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Software Engineer III

Zekiah Technologies
Dahlgren, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 9/20/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/19/2026
Description

We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic Software Engineer with a desire to grow while working with a skilled and highly motivated team on leading-edge work. Our team provides IT services for systems engineering and information management systems to multiple major DoD programs. Each team member has opportunities to take on responsibilities according to their experience level and professional growth goals. Our staff mentors each other in the areas of expertise continuously enhancing the synergistic capability of the team.

Responsibilities

This position supports an established contract developing mission-critical operations. Our customer’s framework continues to evolve. Evaluating, learning, and integrating new technologies will be a constant factor in this position. The responsibilities of this role include:

  • Execute full software development life cycle (SDLC) from preliminary system analysis to tests and deployment
  • Develop flowcharts, layouts, and documentation to identify requirements and solutions
  • Write well-designed, testable code
  • Produce specifications and determine operational feasibility
  • Integrate software components into a fully functional software system
  • Develop software verification plans and quality assurance procedures
  • Document and maintain software functionality
  • Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing systems
  • Deploy programs and evaluate user feedback
  • Comply with project plans and industry standards
  • Ensure software is updated with the latest features

Requirements

  • 5 years of experience designing, modifying, developing, writing, and implementing software programming applications using Agile methods
  • 5 years of experience in software development with basic programming languages, technologies, tools, or web development stacks
  • Experience with Agile methodology, extreme programming, software engineering, product management, and software products
  • Experience in software architecture or technical design leadership
  • Experience using back-end and front-end languages to develop complete solutions
  • Experience creating solutions to complex problems within a collaborative, cross-functional team
  • Secret clearance
  • Bachelor’s degree in CS or Engineering

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience acquiring client requirements and resolving workflow problems through automation optimization
  • Experience with Java, Python, C#, C/C , Go, JavaScript, React, or NodeJS
  • Experience developing in Linux or Unix environments
  • Experience leading engineering teams or architectural strategy
  • Knowledge of modeling tools such as Cameo, SysML, UML, or similar
  • Ability to work with automated testing tools to perform testing and maintenance
  • Master’s degree

Contingent Work Eligibility Requirements

  • U.S. citizen with currently active Interim Secret security clearance (or higher)

Clearance Level - Final Position Requirement

  • Active Secret

Travel Required: No

Potential for Telework: No

About Us

Here at Zekiah, our journey is about enhancing our warfighters’ superiority by developing and integrating forward-thinking communication and technology systems. Each team member plays an important role in making this possible by bringing their skills and knowledge to help our customers tackle their challenges, devise innovative solutions, and support their critical missions. We take care of our employees through a balanced work life, fair salaries, great benefits, and giving them a voice.

Benefits

We offer health, dental, vision, life, and supplemental insurance for full-time employees and their families. We also offer holiday and vacation pay, sick leave, performance-based bonuses, a retirement plan with company match, and an education reimbursement program. Explore our benefits and work culture at https://www.zekiah.com/careers.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Zekiah Technologies, Inc. does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), ethnicity, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

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