Software Engineer TS/SCI (Aurora, CO)

Company: ALTA IT Services
Location: Aurora
Posted on: May 4, 2025

Job Description:

Software Engineer

If the following job requirements and experience match your skills, please ensure you apply promptly.
MUST have ACTIVE Top Secret Clearance
100% ONSITE in Aurora, Colorado

Looking for a Java Software Engineer with an active Top Secret/ SCI Clearance to join a high-performing agile team that uses the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology to support a nationally significant and fast-paced program. This role will be onsite in Aurora, Colorado.

Program execution follows DEVOPS best practices and employs robust development, test, and production environments. Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and test automation tools are utilized alongside a full suite of team collaboration tools. The program is focused on injecting new technology and adding advanced capabilities in support of an ongoing operational system.

Responsibilities:

The Software Engineer will complete software development tasks both individually and as a member of an agile team. The selected individual will actively participate in program increment planning and related team activities. He/she/they will analyze and study complex system requirements, use design software tools, provide support using formal specifications, data flow diagrams, and other accepted design techniques with the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools, and will use sound software engineering principles to ensure that developed code is modifiable, efficient, reliable, understandable, fault-tolerant, and reusable. The selected candidate will provide software process management and control throughout the coding portion of the software development process and will promote code reuse and cross-program collaboration by creating common functions and shared actions for developers and testers. He/she/they will engineer, author, tune, and document automation scripts in a development environment and deploy to the test/production bench.

Required Qualifications:

Clearance: TS/SCI w CI Poly
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related discipline Relevant work experience may be substituted for a Degree
Demonstrated experience with Java is required.
Experience or familiarity with multiple of the following: Java/JEE, Python, C/C++, SQL, SOAP, WSDL, WADL, PERL, PowerShell, VBS, Eclipse, Postgres, Oracle, Jenkins on a Windows platform
Experience with User Interface development, knowledge of databases and structures, and/or experience working with XHTML, HTML, XML, XSLT
Experience developing on Windows, and/or Linux operating systems
Must have a strong understanding of sound software development principles and practices
Must be able to plan and prioritize personal tasking and be able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
Must be an independent thinker, capable of performing high-quality work, both independently and with a team, in a fast-moving environment

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with the following: JEE, SQL, application servers (Tomcat, WebLogic, JBoss), scripting
Experience with high level requirements management, including requirements decomposition, secure systems engineering and development, trade-off analysis, interface control, and testing and continuous integration
Experience in software development on Agile teams using Agile Developer practices such as Pair Programming, BDD, Refactoring, and ATDD
Experience with FITNesse, Mockito, Cucumber, Unified Functional Tester (UFT), Selenium
Experience with Behavior Driven Development (BDD) or Test Driven Development (TDD)
Secure Software development (i.e. Layer 7 Policy)
Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology, SAFe Agilest Certification, or past experience as a member of an agile team

BENEFITS

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes 3 weeks paid time off, 11 Federal Holidays, medical/dental coverage, STD, LTD, Life Insurance, AD&D, 401k with up to 4% match, and end-of-year profit sharing.



Ref: #850-Rockville (ALTA IT)

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