Software Engineer Sr Advisor

General Dynamics Information Technology; Maryland; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Comprehensive health and wellness packages

Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology is seeking a Software Engineer in Maryland to develop, maintain, and enhance complex software systems. The role involves analyzing user requirements, debugging software, and leading development teams to ensure adherence to design standards.

Candidates must possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and have experience with ServiceNow and software development processes. The position offers comprehensive health benefits and professional growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline is required.
• Four years of IT application systems experience in technology solutions delivery.
• Experience integrating third‑party software and APIs with ServiceNow.

Responsibilities

• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements.
• Debug existing software and correct defects.
• Serve as team lead at appropriate software development process level.

Skills

Software development

JavaScript

ServiceNow

Database design

HTML/CSS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

ServiceNow

REST APIs

SOAP

Job description

Overview

The Software Engineer develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems (e.g., processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, realtime systems, and business management information systems) based upon documented requirements. Works individually or as part of a team. Reviews and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results. Resolves software problem reports. Utilizes software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment. Provides specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of Commercial Off-the-shelf (COTS)/Government Off-the-shelf (GOTS) in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components.

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.
• Apply knowledge of ITOM, ITSM, HRSD, CSM and/or Service Portal.
• Code with programming languages and databases including HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
• 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, adapt to new hardware, or improve its performance.
• Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes 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 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.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• Two (2) years experience developing and customizing core applications such as Incident, Problem, Change, Knowledge, and Service Catalog.
• Four (4) years of IT application systems experience in technology solutions delivery is required.
• Experience creating and implementing scripts, business rules, policies, ACLs and otherwise configuring or modifying ServiceNow applications to meet requirements.
• Experience integrating third‑party software and APIs with ServiceNow using REST and SOAP.
• Experience coding in scripting languages (e.g., JavaScript, HTML, CSS, AngularJS, JSON or other languages used in ServiceNow).
• Four (4) years experience with ServiceNow Implementations is required.
• Two (2) years of experience developing on the ServiceNow Platform is required.
• ServiceNow System Administrator certification OR ServiceNow Application Developer certification is required.

Benefits

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting‑edge technology you can learn from