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Tactical System Analyst Senior

Norfolk, VA · On-site

$150 - $200/hr

Tactical System Analyst Senior Location: USFF Norfolk, Virginia at a Government facility/site (100 ... ing, and Scientific solutions to the Federal Government since 2002. During our two decades of ...

Centuria

Tactical System Analyst Senior

Norfolk, VA · On-site

Tactical System Analyst Senior Location: USFF Norfolk, Virginia at a Government facility/site (100 ... ing, and Scientific solutions to the Federal Government since 2002. During our two decades of ...

Centuria

Tactical System Analyst Senior

Norfolk, VA · On-site

... ing, and Scientific solutions to the Federal Government since 2002. During our two decades of ... Tactical Systems support, Video Teleconferencing and Audio/Visual support, Portal Management and ...

Data Intelligence LLC

System Engineer III

Moorestown, NJ · On-site

$125 - $150/hr

S. Navy tactical systems in Moorestown, NJ. This position is fully on-site. The salary range is ... Perform advanced systems engineering analysis and design activities * Manage and decompose system ...

Data Intelligence LLC

System Engineer III

Moorestown, NJ · On-site

$120K - $140K/yr

System Engineer III ID: 1587 Location: Moorestown, NJ More about this job > Description Data ... S. Navy tactical systems in Moorestown, NJ. This position is fully on-site. The salary range is ...

Data Intelligence LLC

System Engineer III

Moorestown, NJ · On-site

$120K - $140K/yr

S. Navy tactical systems in Moorestown, NJ. This position is fully on-site. The salary range is ... Perform advanced systems engineering analysis and design activities * Manage and decompose system ...

SEACORP

System Engineer II

Middletown, RI · On-site

... Tactical Systems(SWFTS). Job Responsibilities Include: * Work with software developers, test ... engineers, systemsengineers and cyber experts to analyze and decompose requirements. * Design ...

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Tactical Systems Engineer - JobID-0262

Mount Laurel, NJ • On-site

Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT)
IT Services • 51 - 200 employees
Learn more about Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT)external

$114K - $231K/yr

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About The Role:
Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT), a leading defense technology company, is seeking a Tactical System Engineer to be part of our Warfare Systems team and based out of our Mount Laurel, NJ office.

The Tactical System Engineer will be part of a multi-discipline team focused on the DOW's initiatives in support of tactical capability development for Navy surface and unmanned (UxVs) platforms and will be directly responsible for the architecting and refactoring of mission critical legacy weapons system software into a modern software technology stack where the target end state will ensure the highest impact to the US Navy by enabling a microservices based tactical platform within both a cloud-native and tactical-edge deployment model.

Warfare Systems' project domains include real-time automated test and analysis, virtual computing environments, Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) based data analytics, cybersecurity, as well as backfit and forward-fit tactical solutions.

The Engineer will be fiercely accountable for the delivery of well-architected and production-ready solutions that exceed the Fleet's requirements.

Clearance & Location Requirements:
  • All applicants must be able to obtain/maintain an active Secret U.S. Security Clearance.
  • This is an on-site position. Requiring at least 4 days in office, based out of our Mount Laurel, NJ office.
Department Engineering Employment Type Full Time Location Mount Laurel, NJ Address 8000 Midlantic Drive, Suite 500 N, Mount Laurel, New Jersey, 08054 Open in Google Maps Workplace type Hybrid Compensation $114,000 - $231,000 / year Key Responsibilities
What You Will Do:
  • Design, implement, and test complex software in C, C++, Python, JavaScript, and Java within various development environments.
  • Analyze legacy monolithic software programs, recompiling them, and incrementally apply refactoring to modernize the software using the "brownfield" and "greenfield" methodologies.
  • Technical assessment and deconstruction of Navy tactical system code for Surface Navy Combat systems.
  • Explore and prototype next-generation solutions using artificial intelligence/machine learning, distributed processing, and modeling.
  • Interact with customers to elicit requirements and document agreements.
  • Present to organization leadership on project cost, schedule, and technical progress.
  • Software architecture development including hardware and software interfaces between software components.
  • Assist in developing user, functional, and technical requirements for tactical systems.
  • Participate and provide feedback for design & code/peer reviews.
  • Integrate individual software components into complex software environments.
  • Support test and integration activities at IDT labs and government Land Based Test Sites (LBTS).

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