Date: Aug 28, 2025
Location: Suffolk, VA, Virginia, United States
Company: HII’s Mission Technologies division
Requisition Number: 25162
Required Travel: 11 - 25%
Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt
Anticipated Salary Range: $103,685.00 - $130,000.00
Security Clearance: Secret
Level of Experience: Senior
This opportunity resides with Global Security (GS). Mission Technologies’ Global Security (GS) group comprises live, virtual, constructive (LVC) solutions; fleet sustainment; nuclear and environmental; and Australia business.
As a trusted partner to our military customers, HII designs, develops and operates the largest LVC enterprise that prepares warfighters for cross-domain battle. With advanced technologies to enable mission readiness, HII understands that preparation requires full coordination—not readiness in piece-parts.
For more than 40 years, the U.S. Navy has entrusted HII to maintain and modernize the vast majority of its fleet. With a holistic approach to life-cycle maritime defense systems—from small watercraft to submarines, surface combatants and aircraft carriers—HII ensures a high state of readiness.
HII supports the Department of Energy’s national security mission through the management and operation of its sites, as well as the safe cleanup of legacy waste across the country. HII meets clients’ toughest nuclear and environmental challenges.

SUMMARY:

The Software Engineer will play a critical role in modernizing the DDJT-managed JLVC (Joint Live Virtual Constructive) federates for a new computing environment that supports future Joint Force events, including the FY27 Joint Force objective. The goal is to reduce hardware sustainment costs, modernize system architecture for compatibility with virtualized and cloud-based platforms, and implement a DEVSECOPS pipeline to support secure, continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD). This position requires expertise in software development, cloud-native application design, and the use of modern engineering methodologies to migrate legacy server-client systems to containerized, modular, and scalable solutions.
This position will support the Joint Training Synthetic Environment (JTSE) Joint Staff J7(JS J-7) contract at our Suffolk, VA Joint Staff Complex.

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work both in a team and individually.
• Solid organizational skills, including attention to detail.
• Self-motivated and driven desire to succeed with minimal direction.
  HII is more than a job - it’s an opportunity to build a new future. We offer competitive benefits such as best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices; wellness resources; employee assistance programs; Savings Plan Options (401(k)); financial planning tools, life insurance; employee discounts; paid holidays and paid time off; tuition reimbursement; as well as early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships. Bonus/other non-recurrent compensation is occasionally offered for qualified positions, and if applicable to this role will be addressed by the recruiter at the screening phase of application.
  The listed salary range for this role is intended as a good faith estimate based on the role’s location, expectations, and responsibilities. When extending an offer, HII’s Mission Technologies division takes a variety of factors into consideration which include, but are not limited to, the role’s function and a candidate’s education or training, work experience, and key skills.

• Refactor and re-architect legacy federates to operate in cloud-native and virtualized environments.
• Migrate existing standalone and server-client systems into containerized applications (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Develop and maintain software solutions using modern programming languages and frameworks.
• Design and implement DEVSECOPS pipelines (CI/CD) for efficient and secure software delivery.
• Integrate automated testing, code analysis, and container orchestration into the development workflow.
• Redesign legacy UI components for improved usability, accessibility, and supportability.
• Transition from hardware-intensive graphical interfaces to modern web-based user interfaces.
• Apply a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) to increase interoperability, maintainability, and flexibility of federates.
• Collaborate with systems and cyber teams to ensure software components align with open standards and DoD mandates.
• Work closely with system engineers, cyber architects, and exercise planners to gather requirements and align technical solutions with operational goals.
• Document software architecture, technical design decisions, and development best practices.