Software Engineer
About the job
- Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance with polygraph is required.
- A Bachelor of Science degree and 12 or more years of prior relevant experience are required.
- Experience with multiple programming languages, including Java, Spring Boot, Angular with TypeScript, and cloud computing/Amazon Web Services, is required.
- Full-stack development experience is required.
- Prior experience developing solutions to satisfy customer requirements and specifications is required.
- Knowledge of Git, Jenkins, Selenium, and Rundeck is required.
- Experience working in the command line with Red Hat Linux is required.
- Experience modernizing legacy applications is required.
- Experience leveraging Amazon Web Services is required.
- Experience creating RESTful application programming interfaces is required.
- Experience with Spring Boot is required.
- Comfort and familiarity with maintaining legacy applications is required.
- Comfort and familiarity with designing and utilizing custom extract, transform, load methodologies is required.
- Comfort and familiarity with unit testing, peer code review, and automated testing techniques such as creating, editing, maintaining, and executing Selenium tests is required.
- Strong communication, design, and documentation skills are required.
- Strong time and workflow management skills are required.
- Ability to work within Agile and Scrum methodologies is required.
- Ability to methodically think through technical challenges collaboratively and provide technically sound solutions is required.
- Manage the tasking of a small-to-medium development team.
- Collaborate with leadership and architects on design, planning, status reporting, and architecture.
- Collaborate with internal and external teams on integrations and task delivery.
- Write custom scripts to install and configure code in Amazon EC2 instances.
- Develop Java and Angular applications using TypeScript.
- Mentor and teach the developer community best practices in a constructive manner.
- Support continuity of the customer mission by modernizing and implementing industry standards while ensuring secure, reliable, and uninterrupted availability of IT systems.
About the company
1) What VTG does: VTG provides defense and intelligence services with a focus on force modernization, digital transformation, aerospace and naval engineering, and cyber capabilities across a unified enterprise. 2) How its products work: It builds end-to-end capabilities by integrating specialized firms and services (engineering, IT, cyber, logistics) through acquisitions to deliver modernization and transformation for defense and intelligence customers. 3) How it differs from competitors: It operates as a single, cohesive organization after consolidating disparate units and growing through targeted acquisitions to expand its expertise in intelligence, cyber, and defense modernization rather than offering fragmented offerings. 4) What its goal is: To expand its footprint in the intelligence community and cyber domain while continuing defense modernization for government customers, supported by strategic growth and acquisitions.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Lenoir, North Carolina
Founded
1866
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- VTG's sixth 2025 acquisition, Miklos Systems, deepens Intelligence Community software and cloud.
- VTG won DoDIAC Pool 1 access in February 2025 for defense R&D.
- More than 35% of VTG business now comes from Intelligence Community solutions.
What critics are saying
- VTG's 2025 acquisition spree strains integration, systems, and culture across seven businesses.
- VTG relies on federal contracts; one NAVSEA protest or recompete hits revenue in 2026.
- Booz Allen and Leidos bundle similar IC services, threatening VTG's niche outright.
What makes VTG unique
- John Hassoun turned VTG into a defense roll-up spanning IC, cyber, and naval engineering.
- VTG won NAVSEA's five-year $130 million warfare systems engineering prime in May 2024.
- VTG bought Triaplex, Miklos, Byte, iota IT, Tunuva, Loki, and Clear Cloud.
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Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
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19%2 year growth
20%VTG, a national security solutions provider, has acquired Miklos Systems, Inc. (MSI), a technology firm known for software engineering, to enhance its digital transformation capabilities within the Intelligence Community. MSI, founded in 1993 and 100% employee-owned since 2015, aligns with VTG's values of technical excellence and integrity. This acquisition supports VTG's strategy to expand in high-impact sectors, reinforcing its position in defense and intelligence solutions.
VTG, a national security solutions provider, has acquired Byte Systems, iota IT, and Tunuva Technologies to enhance its capabilities in the Defense and Intelligence Community. This move follows a majority investment from A&M Capital, highlighting VTG's growth strategy. The acquisition aims to expand VTG's cybersecurity, software development, and systems engineering capabilities. A&M Capital has over $6 billion in commitments, supporting middle-market transactions across various sectors.
VTG has acquired Triaplex, Inc., enhancing its cyber and signals intelligence capabilities. This acquisition expands VTG's reach within the Intelligence Community, particularly in the National Capital Region. Triaplex, founded in 2020 and based in Fulton, MD, is known for its radio frequency solutions. This is VTG's fourth acquisition since receiving a majority investment from A&M Capital, which has over $6 billion in total commitments.
VTG, a national security solutions provider, has acquired Loki Solutions LLC to enhance its Intelligence Community portfolio. This acquisition, VTG's third since a majority investment from A&M Capital, boosts its operational capabilities and strategic contracts. Over 35% of VTG's business now involves Intelligence Community solutions. A&M Capital manages $4 billion, while Alvarez & Marsal Capital oversees $5.9 billion.
CHANTILLY, Va., Feb. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- VTG, an industry-leading national security solutions provider, announced that it has won a seat on the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center (DoDIAC) multiple-award contract (MAC) to provide mission-critical research and development services across the Defense science and technology ecosystem. The contract was awarded to VTG's wholly-owned subsidiary, Delta Resources, under the full and open Pool 1 by the U.S. Air Force's 774th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron