Senior Software Engineer

Red Arch Solutions is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our program in Fort Meade, Maryland.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph (required)
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university; four (4) years of additional software engineering experience may be substituted for the degree
• Twenty (20) years of experience as a Software Engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity
• Experience in engineering systems over their lifecycle (conception, design & development, testing, production, distribution/deployment, operation, maintenance & support, decommissioning)
• Software engineering experience with the following technologies:
  • Java SE, Python, Git, Shell/bash, Nexus, Maven
  • JavaScript/HTML5/CSS3, JUnit, and IDEs
• Experience with software architecture development, requirements analysis, code generation, process execution and evaluation, and selection/evaluation of software engineering tools
• Highly desired experience with containers and container orchestration (e.g., Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift and GitLab CI), including:
  • Microservices and microservice orchestration
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Integration of automated testing tools like SonarQube
  • Implementing automated deployments and failure rollbacks
  • Deployment to Kubernetes
• Experience supporting programs using an Agile development methodology, delivering a new capability in every Sprint
• Experience with the following is a plus:
  • Spring Framework, Spring Tool Suite, Grit, Jenkins, Hibernate
  • MySQL, Web Services, Google Web Toolkit, or Vaadin

Responsibilities

• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements
• Debug existing software and correct defects
• Provide recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards
• Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features
• Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments
• Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories
• Write or review software and system documentation
• Serve as team lead at the level appropriate to the software development process
• Design or implement complex database or data repository interfaces/queries
• Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards
• Assist with developing and executing test procedures for software components
• Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards, conferring with users or system engineers, analyzing systems flow, data usage, and work processes
• Investigate problem areas and modify existing software to correct errors, adapt to new hardware, or improve performance
• Design, develop, and modify software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes
• Design or implement complex algorithms requiring strict timing, system resource, or interface constraints
• Perform quality control on team products
• Oversee one or more software development teams to ensure work aligns with software development process constraints
• Confer with system engineers and hardware engineers to derive software requirements and obtain project information
• Coordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure operational specifications are met

Pay

Salary range for this position: $210,000 – $232,000.

Benefits

• 100% paid employee healthcare premiums (CareFirst Advantage Best in Class Benefits)
• HaloScripts Concierge prescription medication service
• Generous PTO
• 10% 401K contribution with 6% match vested day one, plus up to 4% profit sharing contribution
• Annualized bonus compensation
• Spot bonuses for hard work
• Tuition reimbursement
• 529 College Savings Plan
• College Loan Pay Back Program
• 11 paid federal holidays
• Generous referral bonuses