Software Engineer, DevOps

Engineering Software Engineer 3

Huntsville, AL Posted: 12/4/2025

PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer 3, in Huntsville, AL. Job

As a software developer on an Internal Research and Development (IRAD) team, you will work in a collaborative environment to understand system requirements, create and implement new capabilities and algorithms. Many of the algorithms and capabilities implemented by the team will be mathematics and physics intensive complex solutions that will be highly critical to the system performance. In addition to software development you will also be expected to support reviews of requirements and test cases that are developed for the software capability.

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM related field, and 12 years of related experience, or a Master’s degree with 10 years of related experience, or 8 years with a PhD.
• Applicants must have a current, active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start
• Recent and extensive Experience Developing Software in C or Java
• Quick to learn and absorb new concepts and information
• Recent MATLAB and or Python Experience
• Must have an Interim or Active Secret Clearance
• Unix/Linux Operating System Experience
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and container orchestration.
• Must be able to support an in-person / closed-area work environment

• Highly experienced with Linux, scripting, and operations
• Experience with automated software requirements testing and analysis
• Experience with the battle management and or fire control systems
• Experience developing and deploying containerized applications in distributed environments
• Experience with Behavior Driven Development (BDD) using tools like Gherkin and Cucumber for automated acceptance testing
• Experience with Static & Dynamic Code Analysis Tools and Fuzzing Tools such as:
  Coverity, Fortify, AND/OR Sonar Qube
• Experience developing software in an Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) environment.
• Experience with CI/CD, containers, and pipelines.
• Experience with Software Change Control, Change Management, Code Quality, Static Analysis, and CI/CD tools such as:
  Atlassian tool suite, Jira, Git Hub, Git Lab, Sonar Qube, Coverity, and Jenkins.
• Familiarity with the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA)
• Experience with Apache Kafka, Prometheus, Grafana, Istio, Elastic Stack (ELK), Terraform, and/or Ansible.
• Very solid background in math and physics
• Advanced degree in Mathematics or Physics or Computer Science

Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and Daily Pay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

Minimum Security Clearance:
Secret

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance