Software Engineer Security Clearance

Position: Software Engineer with Security Clearance
PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer, in Orlando, FL. Job

Job Description:

The hired engineer will be a Full Stack Software Engineering Lead of a development team that delivers next generation data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities for the ACS turnkey program. Primary responsibilities include:
1. Design and implement a scalable platform that enables advanced analytics and AI driven development acceleration.
2. Ensure data integrity, security, and compliance across all platform domains, incorporating archival, disaster recovery, and backup strategies.
3. Define and publish robust APIs that expose data and services to front end clients and third party consumers.
4. Develop responsive UI components using a modern React framework (e.g., Next.js, Shadcn UI Kit) to deliver dashboards, visualizations, and interactive data views.
5. Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Git Lab for automated testing, linting, and deployment to both cloud based and air gapped environments.
6. Integrate third party services such as email/SMS notifications, and learning management standards (SCORM, xAPI, CMI5). 7. Write comprehensive unit, integration, and end to end tests to protect against regressions and maintain high code quality.
8. Document APIs, data models, and deployment procedures clearly to facilitate cross team collaboration.
9. Leverage AI (e.g., Claude, other LLMs) as a core development assistant to accelerate coding, refactoring, test generation, and design validation. Basic Qualifications (BQs):

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field with supplemental experience (e.g. Aerospace Engineering with experience in software development).

Experience:

≥ 6 years delivering full stack software solutions on complex, data intensive programs. Version Control & CI/CD:

Experience with version control software, preferably Git Lab (repos, merge requests, pipelines). Software Fundamentals:
Strong grasp of design patterns, automated testing, continuous integration, and code quality practices. Data Technologies:
Familiarity with relational databases, messaging services, REST APIs, and object storage. UI/UX Design:
Ability to design and implement responsive user interfaces and dashboards. Desired

Skills:

10. Agile methodology experience (Scrum, Kanban) and participation in cross functional Agile teams. 11. Advanced Dev Ops toolset knowledge (Ansible, Nexus, Git Lab Runner, Harbor). 12. Proficiency in React, Next.js, Node.js, Shadcn UI Kit, FastAPI, and modern front end ecosystems. 13.

Experience with Apache Superset/Trino for cross platform data querying and analytics. 14. Strong scripting abilities (Power Shell, Bash, Python). 15. Prior exposure to Turnkey training or learning architectures. 16.

Experience with Kubernetes and cloud/air gapped deployment models 17.

Experience with integrating email/SMS notifications 18.

Experience with learning management standards (SCORM, xAPI, CMI5). Emphasis on Vision & AI Driven Design While specific language level skills are valuable, the most critical success factors are: 19. Domain expertise in building end to end full stack solutions that address data flow, security, archival, and disaster recovery concerns. 20. Strategic vision to design platforms that enable AI augmented development, ensuring that the solution remains adaptable as AI capabilities evolve.

21. Ability to leverage AI tools (Cline AI Plugin for VSCode, generative code assistants) to enhance productivity, code quality, and architectural validation, reducing reliance on niche technical specialties 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. Military connected talent encouraged to apply. VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit  or  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