USAF - Sr. Software Engineer
On-siteEllsworth, Maine, United States
Job Summary
Analyze mission, functional, and cybersecurity requirements to translate them into implementable software designs and engineering changes. Design, develop, modify, integrate, debug, and sustain FMWF application components while evaluating system modifications for dependencies and risks. Perform secure software engineering, including vulnerability remediation, least-privilege practices, and auditability implementation. Maintain controlled development environments through configuration management, patch validation, and secure backup. Develop and execute unit, integration, regression, and performance testing to verify production readiness. Provide Level III technical escalation support via advanced diagnostics, log analysis, and code-level root cause analysis. Collaborate with database and infrastructure teams on schemas, migrations, and deployment dependencies. Coordinate with cybersecurity personnel on RMF controls and continuous monitoring. Maintain technical documentation, test plans, and release records under version control.
Required Qualifications
- Active TS/SCI SSBI clearance
- B.S. Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- 10+ years of Software Engineering experience
- Advanced software engineering experience supporting mission-critical enterprise applications through design, development, integration, testing, deployment, and sustainment
- Demonstrated experience analyzing and implementing complex system modifications within controlled, configuration-managed environments
- Strong experience with secure software development, debugging, logging, exception handling, vulnerability remediation, and security-control implementation
- Experience designing and executing unit, integration, regression, interface, performance, security, and production-readiness testing
- Experience integrating enterprise applications with WebSphere middleware, DB2 databases, and underlying Windows/Linux infrastructure
- Ability to perform advanced diagnostics and code-level root cause engineering and to provide Level III escalation support
- Experience with source control, build and release management, configuration baselines, change control, patch/update validation, and deployment verification
- Working knowledge of RMF, Assessment and Authorization, continuous monitoring, authorization evidence, and DoD/Air Force cybersecurity compliance
- Experience supporting backup/recovery, resilience, COOP, disaster recovery, test-data protection, and emergency corrective actions
- Strong technical documentation, peer-review, problem-solving, stakeholder-coordination, quality-control, and communication skills
- Active IA System Architect and Engineer (IASAE) Level I, DoD 8140 System Administrator, and 632-Intermediate
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