NextGen Federal Systems

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 4 Days Ago

Remote

Hiring Remotely in USA

Senior level

Remote

Hiring Remotely in USA

Senior level

Participate in full SDLC building and integrating software for DoD customers. Develop C++/Python systems, curate synthetic geospatial raster data, apply TDD, operate in DevSecOps pipelines, and use containerization and CI/CD for deployment and testing.

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NextGen Federal Systems is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to participate in the full Software Development Life Cycle for the development of innovative software systems for use by our Department of Defense (DoD) customers.

Selected candidates will be part of a distributed development team operating in a dynamic, agile, fast-paced environment, and will participate in all phases of the software engineering process including research, design, development, integration, deployment and testing. The selected candidate will support development and integration activities for curating synthetic data to be utilized in simulation applications, consisting of geospatial data in raster formats.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, or related field

· 5+ years of formal work-related experience with software engineering

· Secret Security Clearance

Requires Skills & Experience:

Experience with C++ and Python software development

· Experience with software architecture, design, implementation, testing, and integration

· Experience with object-oriented software design and development

· Experience with full life cycle software development

· Experience with Test-Driven Development methodologies and tools (e.g., Junit, Pytest)

· Experience operating in a DevSecOps environment with CI/CD pipelines

· Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)

Desired Skills & Experience:

Experience operating with Agile development processes and tools (e.g., Scrum, JIRA)

· Experience with Linux operating systems

· Experience with manipulating large data sets with Numpy, Pandas, Rasterio, SciPy

· Experience with performance testing, scalability mechanism, and system tuning

· Strong written & verbal communication skills, including technical writing and presentations

· Experience with geospatial data and raster formats, including GRIB, NetCDF, and Geotiff

· Experience working with weather-related systems and data

About NextGen: NextGen Federal Systems is an innovative technology and professional services provider specializing in advanced software solutions and comprehensive mission and business support services. We work in close collaboration with our Customers to truly understand their business and mission goals. Our approach is to design, build, implement, and manage solutions that measurably improve our client’s organizational performance. We have established and foster a corporate culture where we: Treat employees with fairness and respect regardless of their position, sexual identity, race, or tenure; Communicate the importance of our mission and our employees’ contributions to it, ensuring they understand how their job role contributes to the greater good; Openly promote and communicate our ideas for change and adaptability; Strive to achieve results as an organization; Hold employees accountable to their commitments and provide incentives that encourage positive and productive behaviors; Value the talents and contributions of our employees as the key factor for our success; Create an environment where people can engage at all levels; Encourage people to take risks and allow them to make mistakes.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

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