Come Join Our Team! DKW Communications, Inc. (DKW) is a government contractor providing professional and technical services to various government agencies i.e. defense, law enforcement and security. We are currently looking for a_ Senior Software Engineer _to join our winning team. This position is primarily on site in Norfolk, VA with very minimal telework.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs the work necessary to design, develop, document, test, integrate, and modify operating systems and application software for aviation training systems
• Develops, creates, troubleshoots, and modifies specialized utility programs and applications in support of real-time systems
• Performs hardware and software development planning in the incorporation of hardware and software modifications into aviation training systems
• Develops software solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle
• Determines operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions
• Documents and demonstrates solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code
• Helps to lead other junior S/W engineers to perform and assist in duties.

Qualifications/Requirements

· U.S. citizenship and a Secret security clearance or higher required to start

· Bachelor’s degree in electronics or computer engineering, computer science, or equivalent

· At least five years of practical experience in software development associated with modeling and simulation within the training systems domains is required

· Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Windows and various Unix flavors, such as Linux

· Familiar with software development and diagnostic tools

· CompTIA Security+ CE preferred; if not held, certification must be obtained within six months of date of hire (fully reimbursed by company)

Desired Programming Languages: C, C++; Microsoft .Net (C#, VB); Java
Desired Environments/Applications/Utilities: Visual Studio 2012 or later, SVN, Subversion, TortoiseSVN, PostgreSQL, PowerShell, Bash, RPM
Desired Operating Systems: Windows 7/10, Windows Server 2008R2/2012R2/2016R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5,6,7

**All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.**

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Relocation assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Signing bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Norfolk, VA 23511: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Security clearance:

• Secret (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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