What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Associate Software Engineer position at VTG Defense?
VTG is seeking a Senior Associate Software Engineer to support our Team in Manassas, VA. This role requires onsite work four days a week in a classified environment.
Dozens of Navy tactical systems ranging between legacy software installed on bare metal to micro-containers running in an on-premises cloud need to be delivered, installed, integrated, and tested rapidly and securely. This role will involve developing fixes, delivery, installation, integration, and testing of Navy tactical software systems.
What will you do?
The selected candidate will work with a vast team of Testers, Integrators, Integrated Logistics Specialists,Systems Engineers, Software Developers, and System Operators. The candidate will be responsible for:
- Installation, integration, and troubleshooting of systems in multiple test beds
- Assisting in software build and delivery
- Provide technical input to program managers and government representatives
-Develop, integrate, and test combat sub-systems into a larger integrated tactical system
Do you have what it takes?
- Experience as a DevOps, Software, Integration, or Test engineer (or similar role)
- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Information Technology (or similar degree)
- Comfortable working in Linux from the command line (RHEL/Centos 7, 8, 9)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Initiative, innovation, and resourcefulness
- Successful completion of background check
- Ability to obtain and maintain an active Secret clearance
Desired Qualifications/Skills/Abilities:
- Experience with modern PaaS environment tools such as Kubernetes, Docker, Podman, KVM, or Helm
- Experience with CI/CD tools, languages, and frameworks (Jenkins, Ansible, GitOps, Nexus, Robot Framework)
- Experience with shell scripting languages
- Experience with Automated Testing
- Experience developing software with C or Java
- Experience as a Linux administrator
- Networking experience
- Experience with naval tactical systems, preferably fire control systems.
VT Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.
