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<p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><strong><span style="color:black">Job Title</span></strong><span style="color:black">: <strong>Specialist, Software Engineering</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black"><strong>Requisition Number: 40275</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><strong><span style="color:black">Job Location: Nashville, TN</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><strong><span style="color:black">Schedule: 9/80 (Every other Friday off!)</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><strong><span style="color:black">Role is contingent upon program approval</span></strong></span></p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><strong><span style="color:black">Job Description:</span></strong></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color:black">The Specialist, Software Engineer will participate and consistently contribute to planning, design, implementation, verification, deployment, and support activities for custom software components and applications. May perform task management and mentoring activities for other software engineers.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color:black">The Software Engineer, Specialist Level is a seasoned and experienced professional with proficient job area knowledge and practical knowledge of project management, managing projects and processes under general supervision to achieve operational targets with moderate impact on departmental results.</span></p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><strong><span style="color:black">Essential Functions:</span></strong></span></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 18.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color:black">Interact directly with engineering team and program management staff to analyze and understand requirements </span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 18.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color:black">Translate requirements into appropriate technical designs </span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 18.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color:black">Effectively present technical designs to software engineering, program management, and other team members </span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 18.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color:black">Implement requirements into software components and applications according to technical design </span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 18.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color:black">Unit and component test software components and applications to ensure quality of deliverables </span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 18.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color:black">Provide input and effort for the technical verification of all technical, functional and corporate requirements prior to delivery of software components and applications </span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 18.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color:black">Investigate and address requirement violations in functional testing and production software as needed </span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 18.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color:black">Track and report status of tasks, deliverables, and issues to software engineering team </span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 18.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color:black">Adhere to corporate processes and standards for all activities and deliverables during all phases of involvement in the software development life cycle </span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 18.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color:black">Effectively manage multiple task assignments </span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 18.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color:black">Mentor less experienced team members as appropriate </span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 18.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color:black">Perform other appropriate duties as requested, directed, or assigned </span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 18.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color:black">Perform all job functions with a positive, professional attitude</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 18.0px;line-height:107%;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color:black">Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government security clearance</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><strong><span style="color:black"> Qualifications:</span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.</span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">4 years of progressively advanced object oriented commercial or government software development experience</span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">4 year experience in: </span></span> <ul> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">Relevant technologies, software development methodologies, and programming languages</span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">Principles, practices, and techniques of object-oriented design/development in a real-time environment</span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">Regulatory standards impact on software development</span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">Principles, practices, and techniques of software unit, component, and integration testing</span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">Principles, practices, and techniques of source code management and defect tracking</span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Object Oriented development with focus on SOLID principals. </span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">C# development and WPF/XAML experience.. </span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">A strong understanding of design patterns and UML. TCP/UDP experience. </span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Hardware/Software API development. </span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">Agile and Scrum methodoligies, valuing procedures principles.</span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">Version 1</span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">C# and Visual Studio required (Java experience a potential substitute) </span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance</span></span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><strong><span style="color:black">Preferred Qualifications:</span></strong></span></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:11.0px"> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">Ability to work in a team environment and highly effective at collaboration.</span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">Ability to quickly and effectively breakdown assignments into work tasks and provide effort and schedule estimates and successfully achieve them</span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">Ability to use judgment and logic in decision-making considering relative to costs and benefits of potential actions</span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">Ability to promote a corporate ethics and exhibit a spirit of teamwork and cooperation within the organization</span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">Ability to effectively utilize both written and verbal communication skills</span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">Ability to identify complex problems and provide multiple solutions</span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">Ability to understand, create, and communicate complex design specifications</span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">Basic understanding of UML (Unified Modeling Language)</span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">Ability to utilize design patterns as appropriate.</span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">Azure DevOps source control (GIT) </span>experience and YAML pipeline/release development is a plus.<span style="color:black">.</span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">A basic understanding of SOLID principals.</span></span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">Experience with multithreaded application development.</span></span></li> </ul> <p style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="color:black">#LI-EB1</span></span></p>