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At Forward Slope, our greatest asset is our team. We have chosen great people with the desire to get ahead and provide the finest performance to meet the needs of our clients. Our employees are the foundation that allows Forward Slope to be a successful company. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

For additional information on current job openings within our team contact FSI at: info@forwardslope.com

CURRENT JOB OPENINGS

C41SR Software Engineers

Forward Slope is seeking intelligent, highly motivated Software Engineers to join our team oriented work environment, and perform system/software engineering tasks related to Navy C4ISR systems. The ideal candidate will have strong software engineering skills with expertise in areas such as Open GIS Consortium (OGC) standards and implementation, SOA and development of web services to support Navy C2. Desired experience includes:

  • Gathering and documenting software requirements
  • Past work on GCCS/DCGS family of systems
  • Past work on ISR systems including data collection, data management, and databases
  • Familiarity with open source/open standard software development
  • Experience with other service (USMC, USAF, USA, SOCOM) C4ISR applications
  • Candidates with specific domain expertise in web services, data mining, SOA, artificial intelligence, knowledge management, data fusion/correlation, and complex event processing are highly desired.
  • Experience with operational naval systems as an operator is highly desired in information dominance related activities (maritime domain awareness, ISR, Information Operations, METOC, etc.).
  • Experience working with CMMI related processes

Candidate’s resume should clearly demonstrate how their experience is relevant to the criteria above and how this experience meets the requirements listed below.  Requirements for this position include:

  • Candidates must U.S. Citizens
  • Candidate must be eligible for a minimum SECRET security clearance
  • Candidates are required to work well in a team environment. 
  • Candidates are required to be flexible to work on multiple projects.
  • BA/BS in a computer science, software/computer engineering or other related field. 
  • Demonstrated experience in developing and/or utilizing the following or related tools:
    • SOA
    • Web Services
    • JAVA/J2EE
    • JavaScript
    • .NET
    • C/C++/C#
    • XML, XSLT
    • Google Web Toolkit
    • Rich Internet Application User Interface Development
    • Application Servers (JBOSS AS, Apache Tomcat, WebSphere, WebLogic)
    • RDBMS (Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server)
    • ESB (JBoss ESB, ServiceMix, Mule, Oracle Service Bus)
    • Open Source environments and tools (Linux, Maven, Ant, soapUI, Eclipse, Netbeans)

Experience requirements:

  • Junior Level: 0-3 years
  • Mid-Level:  4-8 years
  • Senior-Level:  more than 8 years

This is a full time employee position, located in San Diego, CA and Monterey, CA. Job Placement Agencies and Candidates not looking for this type of employment need not apply as those applications will not be considered for this position and any other position within the company. If interested please send your current resume to employment@forwardslope.com with "C4ISR" in the subject heading.

Software Test Engineer

Forward Slope is seeking intelligent, highly motivated Test Engineers to join our team oriented work environment, and perform test engineering tasks related to Navy C4ISR systems. Also responsible in determining the best way a test can be performed in order to achieve complete coverage of all components using different testing processes. Responsible with the early stages of the design phase, followed by installation, development, testing and support. Desired experience includes:

  • Experience in creating and executing Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Cases
  • Experience in functional, performance, usability, compatibility, regression testing
  • Knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle
  • Knowledge of the Software Test Lifecycle
  • Experience testing web based applications
  • Experience with performance test tools (LoadUI, JMeter, LoadRunner)
  • Experience with automated tools (Selenium, Watir, SoapUI)
  • Experience with mapping applications
  • Knowledge of SOA/Web Services
  • Technical writing skills, effective communication skills, problem-solving and analytical skills, organizational and interpersonal skills

Candidate’s resume should clearly demonstrate how their experience is relevant to the criteria above and how this experience meets the requirements listed below.  Requirements for this position include:

  • 3 years or more of professional test engineering experience
  • Candidates must U.S. Citizens
  • Candidate must be eligible for a minimum SECRET security clearance
  • Candidates are required to work well in a team environment. 
  • Candidates are required to be flexible to work on multiple projects.
  • BA/BS in engineering or other related field. 

This is a full time employee position, located in San Diego, CA and Monterey, CA. Job Placement Agencies and Candidates not looking for this type of employment need not apply as those applications will not be considered for this position and any other position within the company. If interested please send your current resume to employment@forwardslope.com with "C4ISR-03" in the subject heading.