Senior Application Programmer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 5, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 5, 2026.
Overview
Edgewater Federal Solutions is a Senior Application Programmer to support a major national laboratory.
We have expertise in R&D across many disciplines including large-scale software engineering, computer science, and system engineering. Our specific capabilities include software development, software testing, and system integration. We leverage these capabilities to innovate high-rigor solutions while supporting existing critical customer needs. Our current responsibility includes support for real-time national security missions.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with architects, system engineers, developers, technical leads, customers, and end users to analyze requirements
- Design, develop, and deliver innovative technology solutions to achieve software system quality
- Generate automated tests to verify system functionality
- Participate in testing to assess accuracy and performance of the systems
- Support formal test activities at multiple levels from components to the enterprise system
- Design and develop pipeline testing framework
- Develop application software
Qualifications
- BS/BA in a relevant STEM field, such as a Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or related field and Seven (7) years of directly related experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of the job
- In lieu of degree, must have at least 13 years of related work experience.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q Clearance on Start or DOD Top Secret with reciprocity and ability to obtain an SCI clearance
- Must Be US Citizen
- This position is on-site full time
Required Skills:
- Strong experience with Python, or other object-oriented programming languages (C/C++, Java) with the ability to learn Python, along with related object-oriented development principles & environment
- Experience with software testing (automated and manual)
- Knowledge of scripting languages such as Bash and UNIX command languages
- Experience working in a collaborative environment (unclassified/classified)
Desired Skills
- Experience with databases such as SQL, Postgres, Mongo DB
- Cloud technologies
- Continuous Improvement/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline
- Containerization (Docker preferred)
- Large-scale (1M+ lines of code) systems
- Experience working with large, established codebases
- Experience with Agile software development practices
About Us:
Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies for 2018 through 2025.
It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other statuses protected by applicable law. #LI-VA1