Software Engineer

• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, working within broadly defined parameters.
• Report issues in work management tool (e.g., Jira) along with steps required to re-create the issue
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including daily standups, sprint planning meetings, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
• Support creation and updating of all relevant documentation and specifications for design, development and testing.
• Identify potential roadblocks and develop around them.
• Plan and estimate development tasks and work to improve performance metrics.
• Develop maintainable code that matches specification.
• Perform automated testing of code.
• Work closely with other engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development.
• Build software solutions where the solution is not always well defined but always considers the customer first.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree and 2+ years of prior relevant experience or 4 additional years’ of experience in lieu of degree
• Bachelor's degree and less than 3 years of experience in a relevant field.
• Proficient with JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Familiar with front-end technology trends with solid understanding/experience of popular front-end frameworks like ReactJS, Angular, etc.
• Ability to acquire a DoD Top Secret / SCI Security Clearance
• U.S. Citizenship required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Agile development principles and methodologies
• Experience with automating unit, functional, integration and performance testing of web applications using industry-standard tools such as JUnit, SoapUI, Cucumber, Selenium, and JMeter
• Working knowledge of continuous integration and delivery methodologies and tools
• Familiarity with software design patterns
• Solid understanding of software development process fundamentals
• Experience managing projects within the Atlassian suite of tools (Confluence, JIRA, Bitbucket).
• Familiarity with basic web technologies (HTML, CSS, XML, REST, JSON)
• Knowledge of a version control system (e.g., Git).
• Familiarity with CI/CD processes and tools (Jenkins)
• Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience with USSTRATCOM Nuclear Planning process