Job Description:
Competitive Range partners with the government to plan and deploy complex, IT-enabled, and mission-essential capabilities. Our goal is to help you develop and expand your professional capabilities while working on challenging, exciting projects in a collaborative, congenial environment.
We are seeking a Senior Software Developer to contribute to the technical design, development, implementation, and optimization of large-scale DoD software systems. This role requires expertise in coding, testing, debugging, system performance analysis, and secure software development, ensuring the efficiency and reliability of mission-critical applications.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and implement software solutions using existing and emerging technology platforms.
- Create detailed technical designs to ensure alignment with DoD cybersecurity and operational standards.
- Code, test, debug, and install software applications, optimizing performance and security.
- Conduct organizational needs analysis, ensuring software development efforts align with defense mission goals.
- Review, analyze, and modify programming systems, implementing scalable and efficient solutions.
- Maintain operational efficiency of existing systems, identifying and resolving technical issues.
- Maintain documentation records for system development, modifications, and updates.
- Ensure compliance with DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) and cybersecurity policies.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including cybersecurity professionals, system engineers, and mission planners.
Required Qualifications:
- Active Secret Clearance: TS preferred.
- Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field OR equivalent work experience.
- Experience:
- 2 years of experience with a master’s degree or higher OR
- 4 years of experience with a bachelor’s degree OR
- 6 years of experience with an associate’s degree.
- Technical Expertise:
- Proficiency in software development, debugging, testing, and system performance optimization.
- Strong understanding of secure coding practices, database architecture, and large-scale system integration.
- Ability to design, modify, and enhance defense software systems efficiently.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working with classified DoD systems and secure software development environments.
- Familiarity with cloud-based solutions (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government).
- Certifications such as Security+, CISSP, AWS Certified Developer, or DoD-approved software credentials.
Top Skills
What We Do
Competitive Range is a Management Consulting and Technology Solutions consultancy that provides acquisition, program management, and IT engineering.
OUR VISION
It is our vision to be the standard against which mission support and technology partners are measured in ethics and value added outcomes.
OUR MISSION
We are highly ethical, operationally agile, and aggressively committed to delivering on customer objectives. These “rules of engagement” delineate us from our competitors. They define the mechanics of our success, and the longevity thereof.
OUR BRAND
The vision for Competitive Range was formed over many years of dedicated service alongside the extraordinary men and women of the USAF 375th Civil Engineering Squadron.
We are committed to providing our customers with a value added engagement experience.
