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Job Title:    Senior Specialist, Software Engineering

Requisition Number: 21387     

Job Location:    Nashville, TN

Schedule:  9/80 Reg

Clearance: Must Have the Ability to Obtain a DoD Security Clearance

Job Summary:

Participate and consistently contribute to planning, design, implementation, verification, deployment, and support activities for custom software components and applications.  May perform task management activities for other software engineers. 

The Software Engineer, Senior Specialist Level is a senior professional with strong job area knowledge and broad knowledge of project management, managing complex projects and processes with general oversight to achieve operational targets and goals with direct impact on team and departmental results. 

Job Requirements:

Interact directly with engineering team and program management staff to analyze and understand requirements  Translate requirements into appropriate technical designs  Effectively present technical designs to software engineering, program management, and other team members  Implement requirements into software components and applications according to technical design  Unit and component test software components and applications to ensure quality of deliverables  Provide input and effort for the technical verification of all technical, functional and corporate requirements prior to delivery of software components and applications  Investigate and address requirement violations in functional testing and production software as needed  Track and report status of tasks, deliverables, and issues to software engineering team  Adhere to corporate processes and standards for all activities and deliverables during all phases of involvement in the software development life cycle  Effectively manage multiple task assignments  Mentor less experienced team members as appropriate  Perform other appropriate duties as requested, directed, or assigned  

Minimum Qualifications:

Strong knowledge of relevant technologies, software development methodologies, and programming languages Strong knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of object-oriented design/development Strong understanding of regulatory standards impact on software development Strong knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of software unit, component, and integration testing Strong knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of source code management and defect tracking Ability to effectively utilize both written and verbal communication skills Ability to identify complex problems and provide multiple solutions Ability to understand, create, and communicate complex design specifications Ability to quickly and effectively breakdown assignments into work tasks and provide effort and schedule estimates and successfully achieve them Ability to use judgment and logic in decision-making considering relative to costs and benefits of potential actions Ability to promote a corporate ethics and exhibit a spirit of teamwork and cooperation within the organization Experience with Object Oriented development with focus on SOLID principals. A strong understanding of design patterns and UML. TCP/UDP experience is preferred. Hardware/Software API development preferred. Azure DevOps source control experience and YAML pipeline/release development is a plus.Understanding and ability to implement Agile and Scrum methodologies Ability to work in a team environment and highly effective at collaboration. Experience with C# and Visual Studio required (Java experience a potential substitute)  Experience with WPF/XAML required. Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance, which requires US citizenship 

Preferred Skills (beyond required):

Ability to understand and utilize UML (Unified Modeling Language) Ability to identify and apply design patterns as appropriate. Azure DevOps source control (GIT) and pipeline development (YAML). A strong understanding of SOLID principals. Experience with multithreaded application development. 

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or Mathematics and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related, or equivalent combination of education and work experienceMinimum of 6 years of progressively advanced object oriented commercial or government software development experience

Physical Demands:

Required to sit for long periods of timeInfrequent light physical effort requiredWritten and verbal communicationDexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and mouseMay require the ability to travel via automobile or airplaneThis is an on-site position

Personal Protective Equipment:

As required by program needs

Work Environment:

Work performed in an office environment with people close to each otherWorking with computers, and other computer componentsDuties may require being on call periodically and working outside of normal working hours (evenings and weekends)

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