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# Software Engineer, Senior

- **Company:** Kwaan Bear IT Solutions, LLC
- **Location:** Adelphi, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Software Applications, Computing Platforms, Computer Vision, Automation of Tests, Bash Shell, C++ (Programming Language), Command-Line Interface, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Software Quality, Cyber Security, Information Systems, Databases, Computer Engineering, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Linux, Systems Theories, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Software Architecture, Software Tools, Secure Coding, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Virtualization Technology, Scripting, High Performance Computing, Data Ingestion, Gitlab, Git, Containerization, Storage Technologies, Information Technology, Machine Learning Operations, Tools for Reporting, Software Version Control, Devsecops, Docker, Data Generation
- **Published:** October 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/us7b28eb488661c36b345223421ad8c43f/eaa

## About the Role

Certifications: DoD 8570/8140 certification appropriate to assigned duties; applicable technical/baseline certifications as required
Education: Bachelor's degree, in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline

 * With eight (8+) years of progressively responsible software engineering/application development experience; or twelve (12+) years of directly relevant software engineering, application development, integration, and sustainment experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

## Description

* Designing, developing, testing, deploying, and sustaining software applications, services, APIs, command-line tools, and supporting infrastructure
 * Architecting and implementing DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, and software release pipelines; developing simulation and digital engineering capabilities to support modeling, performance assessment, synthetic data generation, and large-scale automated testing
 * Building and maintaining mission data ingestion, processing, annotation, storage, and analytics pipelines
 * Developing machine learning and computer vision support capabilities, including model training, evaluation, data labeling, and automation frameworks
 * Creating post-mission analysis, performance assessment, fault analysis, visualization, and reporting tools
 * Integrating software across autonomous platforms, mission systems, simulation environments, and government applications
 * Supporting high-performance computing, cloud, embedded, ARM, x86, Linux, and containerized computing environments; managing software repositories, configuration management processes, and distributed development architectures
 * Implementing software quality assurance, cybersecurity, and secure software development practices
 * Developing technical documentation, deployment procedures, engineering standards, and transition packages
 * Supporting experimentation, demonstrations, flight tests, operational assessments, and technology transition activities
 * Providing technical leadership, mentoring, and knowledge transfer; and identifying opportunities to automate processes, improve development efficiency, enhance software quality, and accelerate the fielding of advanced capabilities.

Work requires expertise in software engineering methodologies;

 * Python, C++, Bash, and scripting languages; ROS/ROS2, Git, GitLab, and source code management, Docker, containerization, and virtualization technologies, CI/CD pipeline development;
 * Linux and embedded systems engineering, cloud and high-performance computing environments, machine learning operations (MLOps), computer vision and sensor data exploitation, data engineering, analytics, and visualization, simulation and modeling tools
 * Software architecture and systems integration; automated testing and validation, cybersecurity and secure coding practices, database and object storage technologies;
 * Agile software development methodologies, and technical analysis supporting autonomous, artificial intelligence, and research systems.