Software Engineer SME

Govcio LLC•Quantico Base, VA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

GovCIO is hiring a Software Engineer SME to provide artifact management and secure software development support for NCIS systems. The position is based in Quantico, Virginia, and is hybrid, with onsite attendance expected 100% for the first few months. The specialist will guide and provide targeted assistance in migrating NCIS mission applications to a secure software development toolchain and help ensure compliance with DON-CIO policies for secure software development practices and products. The role applies software engineering principles across varied languages, operating systems, and hosting environments, and supports mission application developers in building a culture of sustained compliance.

Requirements

High school education and 10+ years of experience, or commensurate experience.
Top Secret/SCI clearance.
Expertise in secure software development, with a SecDevOps focus, across a full-stack domain, including relational and NoSQL databases and compiled and interpreted application languages.
Expertise in secure coding practices, including code quality, Zero Trust, SBOM, and secure dependency management.
Expertise with artifact management toolsets such as Nexus, Artifactory, and NuGet.
Expertise with SAST/DAST code quality platforms such as SonarQube, Aikido, and CodeQL, or similar tools.
Experience with Git-oriented supporting capabilities such as pre-commit hooks and branch management rules.
Ability to apply software engineering principles across disparate languages, operating systems, and hosting environments.
Comfort learning new technologies and providing guidance to mission application developers.
The position shares overlap/redundancy with two other SME software developer positions.

Responsibilities

Build and code applications or modules using languages such as C++, Visual Basic, ABAP, Java, and XTML.
Provide patches and upgrades to existing systems.
Participate in planning system and development deployment and ensure software compliance standards are met.
Design graphical user interfaces to meet user needs, as applicable.
Prepare operating instructions and program-development documentation, and analyze system capabilities to resolve questions about program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques, and controls.
Build add-on modules using application programming languages, as applicable.
Design and code applications to specifications using appropriate tools.
Maintain and modify existing software applications.
Analyze system factors, including input and output requirements, information flow, hardware and software requirements, and alternative approaches to problem resolution.
Modify and maintain operational programs and procedures.
Participate in code reviews and represent reviewed work for adherence to standards and specifications.
Write or revise program documentation, operations documentation, and user guides in accordance with standards.
Provide guidance and targeted assistance to migrate NCIS mission applications to a secure software development toolchain.
Support compliance with DON-CIO policies regarding secure software development practices and products.
Learn new technologies as needed to support emergent mission needs and guide mission application developers in sustained implementation of compliance objectives.