Senior Software Engineer - Whidbey

Senior Software Engineer - Whidbey Island

Washington

6 days ago Requisition

Come Join Our Team! DKW Communications, Inc. (DKW) is a government contractor providing professional and technical services to various government agencies i.e. defense, law enforcement and security. We are currently looking for a
Senior
Software Engineer
to join our winning team. The individual hired for this position will provide support for our government customer located in Whidbey Island, WA.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs the work necessary to design, develop, document, test, integrate, and modify operating systems and application software for aviation training systems
• Develops, creates, troubleshoots, and modifies specialized utility programs and applications in support of real-time systems
• Performs hardware and software development planning in the incorporation of hardware and software modifications into aviation training systems
• Develops software solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle
• Determines operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions
• Documents and demonstrates solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code
• Helps to lead other junior S/W engineers to perform and assist in duties.

Education and Experience Requirements

• This position requires U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Secret clearance to start
• Bachelor’s degree in electronics or computer engineering, computer science, or equivalent
• At least 7 years of practical experience in software development associated with modeling and simulation within the training systems domains is required
• Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Windows and various Unix flavors, such as Linux
• Familiar with software development and diagnostic tools
• CompTIA Security+ CE preferred; if not held, certification must be obtained within six months of date of hire

Desired Programming

Languages:

Assembly; C, C++;
Microsoft .Net (C#, VB);
Java

** All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.**