SOFTWARE ENGINEER V

At Phoenix Defense, our team members have incredible opportunities to work on state-of-the-art modeling and simulation programs that prepare the nation’s armed forces to protect and serve our country and allies throughout the world. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage, and an entrepreneurial spirit to join forces to create the future while having fun along the way.  Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible.

With every job we fill, our focus is on providing best in class service to our customers while offering the opportunity for professional growth in a rewarding and innovative work environment. We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated professional to fill the position of Software Engineer V.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

As the Software Engineer V, responsibilities will include but may not be limited to:

• Work together in a small team of software professionals within an Agile development environment to accomplish team milestones while collaborating with other teams to achieve project strategic goals; With everyone working in concert to create the best product possible.
• Be part of shaping the design, processes, and tools used for the project knowing we value entrepreneurship and ‘out of the box’ thinking.
• Be comfortable being yourself and expressing your personality and personal qualities to influence our tight-knit software development teams.
• Participate in brainstorming, consensus building and other team activities to identify actions that improve our products and processes.
• Creates use cases and performs object-oriented analysis and design with close interaction with customer and domain experts.
• Develops testing routines and/or procedures.
• Creates flowcharts and other documentations to identify requirements for software and to propose possible solutions.
• Coordinates with hardware engineers and other staff to forecast whether the design will be feasible under cost and time constraints.
• Adheres to strict CMMI quality procedures to ensure first time quality in delivered products.
• Performs software requirements analysis and may lead subsystem level development teams.
• Directs software programming and development of documentation.
• Applies computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis to the software development process.
• May lead small development teams in terms of task breakdown, progress tracking, and technical issue resolution to ensure product success.
• Provides technical support for software maintenance or use.
• Communicates with customers and clients to establish maintenance procedures for software systems.
• Domestic and International travel to Military Installations in support of the Program activities may be required.

ABOUT YOU:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or related field required.
• Minimum Nine (9) years of experience in the software development industry or simulation experience.
• Expertise in geospatial software design, build, scripting, integration, verification, validation, with an emphasis on validation by government agencies.
• Prefer experience with the Program or similar constructive M&S software.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment.
• Have significant JavaScript, Java, and/or C++ experience.
• Experience working with service-based architectures.
• Experience with distributed systems.
• Junit or protractor for dev testing.
• Preferred experience with development methodologies such as Agile, Waterfall, or TSP.
• Experience using Relational Database Management Systems such as Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server, and/or Oracle.
• Experience using an IDE such as Microsoft Visual Studio or Eclipse.
• Experience using a source code repository such as BitBucket, Mercurial, GIT, or Subversion.
• Experience using a defect management system such as Bugzilla, JIRA, or Fogbugz.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Products such as PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Holds a current minimum DOD Secret security clearance or ability to obtain one.
• Due to the nature of work performed within this facility, U.S. citizenship is required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Understanding of FOMs (Federation Object Models).
• Experience writing Python Scripts.
• Experience using OpenGL or WebGL.
• Military Simulation experience.

BENEFITS

• 401K
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Accrued PTO and 10 paid holidays
• Tuition assistance for professional growth

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