The Department of Defense needs to advance its mission to keep the country safe and secure by transforming code into mission capability, specifically in the area of Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) and related Navy tactical network capabilities.
Requirements
- 10+ years software engineering for enterprise or tactical systems using Java and/or Python (C++/Go a plus), including API design, messaging, and data integration.
- 3+ years delivering containerized solutions with CI/CD (GitLab/Jenkins), Git, and automated testing (unit/integration/e2e).
- Hands-on with Kubernetes or equivalent orchestration in virtualized environments (vSphere/vCenter).
- DoD/Navy development experience applying DISA STIGs, secure coding, and contributing RMF artifacts to ATO packages.
- Authoring SDPs/ICDs/design docs; executing DT&E/SOVT test events and documenting results.
- Skills/Tools: Spring Boot/Quarkus or similar; Flask/FastAPI/Django; gRPC/REST; JSON/Protobuf; SQL/NoSQL (PostgreSQL/Elastic/Redis); message buses (Kafka/RabbitMQ); Wireshark/Postman; Jira/Confluence.
- Certifications: DoD 8570/8140 IAT-II baseline (e.g., Security+ CE) or ability to obtain within 60 days of start.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop mission applications and services aligned to CANES functional specifications; deliver microservices, RESTful APIs, and data pipelines supporting C4ISR workflows.
- Lead application integration (AI) activities: perform feasibility assessments, interface definition, dependency analysis, and produce HACSIM/AI documentation for fleet implementation.
- Build secure, containerized solutions (Docker/Kubernetes/Helm) for virtualized data centers; implement CI/CD (GitLab/Jenkins), IaC/automation (Ansible/Terraform), and package/version governance.
- Author and execute the Software Development Plan (SDP) per IEEE/EIA 12207; contribute to SEPs/EIPs and DoDAF-aligned architecture views across enterprise/tactical/system levels.
- Engineer to Navy cybersecurity requirements: apply DISA SRGs/STIGs, SAST/DAST (SonarQube/Fortify/Checkmarx), artifact hardening, logging, and RMF evidence to preserve ATO conditions.
- Develop test plans/procedures; support Developmental Test & Evaluation (DT&E), lab events, SOVTs, and TRRs; perform defect triage, root-cause analysis, and MS/FRACAS reporting.
- Produce engineering documentation (design specs, ICDs, sequence/flow, as-built software baselines, release notes) and contribute to CM (CMPro), CCB/PTRB change workflows, and BoMs.
Other
- Security Clearance: Active Secret clearance.
- Education: BS/BA in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (equivalent experience may substitute per GDIT policy).
- Work Location: Onsite NIWC Pacific, San Diego, CA (labs/shipyards/fleet concentration areas).
- Travel Required: 10-25%.
- Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship Required
