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Software Engineer (Principal) - FULLY CLEARED with POLYGRAPH REQUIRED
Fort Meade, MDOn-site
AI Summary
A Principal Software Engineer develops and debugs software using Java, Python, C/C++, and Assembly on operating system internals, compilers, and low-level systems for federal contracts.
About this role
java, python, C/C++, Assembly (x86), and debugging.
Due to federal contract requirements, United States citizenship and an active TS/SCI security clearance and polygraph are required for the position.
Required:
- Must be a US Citizen.
- Must have TS/SCI clearance w/ active polygraph.
- Must have eleven (11) years of direct/relevant experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required
- Strong development experience in a variety of languages (ex., java, python).
- Ability to read/understand C/C++, and Assembly (x86).
- Experience with software architecture, operating system design, compilers, and debugging.
- Comfortable working with operating system internals, low-level software development, file I/O, system APIs, memory management, and executable program analysis.
These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:
- Modeling experience.
- Machine Learning experience.
- Dev experience on Linux platforms.
- Analytics development experience.
- Virtual Machine (VM) experience
Skills
Assembly (x86)C/C++CompilersDebuggingExecutable Program AnalysisFile I/OJavaLinuxMachine LearningMemory ManagementModelingOperating System DesignPythonSoftware ArchitectureSystem APIs
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