathematical modeling to support government digital infrastructure.

Responsibilities span research, development, debugging, team collaboration, and ensuring software standards across the lifecycle, with emphasis on tackling complex, multidisciplinary problems.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) with 8+ years of experience OR a Master’s degree with 6+ years.
• Demonstrated experience as an emerging authority with extensive technical expertise in software systems.
• Proven track record of developing technical solutions to complex, multidisciplinary problems.
• Direct experience with the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), including documentation, testing, and debugging.
• Expertise in programming techniques and controls for electronic data processing systems.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research in the design, development, testing, and utilization of electronic data processing software.
• Design, develop, and debug applications software and systems that incorporate sophisticated logical and mathematical solutions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including equipment designers and hardware engineers, to plan and utilize data processing systems for product and commercial software.
• Determine computer user needs and analyze system capabilities to resolve complex problems regarding program output requirements.
• Design and develop low-level system software, including compilers, assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems.
• Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine design feasibility within time and cost constraints.
• Confer with systems analysts, engineers, and programmers to identify project limitations, performance requirements, and critical interfaces.
• Design and modify software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure design outcomes.
• Coordinate software system installations and monitor equipment functioning to ensure all specifications are met.
• Ensure all software standards are consistently met across the development lifecycle.
• Exercise independent judgment in determining technical objectives and approaches to assignments.

Skills

Software systems engineering

System integration

Mathematical modeling

SDLC expertise

Independent judgment

Education

Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent)

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

GitLab

Jira

Spark/DataBricks

Job description

Redhorse Corporation is seeking a Software Systems Engineer to deliver data insights and technology solutions for national-security missions. You will work with latitude on objectives, applying advanced software design and mathematical modeling to support government digital infrastructure.

Responsibilities span research, development, debugging, team collaboration, and ensuring software standards across the lifecycle, with emphasis on tackling complex, multidisciplinary problems.