Senior Software Engineer

Sigma Defense Systems is a leading technology company serving the Department of Defense (DoD), providing tactical communications systems and services for digital modernization since 2006. Through our acquisitions of SOLUTE in January 2022 and Sub U Systems in May 2022, we have expanded our software and communications hardware solutions to better support JADC2, C5ISR, SATCOM, and DEVSECOPS for customers in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force. Through a combination of hardware, software, and industry expertise, we provide a complete portfolio of solutions and services that accelerates information collection and sharing for faster decision making and better mission outcomes.

We are a company of innovative professionals thriving in a highly motivating work environment that fosters creativity and independent thinking. If you are a motivated individual with a desire to support our service men and women, now is a great time to join Sigma Defense!

We are seeking talented and highly motivated individuals to apply their skills and knowledge to a develop exciting solutions in support of a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) modernization effort for an underwater surveillance system. This position requires that one work with other senior architects in SOLUTE to translate the overall system architecture into day-to-day for developers on-site. Furthermore, this position will serve as the on-site face of SOLUTE and will require one the tackle the day-to-day integration challenges on-site.

Position Responsibilities:

• Interact directly with customer representatives
• Serve as primary on-site point of contact for SOLUTE
• Define implementation details for system architecture in conjunction with other senior architects
• Resolve day-to-day implementation challenges with development team
• Breakdown overall technical architecture into lower-level development tasks for developers
• Create, monitor, and manage developer tasking in an agile task management system (e.g. JIRA)
• Map and document system requirements in conjunction with system stakeholders and developers
• Ensure mission goals are effectively addressed in a timely manner
• Operate independently with minimal off-site support
• Evangelize modern software lifecycle practices
• Preform other duties as assigned

Requirements

Qualifications:

• B.S. in Software Engineering, Computer Science with 5+ years of relevant experience, or M.S. in Software Engineering with 3+ years relevant experience. 12+ relevant software experience may be substituted for formal education
• 5+ years of experience working with Java and/or C++
• Ability to work in a DevOps environment
• Understanding of micro-service architectures and decoupled systems
• Excellent interpersonal collaborative skills with excellent communication skills (oral and written).
• Ability to research, evaluate, and recommend solutions and technologies based on customer needs.
• Familiarity with professional software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, agile development, build processes, testing and operations.
• Ability to deliver code with modern workflows in git
• Ability and willingness to mentor junior engineers
• Ability to obtain a security clearance or active security clearance

Differentiators:

• Active Secret Clearance
• RedHat Certification (e.g. RHCSA)
• Experience with Configuration Management Tools (Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, etc.)
• Comprehensive understanding of database queries and optimization strategies
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Rocket, etc.)
• Understanding of key virtualization technologies and platforms (Vmware, KVM, Xen, etc.)

Benefits

Benefits include:

• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Life and A&D coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(k) Plan with company matching contributions
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and 10 paid Holidays
• Educational Assistance
• Highly Competitive Salary

We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic.