Penta Research is hiring: Software Engineer in Huntsville

Huntsville, AL

Full Time

Secret Security Clearance required

Penta Research is looking to fill two software engineering positions.

• Software Engineer - open season/best athlete, level 3
  • In this role, your responsibilities include:
    • Writing programs using C++, Java or similar languages
    • Creating and running unit test
    • Developing software documentation
    • Creating and running automated software builds and pipelines in a Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) environment
    • Collaborating with Stakeholders and Government customers
    • Working within an Agile team environment, to include Program Increment Planning, Iteration Planning, Feature and Story development, Sprint Planning, and Iteration Retrospectives.
    • Participating in demos for the team and program Sprint reviews
  • Required Skills
    • Candidate is expected to be proficient in C++, Java or similar languages
    • Experience with GitLab/Git for software configuration management
    • Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS
    • In office 2 days a week onsite
    • Secret clearance to start
  • Desired Skills (not required):
    • Familiar with Scaled Agile Framework
    • Agile Scrum
    • Experience with Java and user interfaces
    • Jira - issue tracking and agile project management, or similar tool
    • Multi-core and multi-threaded programming
    • Experience programming network connections (message generation, formatting, UDP and TCP/IP interfaces)
    • Familiarity with MDA Sensors and missile defense systems

• Education Guidance:
  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 5 years of professional experience; or 3 years of professional experience with a related Master’s degree; or no experience required with a related PhD or JD. Considered career, or journey, level.