Senior Software Engineer - Whidbey Island

DKW Communications Inc • Washington, DC

4d • Onsite

About The Position

DKW Communications, Inc. (DKW) is a government contractor providing professional and technical services to various government agencies i.e. defense, law enforcement and security. We are currently looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our winning team. The individual hired for this position will provide support for our government customer located in Whidbey Island, WA.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Secret clearance to start
• Bachelor’s degree in electronics or computer engineering, computer science, or equivalent
• At least 7 years of practical experience in software development associated with modeling and simulation within the training systems domains is required
• Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Windows and various Unix flavors, such as Linux
• Familiar with software development and diagnostic tools

Nice To Haves

• CompTIA Security+ CE preferred; if not held, certification must be obtained within six months of date of hire
• Assembly programming language
• C programming language
• C++ programming language
• Microsoft .Net (C#, VB) programming language
• Java programming language
• Windows 7/10 operating system
• Windows Server 2008R2 operating system
• Windows Server 2012R2 operating system
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 operating system
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 operating system
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating system

Responsibilities

• Performs the work necessary to design, develop, document, test, integrate, and modify operating systems and application software for aviation training systems
• Develops, creates, troubleshoots, and modifies specialized utility programs and applications in support of real-time systems
• Performs hardware and software development planning in the incorporation of hardware and software modifications into aviation training systems
• Develops software solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle
• Determines operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions
• Documents and demonstrates solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code
• Helps to lead other junior S/W engineers to perform and assist in duties.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior