Senior Software Engineer – Combat Systems

Senior Software Engineer – Combat Systems

Job Category: Engineering

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Top Secret

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Continental US

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CACI seeks a talented Senior Software Engineer – Combat Systems to join our EW-ISR group, within the National Security and Innovative Solutions Sector. We're hiring engineers to establish multiple new agile teams, to perform cutting edge work  and modernize and revolutionize Navy software delivery.

We enable national security missions through creation and delivery of innovative, technology-centric solutions that provide decision advantage to our customers.

CACI delivers industry leading Signals Intelligence exploitation and Electronic Warfare (SIGINT/EW) products that enable our nation’s tactical warfighters to effectively utilize distributed grids of networked sensors, assets, and platforms to perform a variety of critical national security driven missions.

We are seeking to grow our highly capable group with a talented, passionate individual who is excited about using and supporting state-of-the-art, user-centric technologies which profoundly impact the U.S. defense and intelligence communities.

Responsible for researching, designing, developing and/or modifying software systems (e.g., custom, COTS, GOTS). Presents ideas for system improvements. Develops cost estimates for software developments or enhancements. Conducts impact analysis for software changes. Produces detailed specifications and writes software code. Works closely with business analysts, designers, and subject matter experts to understand functional requirements. Conducts unit tests and documents findings. Supports formal testing in controlled environment before code is promoted to production. Adheres to program configuration change control standards. Provides input into training manuals for users. Understands the structure and functionality of the COTS applications (e.g., Oracle, SAP, and Momentum). Writes interfaces and conversion routines leveraging the application programmatic interface (API). Extends applications by using applicable application tools. Maintains knowledge of feature and technical changes in the application.

More About the Role:

◦ Recognized subject matter expert
◦ Manages large projects
◦ Limited oversight from manager
◦ Coaches, reviews and delegates work to lower level technical team members
◦ Problems faced are difficult and often complex
◦ Influences others regarding policies, practices, and procedures

Organizational Impact:
◦ Works to achieve operational targets with major impact on the departmental results. Contributes to the development of goals for the department and planning efforts (budgets, operational plans, etc.). May manage large projects or processes that span outside of immediate job area. Work is performed with minimal oversight.

Innovation & Complexity:
◦ Demonstrates innovative influence for Business Groups or projects.
◦ Responsible for making moderate to significant improvements of systems or products to enhance performance of program/project.
◦ Problems and issues faced are numerous and undefined, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation to understand the problem. Regularly employs ingenuity and creativity to develop new technical solutions to solve difficult and moderately complex problems. Problems typically impact multiple departments or specialties. Problems are typically solved through drawing from prior experience and analysis of issues.

Communication & Influence:
◦ Communicates with parties within and outside of own job function. Typically has responsibility for communicating with parties external to the organization (e.g., customers, vendors, etc.)
◦ Works to influence project/team leaders within and outside of the job function at project/program regarding solution design, process, and/or approaches

Leadership & Talent Management:
◦ Typically, responsible for providing guidance, coaching and training to other employees within technical discipline. Typically, responsible for leading large or complex projects that involve technically challenging requirements at this level, involving delegation of work and review of work products.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, PhD is a plus
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering designing, developing and/or modifying software systems (e.g., custom, COTS, GOTS).
• Experience supporting formal testing in controlled environmen