Software Development Engineer

• Responsible for software web applications required to support the 5th Space Launch Squadron. Involves maintaining, extending or rewriting existing applications, or creating new applications which can be accessed from multiple groups, bases and domains.
• The Software Development Engineer will have knowledge of modern web development strategies and techniques to support existing projects and future application development. The work is mostly on complex projects integrating multiple systems and includes all phases of the software lifecycle.
• Guide software engineering team priorities. Lead requirement and feature discussion with customer technical teams. Build, maintain, update and brief development plans and status using software development tools. Provide support for team-developed applications; design and develop web or cloud-hosted applications; investigate and identify opportunities for efficiency enhancements to our software development processes and for the enterprise processes our applications support; application, server and tool administration.
• Develop and provide user and leadership training for existing or newly developed applications.
• Provide regular status updates to customer technical leads, and participate in and lead agile software development methodologies.
• Work as integral team member of the software development team including individual and virtual pair programming.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline. 1.5 years of Software Development experience may be accepted in lieu of each 1 year of education/degree requirement.
• 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, programmer, or software developer.
• 3+ years DoD or Launch/Range experience.
• Development experience using the following or equivalent: VueJS, GIT, JSON, HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript, asynchronous programming, UX design, C#, Database Management.

Clearance:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• CompTIA Security+ certification or ability to obtain certification.
• Experience with the following: CI/CD, PostgreSQL, Mongo DB, Visual Studio 2017 or Later, Angular JS, ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API, Windows Identity Framework, .NET 4 or later, .NET Core 3.0, REST, Python, Flask, Web Services, Active Directory, virtualization (VMware), virtualized architecture, SQL Server with SSRS, performance enhancement, backup/recover, and scheduled jobs, Power Automate, Jira, Confluence, Mattermost, website design and layout, digital tools and architectures, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Analysis, administration of Windows Server 2012 R2 or later, Windows Server 2022, Internet Information Server 7.5 or later, and familiarity with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) facilities, processes, providers and operations.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%. Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer.
• Frequently communicates with co-workers, management and customers, which may involve delivering presentations. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.