Application Prototype Engineer III

**Please note:  This job requires an existing NSA Top Secret Clearance and Polygraph**

Technology:  Java 18,21 preferred, Drools/Drools 8 Rule Units(a plus), Maven, Kjars, Git CI/CD pipelines, Fluency in VSCODE or JetBrains products

Responsibilities and Duties

• Elicitation and systematization of team SME(ISSO,ISSE,SCA) and NNSS(DAO) domain expertise.
• Re/Design, prototype, and implement automated decision processes in Drools.  
• Work with test engineers to design and implement an effective automated test strategy and standards for that codebase, in particular Drools RuleUnits.
• Document designs,validation process and status.

Experience Needed:

• Citizenship: Must Be a US Citizen
• Existing Clearance Required: Active Top-Secret SCI with Poly
• A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science or related discipline and ten (10) or more years of experience in application prototype development.
• Analyzes user requirements to derive the prototype design and performance requirements
• Designs and codes new software or modifies existing software to add new features
• Debugs existing prototype and corrects defects
• Integrates existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments
• Develops simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories
• Hands-on knowledge of programming language such as Python, C, Java, Go
• Exposure to software development practices such as GitHub, Agile, Jenkins tools
• Develops or implements algorithms to meet or exceed prototype system performance and functional standards
• Assists with developing and executing test procedures for prototype components
• Serve as research team lead at the level appropriate to the application prototype development process being used on any particular project. Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design
• Oversees one or more application prototype development teams and ensures the work is completed in accordance with the constraints of the prototype development process being used on any particular project and deliver solutions.
• Coordinate system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure operational specifications are met
• Design or implement complex algorithms requiring adherence to strict timing, system resource, or interface constraints; perform quality control on team products.  
• May act as an agile process SCRUM Master

Dezign Concepts and Triune Solutions have formed a strategic partnership aimed at sourcing skilled IT professionals for the National Security Agency (NSA). We are uniquely positioned to provide the intelligence community with exceptional talent, reinforcing our shared commitment to advancing the mission-critical operations that safeguard our nation's security. This partnership reflects our mutual dedication to excellence and our unwavering focus on contributing to the vital efforts of the intelligence community.

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