Systems Engineer L1 (Python/C++)

Systems Engineer Level 1

Summary

• Job Title: Systems Engineer L1 (Python/C++)
  
• Openings: 1
  
• Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph (FSP) required.
  
• Work Type: Onsite at Fort Meade, MD
  
• Job Type: Full-time
  
• Benefits: Our client provides full benefits.
  
• Program: Intelligence Community mission support
  
• Start Date: Upon offer acceptance and clearance transfer
  

BizFirst is assisting our client with recruiting an experienced Systems Engineer for an Intelligence Community mission support role in Fort Meade, MD. This full-time, onsite position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.

Our client is a Woman Owned Small Business that has supported U.S. defense and intelligence missions since 2012. Founded by two engineers, its systems, software, and hardware engineering teams model, analyze, design, integrate, develop, and deploy complex mission systems side by side with government customers, and the company also builds rugged RF hardware for specialized SIGINT applications. It works alongside many of the largest national security integrators and operates from Columbia, Maryland, near Fort Meade.

What will you do

Support software design, development, integration, and defect resolution for mission systems. You will translate user needs into design and performance requirements, improve development documentation and processes, and work with existing or proposed data repositories.

Responsibilities

• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements.
  
• Debug existing software and correct defects.
  
• Recommend improvements to documentation and software development process standards.
  
• Design and code new software or modify existing software to add features.
  
• Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments.
  
• Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories.
  

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.
  
• Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, or Engineering Management and seven years of experience in systems engineering, or 12 years of experience in systems engineering without a degree.
  
• Strong Python skills.
  
• Some background in C++.
  
• Experience with GitLab and Docker.
  
• Ability to work onsite at Fort Meade, MD.
  

Desired Skills

• Networking experience.
  
• Signals intelligence (SIGINT) background.
  

Benefits provided by our client

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employee and family, 100% employer-paid (HMO HSA Silver plan), plus a Health Savings Account
  
• Five weeks (200 hours) of paid leave per year
  
• Eleven (11) paid federal holidays per year
  
• 401k with an employer contribution equal to 10% of salary
  
• Reimbursement for approved training, up to three days (24 hours) per year, including books and related conference or class travel
  
• Reimbursement of professional fees, such as IEEE membership and licenses
  
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
  
• Term life insurance equal to annual salary, up to $100K
  
• Referral matching bonus program