Software Engineer - Mid

Chantilly, VA or Austin, TX

Engineering

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Job Title: Software Engineer - Mid
Job ID: 0501037
Date Posted: 11/14/2024
Location: Chantilly, VA or Austin, TX
Category: Engineering
Minimum Clearance to Start: Top Secret
Job Type: Full Time
Travel: Up to 10%
Type of Travel: Continental US
 

Job Description:

GIESLER LLC is looking to hire a Software Engineer to join our distributed operations team developing high quality software applications to enable real-time processing across distributed environments for the Department of Defense. This role requires an understanding of programming languages, deploying modular applications, employing front-end and back-end technologies, and leveraging DevSecOps tooling to deliver on demand distributed operations capability.

 

This role is in support of the U.S. Navy Spectral Program. Spectral is a seven-year program to provide both hardware and software solutions for our naval forces to fight and win in the increasingly sophisticated and complex range of cyber and electronic threats from our adversaries.

 

You will develop and deploy advanced cloud enabled combat systems that make up Spectral, leveraging the most advanced software technologies available. Spectral is not only delivering ground-breaking capabilities to the warfighter today, but also building a modular distributed architecture that allows the system to rapidly evolve, deploy, and adapt to scale multi-echelon operations.

 

Creative solutioning and thinking outside the box to solve manual pain points for the warfighter through innovative engineering and rapid deployment of software running in production. Developing software technologies and leveraging first class tooling to generate high availability, low latency, fault tolerance, and scalability across multi-echelon distributed environments. Collaborate with senior developers to design, develop, and maintain software solutions. As a software engineer, you will work on new features and enhancements contributing to distributed environments and positively impact the Spectral system.

We are looking to fill multiple positions with an immediate start date

 

Job Responsibilities:

As a Software Engineer with GIESLER LLC, you will have the opportunity to build and deploy high quality software applications that directly impact the U.S. Navy’s employment of Spectral Distributed Operations and Remoting Services. The GIESLER LLC Distributed Operations team provides the powerful capability for Spectral capabilities to be used across multiple platforms, and to share information with remote sites dramatically expanding the power of the Spectral system. Our Software Engineers work within an Agile development team leveraging scaled agile practices to rapidly deliver incremental software solutions to our customer’s, focused on ideation, development, quality, deployment, and sustainment of high-quality software products. This position is for highly motivated software developer, with remote and hybrid work, who will perform key responsibilities as:

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• Develop, test, and maintain software applications according to Spectral requirements, and program standards.

• Collaborate with senior engineers on system requirements, identify solutions, and contribute to software design solutions.

• Generate clean, efficient, and maintainable code using programming languages and frameworks aligned with the Spectral tech stack.

• Perform code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers to ensure high-quality code adherence standards.

• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing applications to improve performance, reliability, and scalability.

• Optimize code for real-time data processing performance and scalability across distributed platforms and edge computing.

• Deploy modular software applications with CI/CD integration to distributed environments.

 

Job Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen

• Pre-employment drug screening

• An Active Top Secret Clearance, with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance

• 3-5 years of professional experience in software development

• Proficiency in at least on programming language (Python, Java) and familiarity with relevant frameworks

• Solid understanding of software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, DevSecOps) and best practices

• Experience working with databases and understanding basic database design principles (SQL, NoSQL)

• Familiarity with front-end and back-end development technologies (React, Node.js, Django)

• Knowledge of version control systems (Git) and experience with collaborative development practices such as merge requests, pull requests, code reviews

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to debug and troubleshoot complex issues

• Good communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a cross-functional team environment

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Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field

 

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Familiarity with cloud services (AWS, Azure)

• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker)

• Experience with DevSecOps practices, tools, and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins)

• Familiarity with API development and RESTful services

• Exposure to automated testing frameworks and test-driven development

• Understanding of software security best practices

 

Pay Range:

There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications.

Since this position can be worked in more than one location, the range shown is the national average for the position. The proposed salary range for this position is: $62,800-$128,600

To apply:​

• Send a copy of your resume to patricia@gieslerllc.com.

• “Subject" line of the email should include your name and the Job ID for the position you are applying for.

 

 

Giesler, LLC is a private corporation established in the State of Georgia, is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. This commitment affirms Giesler LLC’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity in accordance with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action laws, directives and regulations to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under Federal, State or Local law.