Senior Software Engineer

Steven Douglas Associates, Inc.

Aurora, CO, United States

28 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.clearancejobs.com

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Agile Methodology Amazon Web Services Systems Engineering Confluence JIRA Automation of Tests C++ (Programming Language) Continuous Integration Eclipse (Software) Junit Python (Programming Language)

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Object-Oriented Software Development Secure Coding Software Engineering Multithreading Cloud Platform System Spring-boot Containerization Kubernetes Apache Kafka Devsecops Docker Jenkins Microservices

Job description

A defense technology organization supporting national security space missions is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help architect and build next-generation satellite ground systems. This team is building the next generation of space systems, supporting mission-critical command, control, and scheduling capabilities for satellite operations.

Day-to-Day, You Would Be: Designing and building software for satellite ground systems, working across the full architecture from planning and scheduling logic to the services that support real-time mission operations Writing object-oriented Java code, including multi-threaded applications, to support high-reliability defense systems Building and deploying microservices in cloud environments (AWS), working with containerization and orchestration tools Collaborating with systems engineers and customers to translate mission requirements into technical designs and evolving architecture Working within Agile/DevSecOps teams, participating in the full software lifecycle: design, development, test, deployment, and ongoing maintenance Contributing technical expertise to proposals and bids for future development work Using CI/CD pipelines and modern automated testing practices to ship reliable, secure code

Skills You’d Use: Java (including multi-threading), cloud-native microservices development, AWS, Docker/Kubernetes, Agile/SAFe methodologies, DevSecOps practices, and planning/scheduling software design. Familiarity with C++, Python, and tools like Jira, Jenkins, Confluence, JUnit, Kafka, and Spring Boot is a plus.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field plus 10 years of relevant experience (or equivalent combination) Experience designing and developing object-oriented software in Java Experience with Java multi-threading Experience with microservices in cloud environments Experience developing planning/scheduling software or comparable systems Active TS/SCI clearance (or active TS clearance transferable to TS/SCI); U.S. citizenship required, Experience with satellite planning/scheduling software specifically SAFe Agile software development lifecycle experience C++ and Python development experience AWS microservices experience using Docker and Kubernetes Experience with test automation, DevSecOps, and CI/CD pipelines Familiarity with Confluence, Eclipse, Jira, Jenkins, JUnit, Kafka, and Spring Boot