Junior Software Engineer

Job Description

Description

THIS POSITION REQUIRES AN ACTIVE SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE AND A SEC+ (or relevant) CERTIFICATION.

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SAIC is seeking a qualified Software Engineer for a FULLY REMOTE position supporting a new US Coast Guard program, AFMS (Air Force Modeling & Simulation). AFMS is the premier agency responsible for implementation, integration, and development of Modeling and Simulation (M&S) and training and analysis standards that support the US Air Force (USAF), Department of Defense (DoD), and mission partners requiring these capabilities to support the Warfighter in full-spectrum operations. 

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Conducts analysis and collaborates with subject matter experts in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for information storage, processing, presentation, manipulation, display, or reporting.
• Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs application software.
• End product may be special use, customized, or commercial software.
• Determines computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops autonomous services, desktop applications, web applications, scripts, and utility programs.
• Ensures software standards are met.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 5 yrs experience; or relevant years of experience in lieu of degree.
• At the time of hire, possess DoD 8570 certification in IAT Level II certification or above (CompTIA Security+ CE, CASP+ CE, CISSP, etc.)
• Must be US Citizen and currently possess a Secret Clearance.
• Agile / Scrum experience.
• Cloud Experience (AWS preferred).
• Python.
• HTML/CSS.
• Modern JS framework knowledge (angular, vue, node, jquery).
• VSCode.
• Linus.
• Git (GitLab) PHP.
• Strong Experience with web applications including front end development, consuming and developing REST APIs.
• Strong Experience using frontend frameworks (Angular, Redux, JavaScript, HTML, CSS).
• Strong Experience with server side technologies ( node, JS, PHP, Apache HTTP Server).
• Strong Experience working Docker, and cloud environments.
• Experience developing software applications that interacts with large sets of data in SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and/or NoSQL (MongoDB) Databases.
• Experience with Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Learning Record Stores (LRS), including work with modern learning technology protocols (SCORM, xAPI, cmi5).
• Familiarity with all or some of the following tools: Moodle, Big Blue Button, Rustici, IntelliBoard.

Desired Qualifications:

Experience with the below:

• RDMS (MySQL, Postgres, MSSQL).
• NoSQL db experience (MongoDB, DynamoDB, etc.).
• Apache.
• Tomcat.
• Ansible.
• Terraform.
• CloudFormation.
• Jenkins.
• Jfrog Artifactory.

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion, which is core to our values and important to attract and retain exceptional talent. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.4 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.