Dignitas Technologies, a By Light company, offers a wide range of services in the military modeling, simulation, and training (MS&T) industry from research efforts advancing simulation technologies to large acquisition contracts. Dignitas specializes in system and software analysis, design, development, testing, fielding, and courseware for Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) training applications.
By Light Professional IT Services LLC readies warfighters and federal agencies with technology and systems engineered to connect, protect, and prepare individuals and teams for whatever comes next. Headquartered in McLean, VA, By Light supports defense, civilian, and commercial IT customers worldwide.
Position OverviewMid-Level Software Engineer that works from established requirements and uses established software engineering processes to develop software systems, subsystems, and system enhancements. Completes detailed design and development work independently for individual software components and integrates the developed products together individually and/or at the subsystem level. Follows software engineering standards and assists senior engineers in software system or subsystem development and documentation efforts. Adheres to schedules and stays within established budgets.
Responsibilities- Designs and develops software functionality based on established requirements and specifications.
- Prepares technical data and presentation material to support design reviews
- Participate in and conduct software peer reviews to validate adherence to established coding and implementation standards.
- Performs coding, debugging, testing and troubleshooting throughout the application development process.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or other relevant degree.
- Minimum 4 years of experience as software developer.
- Designs and develop software applications following established requirements and specifications using the appropriate tools.
- Maintains and modifies existing software applications with minimal supervision.
- Experience developing new software functionality and enhancing existing software.
- Experience testing developed software in accordance with specified test procedures and resolving identified discrepancies and deficiencies.
- Experience debugging, troubleshooting and fixing reported software issues
- Experience supporting military, government, or technical training programs.
- Proficiency in C# or other object oriented programming languages such as C++ or Java.
- Experience developing or supporting web-based applications
- Experience defining and working with text-based structured data such as JSON and XML.
- Experience with Modeling and simulation applications.
- Experience working with and executing established Understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes.
- Experience developing software applications using gaming engines such as Unity and/or Unreal Engine.
- Ability to obtain a Security Clearance
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a relevant field
- Minimum four years of software development experience
- Experience designing and developing software applications from established requirements and specifications
- Experience maintaining and modifying existing software applications with minimal supervision
- Experience developing new software functionality and enhancing existing software
- Experience testing software according to specified procedures and resolving discrepancies
- Experience debugging, troubleshooting, and fixing software issues
- Experience supporting military, government, or technical training programs
- Proficiency in C# or object-oriented languages such as C++ or Java
- Experience developing or supporting web-based applications
- Experience with JSON and XML structured data
- Experience with modeling and simulation applications
- Understanding of software development lifecycle processes
- Experience developing applications with Unity or Unreal Engine
- Ability to obtain a security clearance
What We Do
By Light Professional IT Services LLC (By Light) provides a full range of hardware and software engineering services to defense, civilian, and commercial customers worldwide. Driven by a management team that leverages real-world expertise from the defense, intelligence, federal healthcare, and commercial sectors, we provide reliable, efficient, and cost-effective IT solutions. Some of our successes include: • Completion of 80+ Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion (GIG-BE) sites both CONUS & OCONUS. Provided Optical Network Engineering, Implementation, & Project Control Worldwide. • Provided timely completion of ATM to IP Migration, Legacy Network Optimization, & VOIP Implementation of 47 CONUS Sites for the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) SCAMPI Network. • Supporting the AMC CIO/G6 in the Depot Modernization Program, implementing CONUS wide 802.11/a/b/g/n wireless networks, Area Processing Center Migration, DISN Optimization, and a 40,000 user, enterprise-wide SharePoint Implementation. • Completion of 2,000 Plus Legacy Circuit Migrations to DISN Transport for DISN Transition Program. • Delivered Communications Support & Staff Augmentation for Deployed DoD Forces under the Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems Technology Applications Office (PEO EIS TAO). • Successful Implementation of Secure Intelligent Video Systems (IVS) for the Intelligence Community. • Supporting major international carriers in the modernization and expansion of Data Center Facilities. • Engineering new Turnkey “Cloud Services,” including Hosting, Managed Services, COOP, and Data Storage and Archival.









