Software Engineer
Job Category: Engineering
Time Type: Full time
Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Top Secret
Employee Type: Regular
Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%
Type of Travel: Continental US
CACI is looking to hire a Software Engineer to join our distributed operations team developing high quality software applications to enable real-time processing across distributed environments for the Department of Defense. This role requires an understanding of programming languages, deploying modular applications, employing front-end and back-end technologies, and leveraging DevSecOps tooling to deliver on demand distributed operations capability. This Software Engineer role is in support of the U.S. Navy Spectral Program. Spectral is a seven-year $1.2B program to provide the U.S. Navy's next-generation signals intelligence, electronic warfare, and information operations software technologies. The Spectral system is critical to the ability for our forces to fight and win in the increasingly sophisticated and complex cyber and electronic threats of our adversaries.
What You'll Get to Do:
You will develop and deploy advanced cloud enabled combat systems that make up Spectral, leveraging the most advanced software technologies available. Spectral is not only delivering ground-breaking capabilities to the warfighter today, but also building a modular distributed architecture that allows the system to rapidly evolve, deploy, and adapt to scale multi-echelon operations.
Creative solutioning and thinking outside the box to solve manual pain points for the warfighter through innovative engineering and rapid deployment of software running in production. Developing software technologies and leveraging first class tooling to generate high availability, low latency, fault tolerance, and scalability across multi-echelon distributed environments. Collaborate with senior developers to design, develop, and maintain software solutions. As a software engineer, you will work on new features and enhancements contributing to distributed environments and positively impact the Spectral system.
More About the Role:
As a Software Engineer with CACI, you will have the opportunity to build and deploy high quality software applications that directly impact the U.S. Navy's employment of Spectral Distributed Operations and Remoting Services. The CACI Distributed Operations team provides the powerful capability for Spectral capabilities to be used across multiple platforms, and to share information with remote sites dramatically expanding the power of the Spectral system. Our Software Engineers work within an Agile development team leveraging scaled agile practices to rapidly deliver incremental software solutions to our customer's, focused on ideation, development, quality, deployment, and sustainment of high-quality software products. This position is for highly motivated software developer, with remote and hybrid work, who will perform key responsibilities as:
· Develop, test, and maintain software applications according to Spectral requirements, and program standards.
· Collaborate with senior engineers on system requirements, identify solutions, and contribute to software design solutions.
· Generate clean, efficient, and maintainable code using programming languages and frameworks aligned with the Spectral tech stack.
· Perform code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers to ensure high-quality code adherence standards.
· Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing applications to improve performance, reliability, and scalability.
· Optimize code for real-time data processing performance and scalability across distributed platforms and edge computing.
· Deploy modular software applications with CI/CD integration to distributed environments.
You'll Bring These Qualifications:
· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
· 3-5 years of professional experience in software development
· Proficiency in at least on programming language (Python, Java) and familiarity with relevant frameworks
· Solid understanding of software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, DevSecOps) and best practices
· Experience working with databases and understanding basic database design principles (SQL, NoSQL)
· Familiarity with front-end and back-end development technologies (React, Node.js, Django)
· Knowledge of version control systems (Git) and experience with collaborative development practices such as merge requests, pull requests, code reviews
· Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to debug and troubleshoot complex issues
· Good communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a cross-functional team environment
· Active Top Secret/SCI DoD Security Clearance
These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:
· Familiarity with cloud services (AWS, Azure)
· Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker)
· Experience with DevSecOps practices, tools, and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins)
· Familiarity with API development and RESTful services
· Exposure to automated testing frameworks and test-driven development
· Understanding of software security best practices
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What You Can Expect:
A culture of integrity.
At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you'll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer's missions and driven by a higher purpose - to ensure the safety of our nation.
An environment of trust.
CACI takes pride in fostering a diverse and accessible culture where every individual feels supported to chart their own path. You'll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality.
A focus on continuous growth.
Together, we will advance our nation's most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new ground - in your career and in our legacy.
Your potential is limitless. So is ours.
Learn more about CACI here. (https://careers.caci.com/global/en/life-at-caci)
Pay Range : There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits. Learn more here (https://careers.caci.com/global/en/employee-benefits) .
Since this position can be worked in more than one location, the range shown is the national average for the position.
The proposed salary range for this position is:
$62,800-$128,600
CACI is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.
