Senior Software Engineer - Whidbey Island

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.  We are currently looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our winning team. The individual hired for this position will provide support for our government customer located in Whidbey Island, WA.  

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 
• Helps to lead other junior S/W engineers to perform and assist in duties.

Education and Experience Requirements 

• This position requires U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Secret clearance to start
• Bachelor’s degree in electronics or computer engineering, computer science, or equivalent 
• At least 7 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+ CE 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.**