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Baitball Blogger

(46,576 posts)
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:35 PM Sep 2012

Are you a software engineer? Want a six figure job?

Software firm has jobs it can't fill

At a time when legions of people are looking for work, Richard McNeight has an unusual problem.

The president of Modus Operandi, a Melbourne-based software company, McNeight has eight job openings he can't fill. He has been looking for months, but hasn't found the right candidates.

"I have two full-time recruiters working for me," he said.

The problem is this: Programmers at Modus Operandi, which has about 60 employees, must meet two key qualifications. They must be fluent in the computer language Java and be eligible for a U.S. security clearance. The company works almost exclusively for the military and intelligence agencies designing software for communications, surveillance, intelligence gathering and reconnaissance.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-09-04/business/os-software-coder-shortage-20120904_1_software-engineers-security-clearance-java

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Are you a software engineer? Want a six figure job? (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Sep 2012 OP
1 - He is full of shit Ohio Joe Sep 2012 #1
Don't know. But what would it cost to send the resume if you have the right Baitball Blogger Sep 2012 #2
Well, it takes a hell of an engineer to make Java secure. TreasonousBastard Sep 2012 #3
Amen....my bullshit alarm went off too ! RagAss Sep 2012 #4
Single Sign On, not high level security but implementible in java. Looks like they want DoD security uponit7771 Sep 2012 #5
You are confusing secure computing with security clearances ProgressiveProfessor Sep 2012 #7
Perhaps... Ohio Joe Sep 2012 #8
This was my first thought as well... ghurley Sep 2012 #9
Hey, y'all, I'm expecting a head hunter's fee if one of you lands the job. Baitball Blogger Sep 2012 #6
It does happen, of course. David__77 Sep 2012 #10
Sounds like really savory work there... hunter Sep 2012 #11

uponit7771

(90,225 posts)
5. Single Sign On, not high level security but implementible in java. Looks like they want DoD security
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:54 PM
Sep 2012

...clearance though

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)
7. You are confusing secure computing with security clearances
Wed Sep 5, 2012, 12:05 AM
Sep 2012

The job requirements are not incompatible. DoD has gone big for Java, and could easily be using it in an air gapped environment. I also would also not be confident that the media got the quote correct.

Ohio Joe

(21,656 posts)
8. Perhaps...
Wed Sep 5, 2012, 12:11 AM
Sep 2012

This:

"The company works almost exclusively for the military and intelligence agencies designing software for communications, surveillance, intelligence gathering and reconnaissance."

Is what I was on my brain though... Looks like stuff that should be pretty secure... I could be wrong though.

ghurley

(205 posts)
9. This was my first thought as well...
Wed Sep 5, 2012, 12:14 AM
Sep 2012

I wonder how many qualified have turned down the job after interviewing?

David__77

(23,220 posts)
10. It does happen, of course.
Wed Sep 5, 2012, 12:52 AM
Sep 2012

The firm where I work certainly has had positions unfilled for a long time. But the qualifications set means that there is a small subset of the labor market that would be both qualified and interested.

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