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# Software Engineer-Developer 3

- **Company:** PDS Inc.
- **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, Github, IBM Rational Team Concert (Collaboration Tool), Object-Oriented Software Development, Software Engineering, Product Software Implementation Methods, Systems Architecture, Web Applications, Multithreading, Information Technology, Software Version Control, Devsecops
- **Published:** October 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9226405/software-engineer-developer-3

## About the Role

Bachelor's Degree in an engineering discipline
Active Top-Secret U.S. Security Clearance with SCI eligibility (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active).
Ability to obtain Counterintelligence (CI) polygraph after start date
3+ years of experience designing and developing software for complex systems (i.e. Distributed Systems, Multi-Threaded and Multi-Process Applications) and a foundation in computer science and software development
3+ years of experience in object-oriented programming
Experience with distributed version control systems such as GitHub, IBM Rational Team Concert, etc.Refer to "Engineer Job Classifications Appendix" for further clarification on the use of this job family. In locations where SPEEA representation applies, this job family will be covered by the terms of the collective bargaining agreement. Applicable and appropriate educational/certification credentials from an accredited institution and/or equivalent experience is required.

Education / Experience:

Bachelor's Degree in an engineering discipline

## Description

The FishTools program seeks a hardworking, motivated, and creative full-stack software developer to engineer new solutions and capabilities for agile software applications. This engineer will assist/lead design and development of front-end user interfaces that integrate with cloud-based software systems that follow modern DevSecOps and Agile execution processes. This engineer will coordinate and execute in collaboration with UX designs across large, multi-faceted scaled systems. The customer's needs require state-of-the-art, software-intensive systems to efficiently and optimally task, plan, exploit, and disseminate data for hardware platforms (e.g. satellites, ground systems, etc.) for maximum stakeholder value.
Primary Responsibilities:
Software development tasks including detailed software design, coding, and testing of customer desired features/user stories.
Analyzing customer requirements and ensuring software implementations meet functional requirements.
Briefing software designs and demonstrating software release functionality to peers.
Develop and sustain new and existing applications; as well as troubleshoot and resolve various software issues.
Contribute to the creation of new distributed components and interactions that align with the future system architecture. The existing multi-tiered system is developed on a cloud infrastructure with several consumer-facing web applications.