Software Engineer (Application)-Remote

ARES Corporation · Remote, United States

Software Engineer

(Salary Range $145-160k) ARES is recruiting for a

Software Engineer

to support the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex-Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment (NCMC-ITW/AA) and CCIC2S Enterprise Networks within the Strategic Warning and Surveillance Systems Acquisition Delta.
Join a team supporting mission-critical systems that help protect the United States and its allies from air, missile, and space threats. Our work supports the systems, networks, and technologies that provide military decision-makers with accurate, timely, and continuous warning and attack assessment information. The

NCMC-ITW/AA

program sustains and modernizes specialized warning and assessment systems at Cheyenne Mountain, integrating mission capabilities, IT infrastructure, support services, and data products essential to national defense.

The environment enables secure data communications, air and missile warning processing, system operations, and cybersecurity protections across critical network interfaces. Together, these programs provide an opportunity to work on highly reliable, secure systems where technical performance directly supports some of the nations most important defense missions.
This is a full-time remote position. Travel may be required to CONUS and OCONUS locations (approx. Acts as a member of a government ran agile scenario development team.
Provides AFLCMC/HBQ leadership with analysis of simulation requirements with regards to the appropriate level of design within cost and time parameters.
Coordinates and/or assists in the installation and removal of new or existing simulations.
Develops applications using scientific and mathematical models to predict consequences of a particular design, accomplish data analysis, support simulation validation and assist in data reduction.
Support all aspects of the agile creation / modification of scenarios and analytical tools for use by the test community at all organizations and sites, as coordinated by the AFLCMC/HBQ government team lead:
Attend agile process meetings, including but not limited to daily stand-ups (daily scrums), retrospectives, and program increment planning meetings.
Aid in the analysis and decomposition of user requirements with the goal being to break down work into task descriptions that can be completed within each sprint.
Build and document all test cases to assess the quality of finished products.
Write code pertaining to all scenarios and tools using industry best-practices regarding static / dynamic code analysis, code style guides, and documentation.
Develop documentation: test plans, test reports, test procedures, data analysis plans, scenario description documents, verification and validation reports, training documents, and other documentation as needed.
Utilize statistically-significant testing and analysis, when assigned by the Government lead, wherever possible.
Establish and document simulation requirements and performance expectations as needed or assigned by the Government lead.
Coded tool-sets should be modular in design, comprised of user-friendly GUIs, and fully-documented. It is strongly desired to utilize widely available user-friendly higher-order languages (Python 3, MATLAB, etc.) Support all aspects of the agile creation / modification of scenarios and analytical tools for use by the test community at all organizations and sites, as coordinated by the AFLCMC/HBQ government team lead.

Clearance:

Must have or be able to obtain a DoD Secret clearance and eligible for TS.
Bachelor’s Degree in related field and twelve (12) years of experience in the respective technical discipline; Master’s or Doctorate Degree in a related field and ten (10) years of experience in the respective technical discipline; Proficient in program languages such as Java, Perl, Visual Basic, C Family, SQL, Python 3, and MATLAB.
Experience with full software development life cycle from requirements elicitation to deployment
Experience with software engineering principles and industry best practices, including agile development
Have advanced knowledge, experience, and demonstrated ability to perform tasks related to the technical/professional discipline as a Senior Software Engineer.
Possess the ability to oversee and guide the efforts of junior and mid-level engineers.
Experience with Virtualization and Containerization platforms and software.
Experience with Relational and Non-relational databases.
Full time employees may participate in
~ Medical Insurance
~ Dental Insurance
~ HSA/FSA Accounts
~ Life & Disability Insurance
~ Paid Time Off & Holidays

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