Senior Software Application Engineer

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Company: Zekiah Technologies

Location: Dahlgren, VA 22448

Description:

Job Type

Full-time

Description

** An active Top Secret with SCI clearance is required for this position **

We are seeking a self-starting, creative experienced Senior Software Application Engineer to join our team in supporting our DoD client. The working environment requires an innovative-minded developer who can work closely with our client identifying and developing advanced concept applications.

As a Senior Engineer, you will lead the design and development of application architectures to support the DoD client objectives. These applications will include various areas such as modeling and simulation, graph analysis and protocol development and analysis, large data integration, and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning. Other responsibilities include:
  • Interface design and development experience
  • Applications may be developed solo and in team environments.
  • Capture and create software application requirements
  • Perform rapid application prototyping to evaluate concepts to be integrated into permanent frameworks
  • Design and develop scalable application frameworks
  • Familiar with Agile methodologies and principles


Requirements

Key Skills
  • Develop application and service software using .NET C#, Python, C++, or other common application development language
  • Experience with GitLab
  • Experience with creating and integrating MongoDB databases
  • Design and develop software functionality utilizing programming IDEs such as Visual Studio or similar
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Self-starter, curious about new technologies, and eager to demonstrate creativity through code

Essential Skills and Experience
  • Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in a computer science and engineering field of study plus 3 years of experience, or five (5) years of technical experience in developing complex applications
  • Security+ CE Certification
  • Experience and a strong desire to invent new ways of approaching problems and developing innovative solutions
  • Ability to work and communicate with customers, teammates, and other technical staff
  • Experience designing and building desktop applications along with the back-end components used to support it

Preferred Skills and Experience
  • Experience working with .NET C#, Python, MongoDB, and any relational databases
  • Creative user Interface design experience
  • Ability to investigate and apply advanced algorithms, models, and frameworks to cutting-edge applications

Contingent Work Eligibility Requirements
  • U.S. citizen with currently active Secret security clearance (or higher)

Clearance Level - Final Position Requirement
  • Active Top Secret with SCI

Travel Required: No

Potential for Telework: No

About Us

Here at Zekiah, our journey is about enhancing our warfighters' superiority by developing and integrating forward-thinking communication and technology systems. Each team member plays an important role in making this possible by bringing their skills and knowledge to help our customers tackle their challenges, devise innovative solutions, and support their critical missions. We take care of our employees through a balanced work life, fair salaries, great benefits, and giving them a voice.

Benefits

We offer health, dental, vision, life, and supplemental insurance for full-time employees and their families. We also offer holiday and vacation pay, sick leave, performance-based bonuses, a retirement plan with company match, and an education reimbursement program. Explore our benefits and work culture at https://www.zekiah.com/careers.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Zekiah Technologies, Inc. does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), ethnicity, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

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