Software Engineer

Software Engineer

Full-Time with an ESOP Contractor | Schedule: 9x80 (Every Other Friday Off)

Experienced DoD Software Engineer to support MDA's GMD Weapon System (GWS) program. The successful candidate will work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and be responsible for developing software products that directly support the design and development of GMD's capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• You will be responsible for developing and implementing software updates that best meet changing customer needs for new and existing features, collaborating with team members, and working in a cross-functional agile scrum team.
• Designs, develops, documents, tests, and debugs application software and systems that incorporate logical and mathematical solutions, demonstrating ingenuity and creativity.
• Support advanced portions of the lifecycle of software development to include requirements definition, integration, and deployment.
• Apply "systems thinking" to ensure developed products are scalable, maintainable, and meet end-user needs.
• Collaborates with other software and systems engineers to determine computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems with program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques, and controls; prepares operating instructions.

Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship is required by Federal Law
• Active Secret Clearance required
• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field from an accredited institution and 5+ years of relevant experience
• Must be able to acquire a DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (ex: Security+ CE) within 60 days from start date

Experience with any of the following:

• Familiarity with Atlassian and Agile software development practices
• Experience developing object-oriented software in C++, C, GoLang, Java, and Python
• Experience reading Ada code
• Experience with CI/CD best practices, automated builds and tests, quality gates, software quality, and CI tools and pipelines
• Familiarity with security coding standards and best practices, and with static and dynamic scanning tools (e.g., SonarQube, Coverity).
• Recent experience working with cloud technologies and platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Google Cloud (GCP)
• Experience with Jira/Confluence/Bitbucket
• Experience creating unit and system tests
• Experience using NUnit
• Experience with Moq Framework
• Knowledge of SysUML

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active CompTIA Security+ Certification
• Active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance
• Prior experience working on Missile Defense programs (Preferably Ground-Based Midcourse Defense)
• Familiar with Agile terminology and best practices, and experience using Atlassian Tools
• Familiar with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Cameo
• Prior experience working with DOORS
• Familiar with automated software requirements testing and analysis
• Experience with simulation and simulation frameworks
• Experience with data reduction tool development
• Experience with SQL Databases
• Experience with Bamboo, Jenkins, Fortify, Coverity, and SQL Databases
• Experience with containers and container development

Company Info:

Full-Time position with an employee-owned (ESOP) company, that offers a comprehensive benefits package with excellent medical and dental insurance program, 401(k) plan, employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off, holiday pay, tuition and training reimbursement, and an incentive compensation program.

We are honored to have been named a contender for the Best Places to Work award from the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce since 2020 and have been recognized as a Best Place for Working Parents since 2022.