Software Engineering, Associate

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software applications in accordance with documented requirements.
• Develop innovative and efficient solutions for processing-intensive, real-time, or large-scale data systems.
• Participate in the design and architecture of software systems, including hardware/software trade-offs.
• Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
• Perform integration, testing, and validation of software components to ensure alignment with design requirements.
• Document design specifications, test plans, and test results in support of ongoing development and maintenance.
• Troubleshoot, resolve, and document software defects and performance issues through systematic debugging and analysis.
• Apply modern software development methodologies and tools appropriate to the development environment.
• Recommend and implement the use of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) or Government Off-the-Shelf (GOTS) software where applicable to reduce development time and cost.
• Participate in software reuse initiatives and ensure modular, scalable, and maintainable code design.
• Provide input on requirements analysis and software component synthesis from the system level down to the individual software modules.

Requirements

• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance specifications.
• Debug and troubleshoot existing software systems to identify and correct defects.
• Recommend improvements to software development processes, standards, and documentation practices.
• Design and implement new software features or modify existing functionality to meet evolving requirements.
• Integrate existing software into new or modified systems and operating environments.
• Develop and execute simple data queries for existing or proposed databases and data repositories.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• No prior experience is necessary with a qualifying degree.
• In lieu of a degree, four (4) years of relevant software engineering (SWE) experience on projects with similar software development processes may be substituted.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with a current polygraph is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline from an accredited college or university.
• No prior experience is necessary with a qualifying degree.
• Four (4) years of relevant software engineering experience in lieu of a degree.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with a current polygraph.

Benefits & Perks

• Enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, including heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents.
• 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap.
• Eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.