Engineer – Software

All levels of Software Engineer will have the skills listed below. Each level may have additional education, skill and/or experience requirements.

The Software Engineer develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems (e.g., processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems) based upon documented requirements.

Software Engineering tasks include:

• Design and develop new software.
• Maintain existing software and resolves software problem reports.
• Modify existing software to add new features.
• Perform individually and as part of a team.
• Utilize software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment and in compliance with customer and industry lifecycle development approaches.
• Develop, execute and document software testing, including test cases.
• Perform software requirement analysis, derivation and allocation.
• Provide input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, application security, and use of Commercial Off-the-shelf (COTS)/Government Off-the-shelf (GOTS) in place of new development.
• Provide input to hardware (COTS/GOTS/capacity/etc.) recommendations.
• Prepare software documentation, including user guides.

Required skills include:

• Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance required.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Demonstrated experience and/or familiarity with one of more of the following: Java, Perl, Ruby, Python, HTML, C, C++, .NET, ColdFusion, Adobe, etc.
• Demonstrated experience and/or familiarity with one of more of the following: SQL, Oracle, MySQL, JBDC, etc.
• Demonstrated experience and/or familiarity with one of more of the following: Windows, Linux, Apache, TomCat, Ozone Widgets, Spring, Struts, JUnit, Hibernate, etc.

Desired skills include:

• Experience with Agile development methodology.
• Experience with software configuration management and control tools (e.g., CVS, Eclipse, ClearCase, etc.)
• Experience with automated testing tools (e.g., RSpec, Cucumber, etc.)

Certifications:

• DoD 8570.1-M Compliance at IAT Level I (e.g., Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)) certification highly desired

ESW01: Software Engineer – I

• No demonstrated experience required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline is required.
  [Four (4) years of experience may be substituted for a degree.]

ESW02: Software Engineer – II

• Two (2) or more years of software development experience required.
  [A Master’s degree in a related discipline may substitute for two (2) years of experience]

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline is required.
  [Four (4) years of experience (for a total of six (6) or more years) may be substituted for a degree.]

ESW03: Software Engineer – Senior I

• Four (4) or more years of software development experience required.
  [A Master’s degree in a related discipline may substitute for two (2) years of experience. A PhD may substitute for four (4) years of experience.]

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline is required.
  [Six (6) years of experience (for a total of ten (10) or more years) may be substituted for a degree.]

ESW04: Software Engineer – Senior II

• Six (6) or more years of software development experience required.
  [A Master’s degree in a related discipline may substitute for two (2) years of experience. A PhD may substitute for four (4) years of experience.]

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline is required.
  [Eight (8) years of experience (for a total of fourteen (14) or more years) may be substituted for a degree.]

Additional Requirements:

• Experience leading a software development team (includes leading modules as part of a larger project).

• Experience developing system performance, availability, scalability, manageability and security requirements for mid- to large-scale programs.
• Agile development methodology experience required.

ESW05: Software Engineer – Principal I

• Eight (8) or more years of software development experience required.
  [A Master’s degree in a related discipline may substitute for two (2) years of experience. A PhD may substitute for four (4) years of experience.]

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline is required.
  [Ten (10) years of experience (for a total of eighteen (18) or more years) may be substituted for a degree.]

Additional Requirements:

• Experience leading a software development team (includes leading modules as part of a larger project).
• Experience developing system performance, availability, scalability, manageability and security requirements for mid- to large-scale programs.
• Experience with cloud computing, multimedia storage, knowledge databases and data-mining analytics desired.
• Agile development methodology experience required.

Certifications:

• Agile software development methodology certification (e.g. SCRUM Master) highly desired.

ESW06: Software Engineer – Principal II

• Ten (10) or more years of software development experience required.
  [A Master’s degree in a related discipline may substitute for two (2) years of experience. A PhD may substitute for four (4) years of experience.]

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline is required.

Additional Requirements:

• Experience leading multiple software development teams. Experience developing system performance, availability, scalability, manageability and security requirements for mid- to large-scale programs.
• Experience with cloud computing, multimedia storage, knowledge databases and data-mining analytics
• Agile development methodology experience required.

Certifications:

• Agile software development methodology certification (e.g. SCRUM Master) highly desired.

ESW07: Software Engineer – Fellow I

• Twelve (12) or more years of software development experience required.
  [A Master’s degree in a related discipline may substitute for two (2) years of experience. A PhD may substitute for four (4) years of experience.]

