Software Engineer II (Front End Developer)

Company: Sierra Nevada Corporation
Location: Garrisonville
Posted on: June 11, 2021

Job Description:

Do you enjoy developing new products and services? Join us! Our Software Engineers work in an agile, collective environment. You will be using your skills and expertise to define, design, develop, test, certify and improve cutting-edge software products. These cover a very wide range from advanced mission payloads and electronic systems through highly integrated aircraft to orbital and space exploration systems. You'll perform coding, debugging, testing, and troubleshooting of systems and software throughout our development process. Your technical duties involve the design and development of new software products throughout the product lifecycle.

The Mission Solutions and Technologies (MST) business area provides affordable, turn-key command/control, communications, integrated ISR, force protection and security solutions worldwide. The MST team has a long legacy of supporting the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, commercial and international customers with years of experience in platform operations, engineering and full lifecycle management across domains – air, land, sea, space and cyber. Learn more about MST

General Responsibilities:

• Delivering a complete front-end application

• Ensuring high performance on mobile and desktop

• Writing tested, idiomatic, and documented JavaScript, HTML and CSS

• Coordinating the workflow between the graphic designer, the HTML coder, and yourself

• Cooperating with the back-end developer in the process of building the RESTful API

Must-haves:

• Bachelor's of Science degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or other related discipline and typically 3 or more years of relevant experience

• Proficiency with JavaScript and HTML5

• Professional, precise communication skills

• Knowledge of AngularJS practices and commonly used modules based on extensive work experience

• Creating self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components

• Extensive knowledge of CSS and JS methods

• Thorough understanding of the responsibilities of the platform, database, API, caching layer, proxies, and other web services used in the system

• Validating user actions on the client side and providing responsive feedback

• Creating custom, general use modules and components which extend the elements and modules of core AngularJS

• An active Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required.  Learn more about the background check process for Security Clearances

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

This position requires current/active Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. Citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance.  The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance eligibility process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility determination include, but are not limited to, allegiance to the U.S., foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations and illegal drug use.

At Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) we deliver customer-focused technology and best-of-breed integrations in the aerospace and defense sectors. SNC has been honored as one of the most innovative U.S. companies in space, a Tier One Superior Supplier for the U.S. Air Force, and as one of America’s fastest-growing companies. Learn more about SNC

SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 8%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.

Sierra Nevada Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer

– Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran, or any other protected status

pursuant to applicable local, state or federal law, ordinance or regulation.

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