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Cleared Software Engineer, Federal

Charlottesville, Virginia

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Overview

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 47572BR Company GA CCRi Experience Level Mid-Level (3-7 years) Job Title Cleared Software Engineer, Federal City Charlottesville State Virginia Workstyle Onsite Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time Salary Salary Range $98,100 - $171,398

Job Summary

GA-CCRi maintains and deploys production systems for users across the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, and commercial industry. We build and develop best-in-class all domain and globally focused situational awareness capabilities, including THRESHER and DRAGONSPELL, that process petabytes of data from numerous streaming data sources in near real time. Our systems apply state-of-the-art algorithms and machine learning techniques to extract features and fuse data from multiple phenomenologies to form a rich live view of objects in the sky, on the sea, and on the ground. Our rapidly growing suite of federal software solutions are used by thousands of intelligence analysts and military personnel around the globe to counter new and emerging threats to national security

GA-CCRi is looking for Cleared Software Engineers to join our federal team to develop scalable cloud-based software that fuses data from multiple sources to create a Global Situational Awareness picture for air, maritime, and ground domains.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Research, design, implement, document, test, and deploy software applications to support visualization and analysis of movement and identity for air, sea, and ground objects.
  • Develop test scripts and frameworks to verify and validate functionality
  • Maintain existing capabilities deployed to customer facilities and cloud environments including debugging and updating to keep pace with the evolving environment and technology
  • Understand customer, user, and operational requirements and implement new functionality into software products
  • Document and communicate highly technical concepts effectively to technical and non-technical audiences
  • Maintain the strict confidentiality of sensitive information
  • Observe all laws, regulations and other applicable obligations wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company
  • Work in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices

We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.


Job Qualifications:
  • Ability to transfer and maintain a Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility and a CI poly.
  • Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in computer science, information systems or a related discipline and progressive software development experience as follows; four or more years of experience with a bachelors degree or two or more years of experience with a masters degree. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
  • Proficient in at least one of the following languages: Java, Scala, Python, Golang
  • Experience with software development lifecycle and use of associated tools.
  • An understanding of formal software engineering principles including design, documentation, ticketing systems, version control and Agile methodologies
  • Exceptional analytical skills and problem-solving skills.
  • Good organization, decision making, and verbal and written communication skills.
  • High level of self-initiative and self-motivation
  • Ability to work effectively in small team settings to solve complex problems
  • Strong presentation, and interpersonal skills, ability to work independently and as part of a team; able to perform complex tasks in one or more software development areas.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Active Top Secret Security Clearance
  • Comfortable working with Linux systems on a daily basis
  • Database technologies (e.g. PostgreSQL or other relational database experience)
  • Deployment technologies such as: Docker, Kubernetes, Knative, Helm, Rancher
  • Cloud technologies such as: Hadoop, Kafka, HBase, Accumulo,
  • CI/CD pipelines and tooling (Gitlab CI/CD, ArgoCD, CircleCI, Jenkins)
  • AWS infrastructure and tooling
  • Distributed software version control systems, in particular, git
  • Geospatial data and analytics
  • Data fusion and data engineering tools
  • Familiarity with Intelligence Community and DoD mission sets
  • CompTIA Security+ certification or willingness to get certified

Salary:$98,100 - $171,398
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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“The company is growing, has a very good reputation and had open positions in my area of expertise (aircraft design/design methodology development).”
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