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Job ID: 2615632

Location: Pensacola, FL, US

Date Posted: 2026-08-14

Category: Software

Subcategory: SW Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is hiring a Software Developer located in Pensacola, FL. This position will be supporting Training & Education Management Systems for Naval Education and Training Command (NETC). The role will support our Programs of Record; Corporate Enterprise Training Activity Resource Systems (CeTARS) for both schoolhouse & corporate, Navy & Joint MyEducation (MyED), Naval Education and Training Future Officer and Citizenship User System (NETFOCUS), Navy Inspector General Hotline Tracking System (NIGHTS), Navy Enlisted Advancement System (NEAS), Authoring Instructional Materials (AIM), and Learning Assessment System (LAS).

The Software Developer will require:

• High-quality software engineering advisory services, software systems planning, integration, and architecture support.
  • Comprehensive support, maintenance, and enhancement of software using a technology stack that includes AWS technologies, PL/SQL, Java, Visual Studio/C#, JavaScript, Oracle databases.
  • Fixing bugs, converting, and upgrading legacy code to new technologies, and developing new software features.
  • Develop and maintain unit tests to ensure the reliability and correctness of software code.
  • Participate with production deployment process, release planning, creating documents for the release, and creating scripts for the release.
  • Perform environment Integration testing, such as development, staging and production environment to assure that all functionalities work as expected.
  • Create and maintain database objects (tables, views, triggers, functions, procedures, packages, etc.)
• Follows and ensures the system is maintained in accordance with all DoD standards.
  • ATO controls are met through all phases of the SDLC, to include adding tools to conduct static and dynamic application security testing.
  • Support software development and integration efforts while adhering to government guidance for strategy, planning, documentation, and implementation.
  • Implement STIGs and maintain artifacts to ensure an authority to operate (ATO) exists for the system.
  • Maintain SQL Server databases used by the application.
  • Conducts hardware and software audits of workstations and servers to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines.

Qualifications

Required Experience, Certification, and Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in any of the following 59 degree fields: Artificial Intelligence; Applied Science in Cybersecurity; Computer Engineering; Computer and Electrical Engineering; Computer Science Cybersecurity Operations; Computer Information Technology Program; Computer Information Systems; Computer Engineering Technology; Computer Science; Computer Science and Engineering/Technology; Cybersecurity; Cybersecurity Engineering; Cybersecurity Management; Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations; Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations (Application Development Application Focus); Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations, Informatics (Cybersecurity Specialization); Cyber Operations; Data Science; Data Analytics; Data Science and Analytics; Electrical Engineering; Engineering Technology; Engineering in Operational Research; Engineering in Operations Research; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology; Engineering; Electronics Engineering; Electronic(s) Engineering Technology; Electrical Engineering Technology; Enterprise Technology Integration (Cybersecurity Application Focus); Enterprise Architecture and Business Transformation; Engineering Science; Electrical and Computer Engineering w/ concentration in Cybersecurity; General Engineering; Information Systems; Information Systems and Technology; Information Science; Informatics (Cybersecurity Specialization); Information Sciences and Technology (Cybersecurity Option); Information; Industrial Engineering and Operations Research; Industrial and Systems Engineering; Information Technology; Information Technology (Cybersecurity Option); Information Technology (Networking Option); Information Technology Networking – Cybersecurity; Industrial Engineering; Library and Information Studies; Mathematics; Mechanical Engineering Technology; Management and Information Systems; Management Information Systems; Network Engineering; Software Engineering; Systems Engineering; Statistics; Security and Risk Analysis (Information Option); Security and Risk Analysis (Cybersecurity Option.

Required Skills:

• Hands-on experience with software development in Visual Studio/C# and JavaScript/JQuery – or – Java – or – PL/SQL.
• Cloud-based development experience, preferably in AWS GovCloud.
• Proficiency in SQL.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.

Additional Desired Certifications:

• AWS Cloud Practitioner certification.

Clearance Required:

• Must have a Secret security clearance. Requirement may be waived by the customer to an Interim Secret for strong candidates.

Desired Skills:

• Experience in DevSecOps best practices, software development life cycles, automation toolchains and CI/CD pipeline.
• Experience with building and working with container images.
• Ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively with technical and non-technical cross-functional teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.