Principal Software Engineer

Job Responsibilities:
For Project Manager Electronic Warfare & Cyber in support of the Joint Common Access Platform (JCAP) Program, the Principal Software Engineer collaborates with system users, requirements owners, and developmental contractors to translate operational requirements into software requirements, designs, and implementations. Participates in planning, coordinating, scheduling, directing, and controlling engineering and technical support activities applicable to software development and integration of software tools/capabilities onto a variety of execution platforms. Participates in the development and execution of software and system test strategies. Reviews and assesses developmental contractor software code to ensure compliance with government-provided coding and cybersecurity standards. Participates in government oversight of contractor software development activities, to include as a supporting team member in agile development paradigm activities (e.g., scrums, sprint retrospectives), developing software acceptance criteria, and generating recommendations to the government Assistant Product Manager regarding development, development planning, development/test automation tools, requirements prioritization, test, evaluation, cross-system integration, and fielding/delivery, and post-delivery support of software-based systems. Provides integrated, multi-disciplinary solution recommendations for resolution of technical problems.
Job Qualifications:
• Active TS/SCI Clearance
• 10 years of direct experience with software development
• 3 years of experience managing software development teams
• 3 years in cyber or C4ISR systems
• BS and/or graduate degree(s) in Engineering or Information Technology
• Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile Framework)
• Experience leading a "large team" (e.g. oversaw at least two agile teams)
• Experience with DevOps tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Git)
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery
• Experience with Unix-based (e.g. RedHat, Ubuntu, etc.) and Windows Operating Systems
• Familiarity with Application Programming Interfaces
• Experience with Ansible Playbooks
• Experience with Python and/or Java development
• Familiarity with DoD 5000 acquisition lifecycle processes
• Excellent communications skills including the ability to generate and deliver focused briefings on complex topics to senior leaders
• Ability to work on, and/or lead, multi-functional/multi-disciplinary teams.
Must have active TS/SCI Clearance