Senior Principal Software Engineer (TS/SCI tysons corner va ref

Senior Principal Software Engineer (TS / SCI Tysons Corner, VA)

Making sure you fit the guidelines as an applicant for this role is essential, please read the below carefully.

Pre-screen Questionnaire :

• Please tell us about your Systems Software Engineering experience in the IT industry.
• Please elaborate on your DevOps Engineering skills.
• Please elaborate on your Back End Software Engineering skills.
• An active Department of Defense Top Secret / SCI with Polygraph security clearance is required at time of hire. Do you have one?
• What is your work authorization status?
• What are your compensation expectations?
• Local candidates highly preferred. How comfortable are you commuting to Tysons Corner, VA on a daily basis?
• Do you have experience with meta data and full-motion video? If so, please elaborate :
• What is your current level of security clearance? Please verify if it is active or inactive and provide the date of the last investigation.
• Is the candidate local? In exceptional circumstances, relocation may be considered for a non-local candidate. If not local, what would be your timeline for relocation, and what would your expectations be for relocation assistance?

Company Overview :

We engineer a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products, and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation.

With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas.

Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment, and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose.

You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!

Basic Qualifications :

Bachelor’s degree in software engineering or a related technical field is required (or equivalent experience), plus a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience;

or Master's degree plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience; agile experience preferred.

Clearance Requirements :

Department of Defense Top Secret / SCI with Polygraph security clearance is required at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.

S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.

S. citizenship is required.

Job Description :

General Dynamics Mission Systems has an immediate opening for a Senior Principal Software Engineer. This position provides an opportunity to further advance the cutting-edge technology that supports some of our nation’s core defense / intelligence services and systems.

General Dynamics Mission Systems employees work closely with esteemed customers to develop solutions that allow them to carry out high-stakes national security missions.

Representative Duties and Tasks :

• Codes, tests, integrates, and documents software solutions.
• Performs duties across the software development life-cycle : concept, design, architecture, user experience, development, test, installation, operation, and maintenance.
• Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer requirements into a software architecture that acknowledges technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Applies and champions standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle.
• Receives no appreciable instruction on day-to-day work; more often responsible to define the scope, schedule, and expectations for the work;

assignments may be self-initiated.

• Exercises latitude in determining technical objectives of assignments for self and teams.
• Accountable to lead and manage the completion of major programs and projects.
• Identifies and leads the execution of risk mitigation strategies.
• Works on advanced applications that may result in new business and revenues for the company.
• Provides leadership and / or direction and / or supervision to lower-level employees and teams.
• Exercises considerable latitude in determining technical objectives of assignments.
• Recognized internally and / or externally as a subject matter expert (SME).
• Travel may be required.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities :

• Experienced with software development processes, such as SAFe Agile.
• Experienced in current software engineering concepts, principles, and theories.
• Experience with software tools supporting Integrated Development Environments (IDE), version control, defect reporting, and scripting.
• Demonstrated ability to excel at the development of new theories and methods.
• Demonstrated ability to be a team player who thrives in collaborative environments and revels in team success, meeting and exceeding personal and team commitments.
• Skilled in communicating issues, impacts, and corrective actions; someone who is capable of providing technical leadership to an organization.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communications skills.
• Meta data and full-motion video experience.
• DevOps Engineering Skills.

Technical Skills :

• Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI / CD) Pipeline.
• Git, Jenkins, IntelliJ IDE, Docker, Kubernetes, Apache Nifi, ELK Stack (ElasticSearch / Logstash / Kibana).
• Back End Software Engineering Skills : Java, Spring, REST Service creation, Message Brokers (Kafka, ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ), NoSQL Databases (ElasticSearch, Redis, MongoDB), RDBMS Databases (Oracle, PostGres, SQLServer, OmniSci).

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