NextGen Federal Systems, LLC (NextGen) is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to participate in the full Software Development Life Cycle for the development of innovative software systems for use by our Department of War (DoW) customers.
Selected candidates will be part of a distributed development team operating in a dynamic, agile, fast-paced environment, and will participate in all phases of the software engineering process including research, design, development, integration, deployment and testing.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, or related field
- 8+ years of formal work-related experience with software engineering
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance
Required Skills and Experience
- Experience with software architecture, design, implementation, testing, and integration
- Experience with typescript software development
- Experience with full stack software development
- Experience with React
- Experience with writing unit tests and adhering to coding standards
- Experience with NodeJS and RESTful web services
- Strong written & verbal communication skills, including technical writing and presentations
- Able to serve as task lead, scrum master, or mentor
Desired Skills and Experience
- Experience operating in a DevSecOps environment with CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with Relational Database Management Systems (e.g., AWS RDS, Postgres)
- Experience with Cybersecurity compliance procedures (e.g., SonarQube/PrismaCloud scans, STIG checks, POAM documents)
- Experience managing and validating software releases
- Experience with performance testing, scalability mechanisms, and system tuning
- Experience with geospatial data formats (raster, vector) and tools (e.g., QGIS)
- Experience with geospatial libraries (Leaflet.js)
- Experience with OGC standards (WMS, WCS, EDR)
- Experience working with Air Force Weather systems
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years of formal work-related software engineering experience
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance
- Experience with software architecture, design, implementation, testing, and integration
- Experience with TypeScript software development
- Experience with full-stack software development
- Experience with React
- Experience writing unit tests and adhering to coding standards
- Experience with Node.js and RESTful web services
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including technical writing and presentations
- Ability to serve as a task lead, Scrum Master, or mentor
- Experience operating in a DevSecOps environment with CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with Docker or Kubernetes
- Experience with relational database management systems, such as AWS RDS or PostgreSQL
- Experience with cybersecurity compliance procedures, including SonarQube, Prisma Cloud, STIG checks, or POA&M documents
- Experience managing and validating software releases
- Experience with performance testing, scalability mechanisms, and system tuning
- Experience with geospatial data formats and tools such as QGIS
- Experience with geospatial libraries such as Leaflet.js
- Experience with OGC standards, including WMS, WCS, and EDR
- Experience working with Air Force Weather systems
What We Do
NextGen is an award-winning IT solutions and services provider. NextGen is a fast-growing company that employs agile and mature processes in areas of innovation, research and development, program management, systems engineering, and technology commercialization. Current customers include the Department of Defense, Federal Government, and commercial companies. NextGen utilizes a mixed model consisting of Services and Solution Development in support of customer goals. Our core areas of expertise include Software Development, Research and Development, Enterprise IT Systems Engineering, and Cyber Security & Data Management. NextGen obtained ISO 9001 certification and achieved CMMI-DEV and CMMI-SVC Level 3 appraisal. Recent and steady growth led to our recognition by INC 5000 as the 211th (2016), 440th (2017), 1096th (2018), 1703rd (2019), and 2437th (2020) fastest-growing company in the US and 19th fastest growing IT Services Company in the US. NextGen has offices near Aberdeen, MD; Ft. Meade, MD; Dayton, OH; O’Fallon, IL, and Morgantown, WV. We understand the paradigm shift of doing more with less; developing, operating, and supporting complex systems and missions while keeping pace with changing technologies; and providing high-quality working solutions to analysts and warfighters supporting the Federal Government. We aggressively manage internal costs to ensure competitive salaries for top talent while ensuring cost-effective delivery to our customers. As the demand for quality increases, NextGen is well-positioned to tackle the most intricate challenges facing the defense and intelligence communities today.
