Software Engineer 2

Wyetech•Annapolis Junction, MD

2d•$68 - $92

About The Position

Wyetech is seeking a Level 2 Software Engineer with strong C++ development experience to support the XKEYSCORE core team, focusing on ingest processing and software component development. The role develops, maintains, and enhances complex software systems based on documented requirements, including processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithms, very large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems. Work may be performed individually or as part of a team. The position reviews and tests software components against design requirements, documents test results, resolves software problem reports, and applies software development and design methodologies appropriate to the development environment. It also contributes to system design decisions, including hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, COTS/GOTS alternatives, and requirements analysis from system-level needs through individual components. The role requires fourteen years of experience as a Software Engineer on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity, along with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline. Four additional years of similar Software Engineer experience may substitute for the degree. An active TS clearance with a customer-appropriate polygraph and U.S. citizenship are required.

Requirements

Strong C++ development experience.
Ability to support ingest processing and software component development for the core team.
Fourteen years of experience as a Software Engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline from an accredited college or university, or four additional years of similar Software Engineer experience in lieu of the degree.
Active TS clearance with a customer-appropriate polygraph.
U.S. citizenship and a position-appropriate security clearance.
The Software Engineer Level 2 labor category lists experience requirements of 2 years in C++, 4 years in Java, 2 years in Python, 1 year in a Linux development environment, and 5 years in circuit-switched and mobile telephony. These are identified as optional staffing allocations; if omitted, the experience is required of all staff at this level.

Responsibilities

Analyze user requirements and derive software design and performance requirements.
Debug existing software and correct defects.
Recommend and implement improvements to documentation and software development process standards.
Design and code new software or modify existing software to add features, correct errors, adapt to new hardware, or improve performance.
Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments.
Develop simple data queries and design or implement complex database or data repository interfaces and queries.
Write or review software and system documentation.
Serve as a team lead appropriate to the software development process, and oversee software development teams to ensure work meets process constraints.
Develop or implement algorithms that meet system performance and functional standards, including complex algorithms subject to strict timing, resource, or interface constraints.
Assist with developing and executing test procedures for software components and perform quality control on team products.
Analyze system performance, consult with users and system engineers, review system flow, data usage, and work processes, and investigate problem areas to develop software solutions.
Use scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure software design outcomes and consequences.
Confer with system and hardware engineers to derive software requirements and understand project limitations, capabilities, performance requirements, and interfaces.
Coordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure operational specifications are met.
Support the XKEYSCORE core team with ingest processing and development of software components.

Benefits

Wyetech contributes the equivalent of 20% of salary to employees' SEP IRA.
PTO plan of up to 200 hours annually, with employees able to adjust their PTO allocation at the start of each calendar year.
Voluntary medical plan options, some with a Health Savings Account.
Vision and dental benefits.
Life and AD&D benefits.
Short- and long-term disability benefits.
Hospital indemnity, accident, and critical illness insurance.
Optional identity theft and legal protection services.
Employee referral bonus eligibility up to $10,000.
Mobility among Wyetech-supported contracts.
Team-building events, including monthly lunches, a summer company picnic, and an annual holiday party.
Two complimentary branded clothing orders annually.