Sr. Software Engineer - TS.SCI w/ favorable poly REQUIRED

BK Consulting; Glen Burnie (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

BK Consulting is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop, maintain, and enhance complex software systems, including analytics, real-time processing, and large data handling. You will work both independently and in teams, review components, and contribute to design decisions with trade-offs and reuse strategies.

The role emphasizes high-performance Java applications, REST services, debugging, and mentoring junior developers, with experience in Kubernetes and message brokers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience is required.
• Sixteen (16) years experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.

Skills

Kubernetes

RabbitMQ

Mentor junior developers

Code reviews

Java REST

Multitask

Git

IntelliJ/Eclipse

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

RabbitMQ

Git

IntelliJ

Eclipse

Job description

Senior Software Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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, real-time 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

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience is required.
• Sixteen (16) years experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:

• Experience with system design and developing large-scale, high-performance applications
• Kubernetes
• Experience with Message Broker Software (RabbitMQ/etc.)
• Ability to mentor junior developers and conduct code reviews
• Ability to develop high-quality, efficient, and testable code
• Ability to debug complex, system-wide issues.
• Java Application (no front end necessary), REST
• Ability to multitask and pivot to different tasks quickly
• Experience with Atlassian tools, Git
• Experience with IntelliJ or Eclipse IDE
• Ability to mentor more junior level developers on the team

DESIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:

• Kotlin
• Spring or Spring Boot
• Python
• Java Application (no front end necessary), REST
• Mongo
• Nifi