Principal/Sr. Principal Engineer Software - Infrastructure

Description

The aeronautics systems sector of the company is hiring a Principal or Senior Principal Software Engineer for its Global Surveillance Division.

You will join a diverse team that works across the full software lifecycle and supports advanced mission software for tactical applications used by warfighters.

The role is on site in Melbourne, Florida. The requisition may be filled at either the Principal or Senior Principal level.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and unit test software across the full lifecycle, and contribute to every phase of software development.
• Design, test, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve systems and software.
• Work with team members to connect your code to other software components.
• Review and analyze technical requirements and fold them into end-to-end system architectures.
• Work alongside engineers and technicians in a lab.
• Help gather and report software metrics.
• Follow the program's software best practices.
• Lead a team or guide it through complex problems.
• Support software working groups with the customer.
• Write and share technical documentation and presentations.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university, plus 5+ years of software engineering experience. Alternatively, a master's degree with 3 years of relevant experience, or more years of software engineering experience.
• For Senior Principal: bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university plus 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 6 years relevant experience if you also hold a master's degree, or more years of software engineering experience, or a PhD with 4+ years of software engineering experience.
• US citizenship, with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance. An interim DoD Secret clearance is required to start.
• Ability to obtain and maintain special program access.
• Development experience in C/C++ or another object-oriented language.
• At least 3 years of Linux troubleshooting, applying STIGs, and scanning with ACAS and SCC.
• At least 3 years of virtualization experience (VMware ESXi, KVM, Hyper-V), including creating and managing virtual machines and virtual switches.
• At least 1 year of scripting and automation experience (Ansible Automation, Python).
• Skills you will use: Linux/RHEL, bash scripting, Ansible, the Atlassian Suite, ACAS and SCC scanning, patching, applying STIGs, C++, Python, KVM/QEMU, VMware/vCenter, and container technology such as podman.
• Preferred: active DODM 8140 IASAE Level II certification (e.g. Security+) or higher.
• Preferred: active TS/SCI, SAP/SAR access, or polygraph.
• Preferred: RedHat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) certification.
• Preferred: willingness to take temporary, short-term off-peak hours assignments for time-constrained HW/SW integration efforts.
• Preferred: experience with containerization technology (e.g. Podman, Docker).
• Preferred: experience with container orchestration systems (e.g. Kubernetes).

Conditions

Travel is 10% of the time.

Relocation assistance may be available.

Secret clearance is required to start.

The role is on site in Melbourne, Florida.

Salary: Primary level $98,400.00 - $147,600.00; Secondary level $122,800.00 - $184,200.00. These ranges are general guidelines. Base pay depends on scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills, and current market conditions.

The application window is estimated at 20 days from the posting date, and may be shortened or extended based on business needs and candidate availability.

Benefits

• Depending on the position, you may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus on top of base pay.
• Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and let you share in company results.
• Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, paid company holidays, and paid time off for vacation and personal business.