Job DescriptionSALARY RANGE $120,000 - $180,000/year
DUTIES As a successful candidate for the Software Engineer I role, you will develop, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse software systems, including processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems based on documented requirements. You will work independently or as part of a team to review and test software components for adherence to design requirements and document test results. You will utilize software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment and provide input to the software components of system design, including hardware and software trade-offs, software reuse, the use of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) and Government Off-the-Shelf (GOTS) solutions in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from the system level to individual software components.
Required SkillsSKILLS - Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements
- Debug existing software and correct defects
- Provide recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards
- Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features
- Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments
- Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories
- Write or review software and system documentation
- Serve as team lead at the level appropriate to the software development process being used on a project
- Design or implement complex database or data repository interfaces and queries
- Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards
- Assist with developing and executing test procedures for software components
- Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards, conferring with users or system engineers, analyzing system flow, data usage, and work processes, and investigating problem areas
- Modify existing software to correct errors, adapt to new hardware, or improve performance
- Design, develop, and modify software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design
QUALIFICATIONS Candidates must possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline from an accredited college or university and seven (7) years of experience as a Software Engineer on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity. In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, four (4) additional years of Software Engineering experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted.
