Field Engineer Digital Sandbox

Position posted: May 23 2011

The Field Engineer applies Digital Sandbox software in direct support of customer projects. This position requires strong technical skills combined with a professional customer-friendly personality. Working cooperatively with the Client Services and Product Engineering teams, the Field Engineer is expected to implement, use, extend, and improve Digital Sandbox software products to help meet customer needs.

Specific Responsibilities:

Understands every aspect of Digital Sandbox software products, from their requirements and design to development and deployment
Understands our customers, both existing and potential, including their capabilities, challenges, and needs
Works directly with our customers, often on-site, to implement Digital Sandbox products and services
Integrates Digital Sandbox software products with external systems and data sources
Identifies new opportunities to apply Digital Sandbox software products in our customer environments, including additional system and data integrations, new features, and tailored outputs
Provides demonstrations and training of Digital Sandbox software products and prototypes

Required Qualifications:
Education & Experience:

2-5 years experience working on client-facing software projects
Bachelors Degree or higher with major in a computer science, engineering, or related field of study
Experience with web development, database development/management, and enterprise application integration
Experience with the following programming languages and technologies: ASP.NET, C, JavaScript, SQL
Ability to acquire and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance

Skills:

Leadership:

Accepts responsibility/accountability for assigned tasks
Breaks problems into manageable pieces and follows an organized approach to resolve them
Plans tasks to create deliverables and effectively execute that plan with little direction from supervisor
Develops contingency plans and is ready with backup options when needed
Works effectively in fast-paced, team-oriented, rapidly changing environment
Promptly recognizes emerging problems, identifies potential solutions, and seeks help from others when necessary
Delivers high-quality results on time
Shows willingness and ability to increase contribution and level of responsibility and proactively seek to do so
Maintains poise, maturity, humility, professional conduct, presence, and appearance
Establishes and maintains effective and cooperative working relationships with peers, management, and clients
Accepts and acts on feedback
All written communications are professional, accurate, complete, succinct, and grammatically correct
External emails are courteous, logically organized, and tailored for the audience
Listens effectively (i.e., take notes, clarify questions up-front, and seek to understand before being understood)
Proactively provides input and presenst ideas in a considered and articulate manner
Knowledge of and experience with database structure and design
Proficiency in MS Office Suite (including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook)
Effective professional communication skills (oral and written) with all levels of employees and clients
Willingness to travel and work on-site at customer locations as needed

Desired Qualifications (preferred, but not required):

Experience with the following is a plus: SSRS reports, mobile development (e.g. Apple iOS and Objective C, Android and JAVA), GIS technologies (e.g. ESRI, Google Earth), SharePoint
Experience with public safety agencies and/or State and local government a plus
Prior experience with any of the following industries is a plus: management consulting, homeland security, emergency management (e.g., fire, EMS, law enforcement)

Location:	8260 Greensboro Drive Suite 200 McLean, VA 22102 United States