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Journeyman Software Engineer

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George, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/9/2026
Job Description

ECS is seeking a Journeyman Software Engineer to support an exciting project in Dahlgren, VA .

The ideal candidate for this role will be an intermediate (5 years) to senior developer working on a complex and interesting System-of-Systems. This developer will join a team responsible for designing, developing, and testing a central Software System, mainly written in C .

The current software team executes Agile-like processes to iteratively design and develop necessary changes to maintain, fix bugs, and add new features. Developers on the team provide change support for the full-lifecycle: design, implementation, test, and verification alongside other team members specialized in design, testing, data analysis, and development.

Required Skills

  • Secret Clearance, with ability to upgrade to TS/SCI
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or similar
  • Minimum four (4) years experience in performing software design, code, and testing.
  • Command of C language
  • Experience in an Agile/Scrum environment

Desired Skills

Additional experience in all or several of the below areas are highly desired by the customer.

  • Ability to inspect, modify, and code in other languages as necessary (IE Python, Bash Scripting, JavaScript)
  • Frameworks
  • Qt - GUI Framework
  • I/O
  • Databases - document data model and SQL to manage state and persist data
  • File Descriptors - to access settings and configurations.
  • Low-Level
  • Bit Operations
  • Binary Encoded Messages
  • Socket based communication (IE UDP, TCP, Serial)
  • Proficient at developing on large code bases
  • Proficient at Debugging complex, distributed systems.
  • Familiarity with GDB (GNU Project Debugger) and Wireshark
  • Data Log processing and inspection for bug tracing
  • Coredumps
  • Proficient developing on Linux (CentOS/RHEL)
  • cd, ls, grep, find, vim, POSIX, everything is a file concept, signals, et cetera.
  • IDEs will be available: Eclipse and QtCreator. Others available upon approval by IT.
  • Familiarity with Make and CMake a plus.
  • Cross-Language Proficiency

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ECS is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis any characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local jurisdiction law.

ECS is a leading mid-sized provider of technology services to the United States Federal Government. We are focused on people, values and purpose. Every day, our 3300 employees focus on providing their technical talent to support the Federal Agencies and Departments of the US Government to serve, protect and defend the American People.

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