Software Engineer, Systems Engineer

Position Title: Software Engineer

Position Type: Full-time on-site (no remote or hybrid option)

Position Location: Tysons / Reston / Chantilly area

Some travel required (likely 1–3 international trips per year, 1 weeks each)

Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI

Waypoint’s client is seeking a talented Software Engineer to join their team! In this role you will get to design, develop, and support mission-critical Point-of-Entry systems around the world
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• Design and architect system enhancements and expansions using model-based design principles
• Consider and incorporate reliability, availability, and maintainability concepts into system designs
• Plan and support execution of global system upgrades while maximizing uptime
• Collaborate with program leadership to prioritize work, form a development schedule, and ensure on-time delivery of features
• Work within a team to develop software that supports Point of Entry sites worldwide
• Develop and optimize software development processes to maximize customer mission success
• Rapidly troubleshoot and correct software discrepancies to maximize system availability

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Appropriate experience in Software Engineering and/or Development
• Demonstrated experience with Java, Python, node.js, JavaScript, HTML
• Experience designing and developing client/server architectures
• Understanding of data transport concepts
• Experience analyzing system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls

• Experience developing applications using a Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline
• Experience performing integration with third-party APIs
• Experience integrating with peripheral devices
• Previous work with Atlassian Jira and Confluence products
• Experience conducting multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems.