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
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