# Senior Software Engineer

**Company**: GDIT
**Location**: Chantilly, VA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $141,100 - $190,900
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Senior Software Engineer supporting our Intelligence Community customer, you will be trusted to solve complex technical challenges while delivering mission-critical capabilities that directly support national security objectives.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced software engineer with an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph to join an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) team responsible for supporting enterprise applications used across the Intelligence Community. In this role, you will collaborate with Agile development teams to maintain, enhance, and improve applications serving a broad range of IC customers. Responsibilities include responding to user inquiries, troubleshooting and resolving issues, implementing system enhancements, and supporting the ongoing evolution of mission-focused applications.

In addition to sustaining the current production environment, the successful candidate will play a key role in the modernization effort to develop and transition users to a next-generation application, while supporting the planned decommissioning of the legacy platform. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to both operational support and the future architecture of a critical IC mission system.

**HOW A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:**

- Provide Operations and Maintenance (O&M) support for mission-critical applications used by Intelligence Community customers.

- Respond to user-reported issues and questions, troubleshoot problems, and implement solutions in a timely manner.

- Design, develop, test, and deploy software enhancements and new capabilities.

- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate business needs into technical solutions.

- Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives.

- Maintain and improve application performance, reliability, and security.

- Develop and maintain technical documentation and system artifacts for legacy system.

- Support application integrations and data exchange with external systems and services.

- Work closely with team members to continuously improve development, deployment, and support processes.

- Support the lifecycle management of both legacy and modernized applications, ensuring continuity of operations throughout migration efforts.

- Contribute to the design, development, testing, and deployment of a new application while maintaining and enhancing the existing production system.

- Assist with planning and executing the decommissioning of legacy application components, services, and infrastructure.

**REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:**

- Self-starter mentality with a strong desire to learn and deliver solutions efficiently to customers.

- Strong understanding of software design fundamentals and object-oriented programming principles.

- Experience applying modern software engineering principles including SOLID, DRY, KISS, and YAGNI.

- Experience working in Linux-based development environments.

- Understanding of Git/GitHub source control and Agile development methodologies.

- Experience architecting and developing web applications.

- Experience developing applications using Ruby on Rails.

- Experience with JavaScript frameworks such as ExtJS and/or VueJS.

- Experience utilizing Bootstrap for responsive user interface development.

- Experience deploying and supporting solutions in Amazon Web Services (AWS).

**DESIRED SKILLS:**

- AWS certifications.

- Experience integrating and unifying records from multiple data sources.

- Experience developing applications that consume and integrate external APIs.

- Experience supporting applications in a secure Intelligence Community environment.

- Understanding of DevSecOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.

**WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:**

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline. Equivalent combinations of education, technical certifications, training, and experience will be considered.

- 6+ years of software development experience.

- Experience supporting enterprise web applications in production environments.

- Experience working within Agile software development teams.

- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required.

- U.S. Citizenship required.

**Location:** Chantilly, VA or McLean, VA

**Salary Range:** $141,100 - $190,900

**Benefits:**

- 401K with company match

- Comprehensive health and wellness packages

- Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career

- Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications

- Cutting-edge technology you can learn from

- Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

## Skills

### Required
- Complex Systems
- Software Design
- Software Development
- Linux-based development environments
- Git/GitHub
- Agile development methodologies
- Ruby on Rails
- JavaScript frameworks
- Bootstrap
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Object-oriented programming principles
- SOLID
- DRY
- KISS
- YAGNI

### Nice to have
- AWS certifications
- Experience integrating and unifying records from multiple data sources
- Experience developing applications that consume and integrate external APIs
- Experience supporting applications in a secure Intelligence Community environment
- Understanding of DevSecOps practices and CI/CD pipelines

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