Software Engineer III

Description

The company is a global technology and professional services firm serving U.S. government, defense and intelligence agencies, with about 26,000 staff across 50+ countries, focused on AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

The role centres on building, maintaining and improving complex software systems, such as heavy analytics, new algorithms, very large data sets, real-time systems and business information systems, from documented requirements. You will work alone or within a team.

Responsibilities

• Turn user requirements into software design and performance requirements.
• Find and fix defects in existing software, and modify it to correct errors, adapt to new hardware or improve performance.
• Design and write new code, or change existing code, to add features.
• Connect existing software into new or changed systems and operating environments.
• Write simple data queries, and design or build more complex database and repository interfaces and queries.
• Work with ITOM, ITSM, HRSD, CSM and/or Service Portal, and code in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Write or review software and system documentation, and recommend improvements to documentation and development process standards.
• Review and test software components against design requirements, record the results, and resolve software problem reports.
• Choose a development methodology suited to each project, and coordinate it with the customer and system engineering.
• Lead one or more software teams, delegate programming and testing, monitor their output, and make sure work follows the chosen process.
• Serve as technical lead across several teams, and oversee quality control for all developed and modified software.
• Design complex algorithms with strict timing, resource or interface limits, and apply scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict design outcomes.
• Work with system and hardware engineers to derive software requirements, understand project limits, capabilities and interfaces.
• Assess tools and technologies, including FOSS, GOTS and COTS, and fold suitable ones into the system design.
• Install software systems and check equipment to confirm it meets operational specifications.
• Report project status to customers and stakeholders, and manage subsystem requirements.
• Recommend new technologies and processes for complex projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline from an accredited college or university. Four years of additional software engineering experience on projects with similar processes may replace the degree.
• At least 10 years of related experience.
• Active Top Secret SCI clearance with polygraph, or the ability to obtain it.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Knowledge of computer, information system and system security requirements.

Conditions

Location: Annapolis Junction, MD, USA. Onsite work only.

Full-time, 40 scheduled hours per week. No travel required.

Likely salary range $214,776 to $290,580, based on experience, location and possibly contract terms; the figure is not guaranteed and may fall outside this range.

Hiring includes an identity verification step using biometrics and AI, and you must be on camera for virtual interviews.

The company is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Benefits

• Full-flex work weeks to balance work and home.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Medical plans, some with Health Savings Accounts, plus dental and vision plans.
• Short and long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel accident cover, provided or available.
• Paid vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• Paid education and certifications, internal mobility support, and access to current technology.