Requisition #: 2025-69731
Employment Type: Contract Labor
Job Title: CL – Space Force – Software Engineer
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Overview
Our client delivers advanced engineering solutions supporting mission critical operations for the Department of Defense and aerospace programs. This role contributes to the Space Development Agency (SDA) Ground Mission Integration (GMI) effort—building secure, scalable ground systems that enable resilient space capabilities.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
Responsibilities
Design, implement, test, and deploy software components for SDA ground operational systems.
Develop robust APIs and services; create unit/integration tests and automate validation.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines; apply GitOps, automation, configuration management, and infrastructure as code.
Containerize applications and orchestrate services with Docker and Kubernetes.
Collaborate with development, operations, and security to meet performance, reliability, and compliance requirements.
Author technical documentation (architecture, interfaces, runbooks) and contribute to readiness reviews.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering or related STEM field and 2+ years of relevant experience; OR Master’s degree plus 6 months of experience.
Agile / Scaled Agile experience preferred.
Proficiency in Python and Java; strong understanding of API design, testing, and management.
Knowledge of DevOps principles (CI/CD, automation, IaC), cloud platforms (AWS; Azure a plus).
Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
Understanding of security best practices (risk/compliance, vulnerability management, encryption/PKI, auditing/monitoring).
Excellent problem solving, communication, and documentation skills.
Clearance Requirements
Department of Defense Top Secret clearance preferred at time of hire.
Applicants may be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
U.S. citizenship is required.
Preferred Skills \& Tools
Programming \& Development
Python, Java; API design and testing; VS Code, Maven
CI/CD \& DevOps
GitLab, Nexus Managed Artifacts, Ansible, Terragrunt, ArgoCD
Cloud \& Containerization
AWS: EKS, EC2, Lambda, S3, EBS/EFS, VPC, DNS, IAM, KMS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail
Kubernetes, Docker
Security, Monitoring \& Logging
Vulnerability scanning (ACAS / Grype)
Splunk (SIEM), Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
Collaboration
Git, Jira, Confluence
AI (nice to have)
Experience with prompt engineering and AI tools to accelerate developer workflows
Workplace Options
Fully remote/telework, hybrid, or onsite.
Onsite work is with the SDA program team in Scottsdale, AZ.
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