Principal Software Engineer
$220k - $300k/yr
Expert
Bachelor's
Fort Meade, MD, USA
In Person
Software Engineering
No H1B Sponsorship
US Top Secret Clearance Required
About the job
Requirements
- TS/SCI with polygraph is required.
- Twenty years of software engineering experience supporting programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
- A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required, with four additional years of software engineering experience on projects involving similar software processes accepted as a substitute.
- Demonstrated experience designing, developing, maintaining, testing, and troubleshooting complex software systems is required.
- Experience analyzing user and system requirements and translating them into software design and performance requirements is required.
- Experience developing and integrating software within complex systems and operating environments is required.
- Experience with software testing, debugging, defect resolution, and performance optimization is required.
- Experience with software development and design methodologies is required.
- Ability to develop and maintain technical and software documentation is required.
- Experience working individually and within multidisciplinary software development teams is required.
- C++ is required.
- Python 3 is required.
- Kubernetes (K8s) is required.
- Git is required.
- Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines is required.
- Experience with Agile/Sprint development is required.
- Algorithm development is required.
- Software integration is required.
- Database and data repository queries are required.
- Software testing and debugging are required.
- Software and system design are required.
- Requirements analysis is required.
- Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and government off-the-shelf (GOTS) integration is required.
Responsibilities
- Analyze user and system requirements to derive software design, functional, and performance requirements.
- Design, develop, code, and modify software systems and applications.
- Develop new software capabilities and enhance existing software with new features.
- Debug existing software, identify root causes, and correct defects.
- Integrate existing software into new or modified systems and operating environments.
- Develop and implement complex algorithms that meet system performance and functional requirements.
- Design and implement algorithms operating under strict timing, system resource, and interface constraints.
- Develop simple and complex queries and interfaces for databases and data repositories.
- Analyze system performance standards, system flows, data usage, work processes, and problem areas to develop effective software solutions.
- Modify software to correct errors, support new hardware, and improve performance.
- Design and develop software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models to evaluate design outcomes and performance.
- Review and test software components to ensure compliance with design and system requirements.
- Develop and execute test procedures for software components and document test results.
- Resolve software problem reports and support troubleshooting throughout the development lifecycle.
- Write, maintain, and review software and system documentation.
- Provide recommendations for improving software development processes and documentation standards.
- Implement software development and documentation process improvements.
- Collaborate with systems engineers and hardware engineers to derive software requirements, interfaces, performance requirements, capabilities, and technical constraints.
- Provide input into system and software design decisions, including hardware/software tradeoffs, software reuse, and COTS/GOTS solutions.
- Coordinate software system installations and monitor system/equipment performance to ensure operational requirements are met.
- Perform quality control reviews of software products and team deliverables.
- Serve as a technical/team lead as appropriate to the software development methodology being utilized.
- Oversee software development activities and ensure work is completed in accordance with established development processes and project constraints.
- Participate in Agile/Sprint-based software development activities.
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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Benefits
- Hybrid Work Options
- Flexible Work Hours