Senior Software Engineer

Avion Solutions Inc., an employee-owned company, is seeking candidates for a Senior Software Engineer to support EPASS GB. This position is located in Kettering, OH.

Job Responsibilities/Duties:

• Perform work that applies a broad theoretical and practical knowledge of software engineering to include, but not be limited to, reviewing, preparing, and analyzing all types of documentation: Planning, requirements, design, V &V, support, and test.

• Source code, configuration files, and engineering resolution support.

• Prepares, creates, reviews, and analyzes all types of documentation for planning, requirements, design, coding, support, and testing.

• Develops and applies advanced methods, theories, and research techniques in the investigation and solution of complex and advanced software applications and problems.

• Determining operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions.

• Demonstrating solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, and code comments.

• Determining and designing system specifications, and standards, and programming/coding and installing solutions.

• Improving operations by conducting systems and process analysis, plus recommending changes in policies and procedures.

• Advising (licensed) software procurements by researching, analyzing, comparing, and documenting results of vendors and products, which may include installation, configuration, and testing (of products).

• Providing information and recommendations by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing development and service-related issues.

• Accomplish the engineering and organization mission by completing related results as needed.

• Developing software solutions by studying requirements/user stories, user/system/data needs, conferring with users, studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes, investigating problem areas, and following an Agile software development lifecycle.

• Evaluating software technologies such as containerization and the use of Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, configuration as code, micro services, standard application program interfaces (API), continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and maximizing the automation of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

• Ensuring the rigorous application of information security/cybersecurity policies, principles, and practices to the delivery of application software services.

• Other duties as assigned.

Required Experience:

• Advanced Degree (MA/MS) or Doctorate from an ABET-accredited program in Computer Science, Information Technology, or other Engineering Discipline, and 10 years of experience, 5 of which must be in the DoD, OR

• BA/BS Degree from an ABET-accredited program in Computer Science, Information Technology or other Engineering Discipline, and 12 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, 5 of which must be in the DoD, OR

• 15 years of directly related experience with proper certifications, 8 of which must be in the DoD.

• Possesses the advanced knowledge, experience, and recognized ability to be considered an expert in their technical/professional field, and possesses the ability to perform tasks and oversee the efforts of junior and mid-level personnel within the technical/professional discipline.

• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of their technical/professional discipline, as well as possesses a comprehensive understanding and ability to apply associated standards, procedures, and practices in their area of expertise. (Program Office, Enterprise and Staff Level Support interface)

• Must be a U.S. citizen and have the ability to obtain/maintain a DoD security clearance.

• Must be able to travel up to 10% of the time. US travel only.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge and experience with Agile principles, methodologies, and enabling technologies, e.g., Kanban, Scrum, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Bitbucket, GitLab, CheckMarx, SonarQube, Zephyr.

• Cloud platforms, e.g., AWS, Azure, OCI.

• General cloud technologies, e.g., elasticity, scalability, IaC, IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, on-demand instantiation, containers, Kubernetes, serverless/Lambda.

• Any or all of the following certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Cloud Practitioner, or MS Azure equivalent, Current certification in Oracle/OCI products and/or databases, CompTIA Security +CE, Agile Certifications.

Equal Opportunity: Avion Solutions, Inc. reaffirms its belief in equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants. Avion Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and a VEVRAA-governed Federal Contractor that affords equal employment opportunity to protected veterans and people with disabilities. Avion Solutions, Inc. provides all employees and job applicants equal employment opportunities in hiring and promotion without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, religion, color, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, national origin, or any other reason prohibited by law.