Software Engineer Location: Fairfax, VA (relocation assistance is available) Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Active Top Secret More about your role: At NASK, we're growing, building great teams, and doing exciting work. Software Development Engineers will contribute to a small team responsible for evaluating large, complex datasets by developing scripts, basic tools, and visualizations to quantify key performance metrics and identify unusual behaviors in our systems. You will modify and improve a suite of signal-processing tools, implementing real-time signal-processing algorithms on Linux-based SDR platforms. Required Qualifications: 4+ years of experience C / C++ and Python Cloud technologies: commercial cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, etc.), Docker, Kubernetes, large-scale logging and metrics tracking, database approaches Knowledge and familiarity working in a team development environment utilizing a common set of version Ability to analyze and improve the performance of existing algorithms using various methods (refactoring optimization, multi-threading, use of performance analysis tools) Comfortable in a Linux development environment B.S. or higher in Computer Engineering or Computer Science Excellent written and verbal communication skills Development of systems for the Intelligence and Defense communities Preferred Qualifications: Knowledge of multi-threaded signal processing algorithms in Python/C++ on Linux hosts Familiarity with the Atlassian tools (e.g. JIRA, Stash, Confluence, and Jenkins) Code Management (e.g. Git would be ideal) XMIDAS familiarity Intel Compiler and/or Intel optimization tools (e.g. VTune) Java Security clearance: Active TS/SCI w/poly Who We Are: Our people are the core of who we are and what we do. NASK has two decades of experience delivering innovative solutions to the tough technical challenges facing our partners in the Intelligence and Defense communities. Our subject matter experts collaborate with junior developers and analysts, bringing fresh approaches to solve the toughest mission problems. Benefits: At NASK, our employees are the backbone of our company, so we provide unsurpassed benefits and work-life balance. Employees are provided with individual offices and collaboration spaces to foster individual and team success. We have a casual yet professional work environment - Employees work hard NASK offers a competitive benefits package that equates to 50% on top of your annual base salary. This is split between a tax-qualified profit-sharing retirement plan that NASK contributes to (up to allowable IRS limits) and a cafeteria plan for benefits. For a comprehensive overview of our benefits, visit the benefits tab under our careers page. Compensation: NASK Incorporated considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the role and responsibilities, work experience, education, training, certifications, geographic location, and market data. These are general guidelines and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Please be aware that many of our positions require the ability to obtain or maintain a U.S security clearance which requires U.S citizenship. EEO Statement: NASK provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfers, leaves of absence, as well as compensation and training.