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When it comes to what you want in your career, if you can imagine it, you can do it at Parsons.  Imagine a career working with intelligent, diverse people sharing a common quest. Imagine a workplace where you can be yourself. Where you can thrive. Where you can find your next, right now. We’ve got what you’re looking for.

Job Description:

Parsons has emerged as a leader in the development of cutting-edge solutions for the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Our tremendous success can be attributed to our people and our priorities. We hire the best; we make them a priority and we never lose focus on the mission. It’s why we’re here. We have built this cultural legacy by working closely with analysts and operators to understand their needs and delivering meaningful value through innovative, cost effective and intuitive software solutions.

Our Space Operations directorate is passionate about making America the undisputed leader in Space because we understand that ensuring our nation’s security for future generations depends on it. Parsons creates game changing space solutions by teaming highly respected subject matter experts with brilliant technologists. Are you an experienced software engineer looking to grow your skillset and work on a project that has real world impact? Do you want to be part of a team that is helping the government solve major national security challenges? We need your help.

Our team is looking for an experienced Sr. Software Engineer and Team Lead with a full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) background, who can work in a dynamic, distributed, fast-paced environment.  In this position you will be directing a small team of developers in an Agile environment and coordinating with on-site personnel.  You will design, build, and enhance data pipelines to ingest, process, and visualize Electric Power networks, and develop utilities to automate, augment, and analyze network characteristic data to build Power Flow models, reducing the timeframe and uncertainty associated with Power Flow modeling and effect-based targeting.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a small, distributed, software development team providing direction, mentorship, and support
• Coordinate with the technical point of contact (TPOC), project manager, other contractors, on-site developers, and Electrical Power engineers)
• Conduct requirements analysis, software design, integration, verification, and validation activities
• Assist defining and implementing software development procedures and best practices

Required Skills

• Must be a US Citizen with an active Top-Secret clearance and DCID eligibility for SCI
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or an engineering field with at least 12 years technical experience. Relevant experience may be accepted in place of a degree
• Experience designing, developing, documenting, testing, and debugging enterprise application, desktop application, or platform infrastructure software
• Experience with modern programming and scripting languages (Python and C#)
• Relational database design and development experience, SQL commands, and queries (MS SQL Server, PostGIS)
• Experience integrating with third-party products and APIs
• Experience using Docker containers for development and deployment
• Proven ability to lead and manage software development efforts effectively
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Self-motivated individual with strong organizational and prioritization skills
• Great interpersonal and communications skills, while establishing and maintaining effective work relationships with team members
• Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, flexible environment, and take the initiative to learn new tools and concepts quickly
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to lead in a collaborative/distributed team environment

Desired Skills

• Experience in web application development with Python, Dash, and HTML
• Experience with Geospatial Information Systems (GIS), geospatial data, and geospatial coordinate systems, transformations, and functions
• Experience with Open Street Map (OSM), OSMnx, and data extraction and transformation techniques
• Experience working in an Agile Software Development environment using the Scrum methodology
• Experience with virtual environments for development (e.g., Vagrant)
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Apache NiFi, Git, JIRA, Bitbucket, GitHub, Posit
• Experience with AI/ML for predictive analysis and classification
• Security+ Certification clearance

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Top Secret SCI

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

Our Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our diverse, intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

Salary Range: 

$117,000.00 - $210,600.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Diversity is ingrained in who we are, how we do business, and is one of our company’s core values. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for minority, female, disabled, protected veteran and LGBTQ+.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!