Senior Software Engineer with Security Clearance

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. DKW was recently named a Top Workplace in Washington Post Top Workplaces Culture Excellence Awards, and we are seeking talented individuals to join our winning team. DKW is currently looking for a Journey level Senior Software Engineer to support our team. The individual hired for this position will provide support for our government customers located in Jacksonville, FL. 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 Education and Experience Requirements:
• US citizenship and a Secret security clearance are required.
• Bachelor's degree in electronics or computer engineering, computer science, or equivalent
• At least 5 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+ certification preferred; if not held, certification must be obtained within six months of date of hire. Desired Programming Languages: Assembly; C, C ; Microsoft .Net (C , VB); Java Desired Operating Systems: Windows 7/10, Windows Server 2008R2, Windows Server 2012R2, 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.