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Cleared Senior Software Engineer- Battle Orchestration, National/Tactical Systems

Chantilly, Virginia

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General Atomics pioneers technologies with the potential to change the world. Behind a talented global team of engineers, GA delivers safe, sustainable, and economical solutions to meet growing global demands. Our Engineers have an opportunity to work on first of a kind product lines within an incredible, dynamic environment.

Engineering positions typically require a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience. Candidates from mechanical, electrical, and aerospace engineering backgrounds must know the fundamentals of engineering system developments, requirements, testing, and integration before getting to the final stages of customer interface and project management.

  • Schedule: Full-Time Salary

  • Job Level: Mid-Level (3-7 years)

  • Travel: 0 - 25

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Job ID 47432BR Company GA CCRi Experience Level Mid-Level (3-7 years) Job Title Cleared Senior Software Engineer- Battle Orchestration, National/Tactical Systems City Chantilly State Virginia Workstyle Onsite Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time Salary Salary Range $105,890 - $189,545

Job Summary

GA-CCRi develops best-in-class global situational awareness and battle orchestration capabilities that process petabytes of data from diverse sources in near real time. Our systems apply state-of-the-art algorithms and machine learning techniques to extract features, fuse data and form a rich live view of objects across land, sea and sky. We empower decision makers to solve meaningful challenges through innovative data science and scalable software engineering.

GA-CCRi is looking for Senior Software Engineers to join our National Tactical Department, leveraging our global situation awareness platform in new next-generation Battle Orchestration capabilities for Department of Defense customers. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a rapidly growing new business area on a critical national priority.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Develop and technically lead enterprise-wide Java applications for battlefield command and control, geospatial data management, exploitation, visualization, and analysis
  • Lead, organize, and delegate research and development efforts that support the advancement of software processing concepts for situational awareness and battlefield optimization
  • Manage and maintain continuous integration and continuous development for existing existing capabilities deployed to customer facilities and AWS/Azure cloud environments
  • Develop and delegate tasks to support continuous improvement of test scripts and frameworks to verify functionality of software deliverables
  • Influence technically sound solutions when communicating with customers, management, and other engineering teams
We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.


Job Qualifications:
  • Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in computer science, information systems or related discipline and progressive software development experience as follows; six or more years of experience with a bachelors degree, four or more years of experience with a masters degree, or two or more years with a PhD. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
  • Strong foundation in mathematics, computer networking, communication protocols, data exchange formats and/or user interfaces
  • Experience developing complex solutions in production environments
  • Experience mentoring junior talent
  • Experience with software development in Linux
  • Familiarity with AWS-hosted environments, Docker containerization and execution through Kubernetes
  • An understanding of formal software engineering principles including design, documentation, ticketing systems, version control and Agile methodologies
  • U.S. citizenship and Top Secret security clearance, SCI eligible, and willing to take a CI polygraph

PREFERRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Interested in maintaining and adapting existing codebases
  • Experience in geo-spatial information and DoD tactical networks
  • Experience in software processing infrastructure such as Kubernetes, Helm
  • CI/CD pipelines and tooling (Gitlab CI/CD, ArgoCD, CircleCI, Jenkins)
  • RESTful APIs
  • Databases technologies (PostgreSQL, Redis, or other DBs)

Salary:$105,890 - $189,545
Travel Percentage Required 0 - 25 Relocation Assistance Provided Provided US Citizenship Required? Yes Clearance Required? Yes Clearance Level Top Secret (SCI access eligible)
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Benefits

  • Healthcare

  • Pension, 401(k)/Retirement Plans

  • Competitive Pay

  • Multiple product lines means a variety of work

  • Paid Time Off

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