Senior Software Infrastructure Engineer

Senior Software Infrastructure Engineer (Onsite)

US Citizenship is required.

seeking a highly skilled Software Infrastructure Engineer with expertise in DevOps tools to join our Satellite Ground Systems team. This role involves designing implementing and maintaining the software infrastructure required for the operation and management of satellite ground systems with a focus on automation deployment and monitoring.
Location: This is an onsite position in either State College PA or Columbia MD.
What You Will Do
This role involves close collaboration with systems engineers hardware designers and other software engineers to deliver reliable and highperformance software solutions. Other responsibilities to anticipate may include:
Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues.

Working with multiple engineering disciplines in an agile DevOps environment.

Develop and maintain documentation for the software infrastructure including design documents user manuals and system administration guides.

Provide mentoring and guidance to engineers needing infrastructure assistance.

Define develop and prototype software scripts virtualization environments and cloud environments.

Implement and manage continuous delivery systems and methodologies.

Participate in the continuous improvement of the software infrastructure by identifying and implementing enhancements and optimizations.

Design and implement software infrastructure for satellite ground systems including the development of tools applications and frameworks needed for system operation and data processing.

Provide software infrastructure expertise for bids on future development activities.

Qualifications You Must Have

Five (5) years of experience with Information Technology Infrastructure and/or Software Engineering.

Five (5) years of experience with the Linux platform.

Development experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Experience with scripting languages such as Python Bash and Groovy.

CompTIA Security Certification

Typically requires bachelors degree in science Technology Engineering or Mathematics (STEM).

Active and transferable TS/SCI Full Scope Poly (FSP) U.S. government issued security clearance prior to start date with the adjudication date less than three years ago from your starting date for this position. U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer

Experience with VMWare and AWS.

Software development experience in Java with unit testing and integration testing experience

Knowledge of satellite ground systems space operations or related domains is highly desirable.

Experience with networking distributed systems and cloud computing technologies.

Experience with Puppet.

Familiarity with secure coding practices especially in a defense or aerospace setting.

Experience with DevOps tools such as Terraform Packer Jenkins Git Docker Kubernetes Ansible etc.

Degree in Computer Engineering or Information Technology preferred.

Experience with satellite communication systems and protocols is highly preferred.

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