Senior C++ Programmer

Overview

Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking a Senior C++ Programmer to support a major national laboratory. This position is part of a capability-based team that architects, develops, integrates, tests, and deploys highly reliable, critical systems using agile methodologies. The ideal candidate will provide expertise across multiple disciplines, including large-scale software engineering, computer science, and computer engineering. Core capabilities include software development, system and software architecture.

This team delivers high-quality, innovative solutions while sustaining and enhancing existing systems that support complex, high-impact operational environments.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and design scalable software solutions
• Develop, test, and maintain software applications using Java, C++, and related technologies
• Support the full software development lifecycle, including integration, testing, and deployment
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex software issues using debugging and analysis tools
• Contribute to the design and optimization of systems supporting data processing and operational environments

• Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline plus minimum 7 years or more directly related experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of the job.
• In lieu of a degree, 13 additional years of experience is applicable
• Must be US Citizen
• Candidate must be onsite full time
• Active DOE Q Clearance on Start or DOD Top Secret equivalent, Reciprocity, with ability to obtain a DOE Q Clearance

Required Skills:

• Strong experience with object-oriented programming languages such as C/C++ (v11, v14, v17+), Java (v11, v17+), along with related object-oriented development principles & environment
• Experience with databases such as SQL, Postgres
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as Bash and Python
• Familiar with version control tools, such as Git
• Experience working in a collaborative environment (unclassified/classified)

Desired

Skills:

• Strong understanding of analytics and reporting generating
• Experience with quality assurance testing
• UI/UX web development
• Cloud technologies
• Continuous Improvement/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline
• Configuration Management
• Containerization (Docker preferred)
• Algorithms and machine learning
• Multi-threading
• Large-scale (1M+ lines of code) systems
• Experience with Java or Python
• Experience with Git software version control
• Experience working with large, established codebases
• Experience in UI design and data visualization with associated UI tools
• Experience with Agile software development practices

It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other statuses protected by applicable law.