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline is required.
  [Twelve (12) years of experience (for a total of twenty-two (22) or more years) may be substituted for a degree.]
• Advanced degree (Master’s) is desired.

Additional Responsibilities and/or skills:

• Develop and provide input to system architecture design.

• Act as subject matter expert (SME) to project.

Additional Requirements:

• Experience leading multiple software development teams.

Certifications:

• Agile software development methodology certification (e.g. SCRUM Master) highly desired .

ESW08: Software Engineer – Fellow II

• Twenty (20) or more years of related experience required.
  [A PhD may substitute for four (4) years of experience.]

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Science, Mathematics, or Computer Science is required.

Additional Responsibilities and/or skills:

• Develop and provide input to system architecture design.

• Act as subject matter expert (SME) to project.

Additional Requirements:

• Experience leading multiple software development teams.
• Agile development methodology experience required.

Certifications:

• Agile software development methodology certification (e.g. SCRUM Master) desired.

ESW15: Software Engineer – Manager I

• Eight (8) or more years of related experience required.
  [A Master’s degree in a related discipline may substitute for two (2) years of experience. A PhD may substitute for four (4) years of experience.]

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline is required.

Additional Responsibilities and/or skills:

• Provide technical direction for software development team, including task assignments, system architecture design, and oversight of software development.
• Responsible for staffing on team, including staffing projections, filling positions, performance reviews, etc.
• Establish, implement and maintain development schedule.
• Interface directly with customer.
• Familiarity with architecture standards (e.g, DoDAF, FEAF, etc.) and responsible for implementing required artifacts.

Additional Requirements:

• Agile development methodology experience required.

Certifications:

• Agile software development methodology certification (e.g. SCRUM Master) desired.

ESW16: Software Engineer – Manager II

• Ten (10) or more years of related experience required.
  [A Master’s degree in a related discipline may substitute for two (2) years of experience. A PhD may substitute for four (4) years of experience.]

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline is required.

Additional Responsibilities and/or skills:

• Provide technical direction for software development team, including task assignments, system architecture design, and oversight of software development.
• Responsible for staffing on team, including staffing projections, filling positions, performance reviews, etc.
• Establish, implement and maintain development schedule.
• Interface directly with customer.
• Familiarity with architecture standards (e.g, DoDAF, FEAF, etc.) and responsible for implementing required artifacts.

Additional Requirements:

• Two (2) or more years of experience managing software development teams.
• Agile development methodology experience required.

Certifications:

• Agile software development methodology certification (e.g. SCRUM Master) desired.

ESW17: Software Engineer – Senior Manager

• Twelve (12) or more years of related experience required.
  [A Master’s degree in a related discipline may substitute for two (2) years of experience. A PhD may substitute for four (4) years of experience.]

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline is required.

Additional Responsibilities and/or skills:

• Prepare critical path analysis, integrated master schedule and technical status reports for each work project.
• Prepare LOE estimates for new work.
• Establish common processes across tasks, including configuration management (CM), risk management, quality assurance (QA), etc.
• Perform requirements decomposition to system-level specifications
• Interface directly with customer.

Additional Requirements:

• Project management experience required.
• Experience leading multiple teams simultaneously required.
• Experience with EVMS (earned value management system), compliant with ANSI/EIA Standard 748-B required.
• Agile development methodology experience required.

Certifications:

• Agile software development methodology certification (e.g. SCRUM Master) required.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar certification desired.

ESW18: Software Engineer – Director

• Fourteen (14) or more years of related experience required.
  [A Master’s degree in a related discipline may substitute for two (2) years of experience. A PhD may substitute for four (4) years of experience.]

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline is required.

Additional Responsibilities and/or skills:

• Act as customer liaison.
• Participate with team leadership to develop and establish program policies.
• Plan, direct and control project operations, assuring overall budget, schedule and performance standards are realistically set and attained.
• Serve as principal spokesperson for the program to internal and external contacts.
• Conduct briefing and technical meeting for management and customer representatives.

Additional Requirements:

• Project management experience required.
• Experience leading multiple teams simultaneously required.
• Experience with EVMS (earned value management system), compliant with ANSI/EIA Standard 748-B required.
• Agile development methodology experience required.

Certifications:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar certification desired.