Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

Job Category: Engineering

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Secret

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Continental US

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What You’ll Get to Do:

• Management of projects, large and small, which may include both technical, schedule, and budgetary responsibilities.  Interaction with the Navy customer and other projects will be required.

• Be responsible for maintaining, expanding, and modifying existing applications and functions as required.

• Design systems by gathering and refining specifications and requirements based on technical needs and reviewing Software Specifications, Requirements Documents, Design Documents

• Determines customer needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs, codes and tests utility programs, and operating systems for our Navy customer.

• Create and maintain test plans, procedures, and other related software documentation.

• Performs evaluation of existing application programs and functions for our Navy customer.

• Design and implement well designed, testable, efficient code by using best software development practices.

• Be responsible for maintaining Unix/Linux-based O.S.es and VMs, as well as hardening those systems to stay in compliance with Security standards.

• Analyze data from tactical systems.  Analysis is performed on:  Ballistic Missile (BM) detection/engagement and Air Warfare (AW) detection/engagement along with the respective Warfare Area functionalities and processes as well as many other functional domains for the tactical systems.

• Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems.

More About the Role:

• Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate a broad scope of knowledge about Navy systems as well as Computer Science technologies.  Good Management skills will help to ensure that the teams they oversee provide quality products to the Navy in a timely fashion.

• A candidate must also be able to perform software programming, maintenance, analysis, and user support as a member of their team.

• Tasking will be in multiple functional areas of software, including, but not limited to tactical and training systems, infrastructure, security and tools development.

• Languages will include C/C++, Java, Ada, and many others.

• Operating system usage would include Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, VxWorks, and other Real-time systems.

• Successful candidates will provide expertise and technical support to maintain and advance capabilities of Navy computing systems.

• Tasks include, but are not limited to, application software development, virtualization technologies, hardware, middleware, development/integration, troubleshooting, maintenance, and R&D.

• Management skills would include leadership, scheduling, budget, interfacing with the customer and users, problem solving, and good decision-making.

• This work will be for Navy programs (e.g., AEGIS, Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD), etc.), and their supporting systems.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree (in Computer Science or related field) with a minimum of 7 years’ experience and most of those years in DoD/Navy support.

• Strong background in a project leadership role.

• Ability to communicate effectively and collaboratively in a team environment.

• Ability to self-learn, act on your own initiative and work in a dynamic environment.

• DoD Secret clearance must be obtainable.

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Active DoD Secret security clearance.

What We Can Offer You:

- We’ve been named a Best Place to Work by the Washington Post.

- Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives.

- We offer competitive benefits and learning and development opportunities.

- We are mission-oriented and ever vigilant in aligning our solutions with the nation’s highest priorities.

- For over 60 years, the principles of CACI’s unique, character-based culture have been the driving force behind our success.

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