Description

SAIC is seeking a C# Software Engineer to join our team in Huntsville, AL supporting the NSITE team. The Network, System Integration and Test Environment (NSITE) is a Government owned, managed, and developed software suite.NSITE is used by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Joint Services, and numerous labs in support of continued testing of systems employed for defense of the United States and our Allies.The NSITE software provides data collection, situational awareness, and analysis capabilities to a wide range of users who benefit from NSITE’s ability to act as an independent third-party truth teller.The NSITE team has in-depth experience in Tactical Data Links (TDL), Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Test, Enterprise Information Technology, Software and Systems Engineering and Information Assurance.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining the NSITE software application.
• Work on a small agile development team where success is defined by the ability to understand your path forward, effectively communicate that path, and complete the task inherent to that path in a timely matter.
• Research advancements in computer science and related fields to help steer the product toward long term success.
• Communicate with leadership and the customer to ensure a common understanding of requirements.
• Document your work for the benefit of your teammates, the user, leadership, and posterity.
• Identify and solve challenging problems by writing performant, clean, and practical code.

Qualifications

Education Requirments:

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent and 5 years experience working with Software Design and Development; Additional (6) years' experience can be accepted in lieu of degree (per contract vehicle).

Clearance Requirements:

• Must possess an active Secret Security clearance or have the ability to obtain one; US Citizenship required.

Required Qualifications

• Proficient in C#, and in Microsoft .NET
• Ability to understand, and evaluate WPF/C# code and develop corresponding unit test(s)
• Ability to obtain WPF Certification within 6 months of hire date. 
• Ability to design and build an intuitive User Interface (UI)
• Knowledge of modern software engineering practices, including Agile methodologies
• Ability to analyze a requirement, generate a design, and produce efficient, robust, and testable software
• Mastery of computer science fundamentals, independent of a specific language

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in WPF with MVVM patterns
• Familiarity with WPF based control sets such as DevExpress, Telerik, or Infragistics 
• Knowledge of tactical and simulation data links (specifically Link 16, JREAP, DIS, VMF, CMF and XML).
• Currently have an Information Assurance Technical certification (CompTia A , Net , or Sec ) or the ability to obtain one