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As Knight Federal Solutions continues to grow, we look forward to hiring the best and the brightest to join us in our success!
Knight Federal Solutions is seeking a Software Engineer to join our Integrated Training Systems Software Development team! This is a full-time position location in the Virginia Beach, VA area. As a Software Engineer you will play a critical role as part of the Integrated Training Systems in the design, development and deployment of the Advanced Training Domain (ATD), a shipboard combat system trainer.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Work with a small software development team and our customer for Sprint Planning, execution and reviews.
- Formulate software solutions via the use of software requirements, consultations with users, and investigation into systems flow, data utilization, and workflow.
- Explore problematic areas and investigating issues. This includes Software Trouble Report analysis and resolutions.
- Creating and showcasing solutions by generating documentation (e.g software development notebooks, sequence diagrams, dependencies, etc), code comments, and clear coding practices.
- Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
- Conduct developer testing in both lab environments and aboard ship (when required) to verify software executing in line with requirements.
- Limited travel in support of software installation and testing.
- 2 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; O years' experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 6 years relevant experience.
- Experience implementing Agile/Scrum software development cycles.
- Experience with C++ software development on Linux platforms.
- Security+ certification (or must obtain within 3 months of hire)
- Secret Clearance (or ability to obtain a clearance)
Preferred Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science
- Operational or development knowledge of training systems is a plus but not required. Experience with JIRA and subversion a plus.
Knight Federal Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other protected classification.
