Software Engineer Senior (Secret Clearance Required)

GCI; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

GCI in Chantilly, VA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and develop a processing platform, provide ongoing maintenance, and troubleshoot complex software issues. The role emphasizes Python or JavaScript, REST APIs, and modern tooling like JIRA, Jenkins, and Maven on Linux/Windows platforms.

The ideal candidate has 5–10 years of software engineering experience, a Bachelor’s degree in a related field, and the ability to work across teams to deliver high-value mission solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience.
• 5 to10 years of related software engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop a processing platform using various configuration management technologies.
• Provide ongoing maintenance, support, and enhancements in existing systems and platforms.
• Troubleshoots complex problems and provides customer support for software systems and application issues.
• Provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Work alongside other engineers on the team to sustain and advance our organization’s capabilities.

Skills

Python

JavaScript

REST APIs

JIRA/Redmine

Test Automation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

JIRA

Redmine

Maven

Jenkins

Hadoop

Spark

Job description

GCI embodies excellence, integrity and professionalism. The employees supporting our customers deliver unique, high-value mission solutions while effectively leverage the technological expertise of our valued workforce to meet critical mission requirements in the areas of Data Analytics and Software Development, Engineering, Targeting and Analysis, Operations, Training, and Cyber Operations. We maximize opportunities for success by building and maintaining trusted and reliable partnerships with our customers and industry.

At GCI, we solve hard problems. As a Senior Software Engineer, a typical day will include the following duties:

• Design and develop a processing platform using various configuration management technologies.
• Provide ongoing maintenance, support, and enhancements in existing systems and platforms.
• Troubleshoots complex problems and provides customer support for software systems and application issues.
• Provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Work alongside other engineers on the team to sustain and advance our organization’s capabilities.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Hands-on experience with modern programming languages including Python or JavaScript.
• Hands-on experience working with JIRA, Redmine, or other development environment task manager/trackers.
• Experience building and implementing systems that support both custom and off-the-shelf hardware features.
• Hands-on experience and is familiar with one or more of the following software/tools:
• Experience with building APIs and services using REST, Hadoop, Map Reduce, Spark, etc.
• Experience with build automation technologies like Maven, Jenkins, etc.
• Experience with Linux (preferred) or Windows operating systems.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience.
• 5 to10 years of related software engineering experience.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with the design and development of modern, web-based use interface and applications development and a related understanding of key technologies such as APIs that interface with hardware devices.
• Understandingor exposure to FPGA programming.
• Knowledge of wireless technology, digital/analog communications, or RF.
• Experience with Test Automation and Continuous Integration.

Travel

GCI’s systems are distributed regionally throughout the Continental United States (CONUS), and require quarterly updates to software systems, and occasionally hardware, as well. The successful candidate is able to travel at least four times a year to CONUS sites for two (2) to four (4) days to perform the scheduled maintenance.

*A candidate must be a US Citizen and requires an active/current Secret clearance and be willing to upgrade to a TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.GCI will work with the candidate to transfer and sponsor their clearance

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans