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CAE USA INC Lead Computer Systems Software Engineer (Skillbridge) in Binghamton, New York
Role and Responsibilities
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Who We Are:
CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, civil aviation, and healthcare by revolutionizing our customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.
CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.
CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.
What We Have to Offer:
Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance
A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe
Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions
Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!
Making the transition from Military to Civilian life is exciting and CAE is proud to help. In partnership with the Skillbridge program, CAE provides an opportunity to make that transition even more seamless. As a Skillbridge intern at CAE you will learn how to leverage your technical and leadership skills in the civilian world with the goal of joining our team full time at the conclusion of your internship.
DoD Skillbridge Eligibility:
Has served at least 180 days on active duty
Is within 12 months of separation or retirement
Will receive an honorable discharge
Has taken any service TAPS/TGPS
Has attended or participated in an ethics brief within the last 12 months
Received Unit Commander (first O-4/Field Grade commander in chain of command) written authorization and approval to participate in DoD Skillbridge Program prior to start of internship
Summary
As an employee at CAE you are not just an employee but a member of the family, where co-workers care not just about their work products but our customers, the community and each other. CAE Link Software Engineers are part of the program team which strives to not only meet but exceed our customers’ expectations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This position is for an engineer who is self-motivated, has a strong work ethic, and takes ownership and accountability for their work.
Demonstrated ability as an independent, proactive leader who works well within a team.
Ability to communicate and coordinate effectively with team members, internal and external customers, and senior leadership.
Providing accurate and timely status of budget, schedule, and technical issues
Support the installation, optimization, integration, troubleshooting, backup, recovery, modifications, security, and upgrading of development support systems and simulation components to provide services that enable programs to effectively develop simulation software solutions.
Working with complex configuration environments; build servers, virtual labs, generalizing tools to accommodate multiple languages and architectures, and assuring tools and processes scale to accommodate the evolving needs of our diverse teams.
Work closely with the production release and operations teams to establish and deploy consistent, high quality, and packaged builds for our internal and external customers.
Create media and procedures for coldstart execution of training device, both in-plant and at customer facilities.
Work with other team members to design and document development system architectures and topologies for both general and simulation specific purposes.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong social skills, and ability to build consensus among peers while building solid relationships with team members, leadership, and customers.
Coordinating with other program leads to ensure program completes successfully.
Candidate should be a fast learner with very strong analysis and problem-solving skills
Qualifications and Education Requirements
BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent experience required
A minimum of 10 years applicable experience working as a leader, developer, or technologist.
Ability to apply sound engineering principles and develop innovative solutions
Proven success in a fast-paced development environment and possess a willingness to take ownership, accept accountability, and thrive under pressure
Ability to provide and receive constructive criticism
Demonstrated ability to design, develop, document, test and debug
Linux and Windows System Administration, knowledge of hardware, as well as expertise in command line tools.
Strong interpersonal, problem solving and analytical skills
Excellent organization and multi-tasking abilities with the ability to resolve conflicting priorities.
General computer skills including use of Microsoft Office products
Active DoD Secret Clearance within a five-year investigation period
Flexibility to support occasional overtime, weekend work, shift work and site travel (CONUS)
Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.
Security+ , CASP+ CE, CISSP (or Associate), or CSSLP certification
Preferred Skills
Prior Military Experience
Strong RedHat Linux and Windows Server System Administration, TCP/IP Networking, shell scripting
Experience with running small network-isolated closed room datacenters.
Experience with Domain Controller setup and configuration of Group Policy Objects
Configure, manage, monitor, and optimize on-line, near-online and off-line storage systems (NAS, SAN, NFS etc).
Experience configuring Cisco and/or HP Networking
Experience with System Hardening with standards such as the DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG).
Experience with vulnerability assessment tools such as ACAS and SCAP.
Experience with Windows and Linux Patch Management (such as WSUS and YUM)
Security Responsibilities
Must comply with all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures. Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials, in any form. Shall not divulge any information, or afford access, to other employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval. All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources.
Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.
Work Environment
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Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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Position Type
Regular
CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.
Equal Employment Opportunity
At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. With no exception.
As captured in our overarching value "One CAE", we’re proud to work as one passionate, boundaryless and inclusive team.
At CAE, all employees are welcome regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity or age.