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Principal Software Engineer (TS/SCI) Fairfax, VA ref

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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 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.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will:

Provide leadership to cross functional software development teams
Lead small technical proposals and contributes to medium sized proposals
Frequently responsible to lead collaboration activities with senior management and leadership within the company
Perform software requirements analysis, participate in research, design, develop and test software and tools, to include development of new work products or enhancing existing applications
Perform technical planning, verification and validation of others work, cost and risk analysis, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems
Apply the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle to support the generation of technical engineering products
Research and analyze data, such as customer design proposals, market trends, state of technology and industry, specifications and manuals to determine feasibility of design or application
Support and develop our technical culture by being engaged, intellectually curious, friendly, motivated to solve complex problems, and inspired to deliver superior user-centered design
Participate in internal reviews of software components and systems

Programming Skills:

Strong fundamentals in data structures and algorithms
Solid object oriented programming and software design skills
Proficient in one of the following: Java, C++, C, or JavaScript (using object oriented techniques)
Web Services knowledge such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, and Redux
Candidates should have demonstrated strengths and experience in the following areas:

Strong leadership skills suitable for recruiting, leading and managing teams of engineers to solve challenging problems
User Interface development
Computer science theory (e.g., data structures, algorithms, computational complexity)
Appreciation for user-centric design
Full use and understanding of software engineering concepts, principles, and theories
Effective communication and attention to detail
Deep exposure to Unix/Linux systems as well as Windows
Other beneficial common programming patterns/paradigms:

Seasoned, experienced professional having a wide range of professional experience
Experience with version control systems
Experience leading software teams using Agile methodologies
Detailed and fully proficient knowledge of technology trends and champions new ideas and product and process improvements
Concurrent programming and building multi-threaded systems
Memory and CPU profiling
Data modeling and writing efficient data access methods
Experience building large-scale mission-critical applications
Experience with distributed systems
Direct-manipulation user interfaces

PREFERRED DEGREE TYPES AND EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor's degree in software engineering or a related technical field is required (or equivalent experience), plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience.

1. Please tell us about your Systems Software Engineering experience in the IT industry.

2. Please elaborate on your proficiency in these: Java, C++, C, or JavaScript (using object oriented techniques).

3. Please elaborate on your exposure to Unix/Linux systems as well as Windows.

4. An active Department of Defense TS SCI security clearance is required at time of hire. Do you have one?

5. What is the candidate’s highest level of education?

6. What is the candidate’s work authorization status?

7. What is the candidate’s desired compensation?

8. Where is the candidate located? If candidate is not near job location, please explain relocation.

9. Please provide the link to candidate’s Linkedin profile:

10. What is the candidate's current level of security clearance? Please verify if it is active or inactive and provide the date of the last investigation.

11. Has the candidate directly applied for this job or has had their resume presented for this job to our client, GDMS by another recruiter?