Software Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Software Engineer
II/III
Security Clearance: Active Secret required
Work Environment: Onsite / closed-area environment, Huntsville, AL

Davis Strategic Innovations (DSI) is seeking Software Engineers to support the development of complex, mission-critical defense software. This position is well suited for engineers with strong software development skills and a background solving highly mathematical and physics-based problems.

The successful candidate will work as part of an integrated engineering team developing and enhancing software supporting advanced defense systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, analyze, and enhance mission-critical software.
• Solve complex mathematical and physics-based engineering problems.
• Analyze and implement optimization algorithms.
• Develop software using Ada and/or C++.
• Utilize MATLAB and Python for software development, analysis, modeling, and scripting.
• Support software containerization and orchestration using Kubernetes, Helm Charts, Docker, and related technologies.
• Work within Agile development environments using Jira and Confluence.
• Support DevSecOps and CI/CD processes using Jenkins, Ansible, Git/GitLab, and related technologies.
• Develop and operate software within Unix/Linux environments.
• Read and interpret modeling and simulation products.
• Collaborate with software, systems, modeling and simulation, test, and other engineering disciplines.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM-related field, ideally Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, with at least 2 years of related experience; or Master's degree with 0 years of related experience.
• Experience solving highly mathematical and physics-based complex problems.
• Experience analyzing and implementing optimization algorithms.
• Recent Ada and/or C++ software development experience.
• Recent MATLAB and Python experience.
• Experience with software containerization and orchestration, including Kubernetes, Helm Charts, and Docker.
• Experience with Agile project-management tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Experience with DevSecOps tools and methodologies, including Jenkins, Ansible, Git/GitLab, and CI/CD automation.
• Unix/Linux operating-system experience.
• Ability to read and interpret modeling and simulation products.
• Ability to support an onsite, closed-area work environment.
• Interim or Active Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience solving complex mathematical and physics-based problems involving fire-control solutions.
• Strong Linux, scripting, and system-operations experience.
• Prior experience supporting Missile Defense Agency or similar DoD programs and systems.
• Experience with automated software requirements testing and analysis.