Software Engineer
The Swift Group4 months ago
Herndon, VA, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Analyze functional business applications and design specifications.
- Develop, test, debug, maintain, and enhance software products.
- Write programs to specifications and troubleshoot issues with technical staff.
- Research, test, and verify software patches and fixes.
- Create block diagrams, logic flow charts, version-control baseline documentation, reports, and briefings.
- Provide technical direction to programmers and develop project schedules and timelines.
- Coordinate with customer security personnel on project certification and accreditation.
- Support customer requirements, complaints, suggestions, system use, training, and technical improvements.
- Use VPN technologies and protocols, client databases, communication and messaging systems, and field IT systems.
- Support customer leadership through calendar management, meeting coordination, agendas, off-sites, and meeting minutes.
- Coordinate domestic and international ordering and shipping of materials.
Requirements
- 11+ years of relevant experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or communications, with relevant experience accepted in place of the degree.
- U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance.
- Experience with tactical communications and equipment.
- Knowledge of client databases, communication and messaging systems, supply and equipment ordering systems, field activities, field IT issues, and project management processes.
- Ability to use Microsoft Office tools including Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Access, plus working-level knowledge of SharePoint, wikis, web products, and databases.
- Ability to support customer mission areas, directorates, operations, and leadership activities.
- Preferred qualifications include PMP or ITIL certification, military experience, senior operations and technical management experience, domestic and overseas IT, telecommunications and security experience, field communications knowledge, and OCONUS travel experience.
- Willingness to potentially travel up to 10% OCONUS.
Benefits
- Positions are available in McLean, Herndon, and Chantilly, Virginia.
- The position is onsite.
- A $5,000 employee referral bonus is paid when a referred candidate is hired, after the new hire reaches the 90-day mark.
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About The Swift Group
The Swift Group is a privately held IT services and solutions firm headquartered in Reston, Virginia, founded in 2019. It delivers software development, systems engineering, data science, cyber enablement, logistics, and training to U.S. civilian, defense, and intelligence community clients, largely via federal contracts. Engagements often involve global operations and secure environments, and many positions require U.S. citizenship and high-level clearances (e.g., TS/SCI with polygraph).