NextGen Federal Systems 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 Defense (DoD) 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. The selected candidate will support development and integration activities for curating synthetic data to be utilized in simulation applications, consisting of geospatial data in raster formats.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, or related field
· 5+ years of formal work-related experience with software engineering
· Secret Security Clearance
Requires Skills & Experience:
Experience with C++ and Python software development
· Experience with software architecture, design, implementation, testing, and integration
· Experience with object-oriented software design and development
· Experience with full life cycle software development
· Experience with Test-Driven Development methodologies and tools (e.g., Junit, Pytest)
· Experience operating in a DevSecOps environment with CI/CD pipelines
· Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
Desired Skills & Experience:
Experience operating with Agile development processes and tools (e.g., Scrum, JIRA)
· Experience with Linux operating systems
· Experience with manipulating large data sets with Numpy, Pandas, Rasterio, SciPy
· Experience with performance testing, scalability mechanism, and system tuning
· Strong written & verbal communication skills, including technical writing and presentations
· Experience with geospatial data and raster formats, including GRIB, NetCDF, and Geotiff
· Experience working with weather-related systems and data
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, or related field
- 5+ years of formal work-related experience with software engineering
- Secret Security Clearance
- Experience with C++ software development
- Experience with Python software development
- Experience with software architecture, design, implementation, testing, and integration
- Experience with object-oriented software design and development
- Experience with full life cycle software development
- Experience with Test-Driven Development methodologies and tools (e.g., JUnit, Pytest)
- Experience operating in a DevSecOps environment with CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with Agile development processes and tools (e.g., Scrum, JIRA)
- Experience with Linux operating systems
- Experience manipulating large data sets with NumPy, Pandas, Rasterio, SciPy
- Experience with geospatial data and raster formats, including GRIB, NetCDF, and Geotiff
- Experience with performance testing, scalability mechanisms, and system tuning
- Strong written & verbal communication skills, including technical writing and presentations
- Experience working with weather-related systems and data
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.
.png)
