Associate and Experienced Software Engineers - Secure Network & Protocols

Job Description

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The Boeing Company is looking for a Associate and Experienced Software Engineer – Secure Network & Protocols to join the GSOS team located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
. This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) Software Engineering organization.

The selected candidate will work with the Ground Systems product team focused on the concept, requirements, architecture, design and development of an advanced ground operating system. The operating system definition we use is broad, covering multiple operating systems (Windows, Linux, Cisco IOS, CDOT, Wind River VXWorks, ESXi, etc.) and includes the infrastructure necessary to provide all services of the system. We specialize in air‑gapped, fully featured, and totally self‑contained systems, but have also developed WAN‑connected systems.

• Assists with the design, development, architecture, and maintenance of software solutions for network stack protocol software used to securely exchange data between systems.
• Participates in performance analysis, testing, monitoring and software assessments of networking protocol software to assess, identify and address risks, weaknesses and vulnerabilities.
• Gathers information to provide input on secure network and protocols throughout the end‑to‑end lifecycle development of software products.
• Gathers information to support software project management activities and software supplier management functions.

• Active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship required). A clearance active in the past 24 months is considered active.
• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Experience in Linux deployment and administration including bash scripting, remote access and deployment.
• Experience in basic networking, storage administration, and package management.
• Experience in basic virtualization principles.
• Experience in containerization and Kubernetes familiarity.

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.
• Level 2 (Associate): 2 or more years of related work experience or equivalent education and experience.
• Level 3 (Experienced): 5 or more years of related work experience or equivalent education and experience.
• Knowledge of communications and network concepts and principles.
• Knowledge of multi‑discipline integrating issues applicable to communications and network systems, including physical and functional interfaces, communications reliability, link availability, and environmental constraints.
• Knowledge of human factors, maintainability, testability, supportability, mechanical design, packaging, electrical, and software.
• Knowledge of programming languages and databases and the ability to apply them to the software domain. Programming languages encompass higher‑order languages, auto‑coded languages and assembly languages.
• Knowledge of the practical application of network technologies. Ability to solve difficult network problems such as quality of service, multi‑level security, network protocol conversion, network management problems and application optimization.
• Ability to innovate in the area of new network systems modeling, simulation, and emulation.
• Knowledge of programming languages used in modeling, simulation, and emulation.
• Knowledge of software development and testing tools (e.g., desktop simulation tools, configuration management tools, requirements management tools).
• Knowledge of computer hardware design and operating systems as they relate to modeling, simulation and emulation.
• Knowledge of programming languages used for networking problems.
• Knowledge of computing equipment and multiple operating systems.
• Knowledge of communications and networking protocols.
• Knowledge of software development and testing tools capability and usage.
• Ability to integrate hardware…