QinetiQ North America is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to architect, design, code and implement software web applications for  a mission critical federal government project.

• Design and implement software applications including web applications.
• Work with software engineers as well as business and product departments to develop and write application systems and programs.
• Testing of each solution in appropriate QA environment, adhering to departmental standards, policies and procedures, to ensure proper performance and efficiency guidelines are met.
• Performs all tasks and completes projects based upon an extensive knowledge of the software development life cycle.
• Obtains and maintains a working knowledge of operating systems and hardware used by the Development groups, and systemic relationships with outside service providers and designers.
• Documents programs in accordance with development standards and procedures. Create and/or modify current documentation.

• Must be a US Citizen and be able to obtain a favorable background investigation result.
• Experience with LINUX
• At least 10 years of experience with J2EE frameworks and full life cycle N-tier software development from conceptual design to implementation and in-depth experience with the following:

- HTML and XML

- SQL

- HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript

- UML

- Web Services

• Object Oriented Analysis, Design and Programming
• At least 5 years experience with Oracle databases.
• Experience with Hibernate and Spring frameworks is a big plus.
• Experience with Java IDEs – Eclipse
• Hands on experience with UML and Rational Unified Process (RUP) 

General Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree with 10 years of related experience in the design, development and implementation of systems software and/or business application systems for computer systems using advanced programming languages.
• Excellent verbal and written communications ability.
• Thorough knowledge of design patterns and software development best-practices
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Team Leadership experience a plus