Specialist, Software Engineering

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Specialist, Software Engineering

38011

Palm Bay, FL

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The SWO-MOS Cloud team leverages Cloud Service Providers (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud) in delivering modern solutions to support customer operations and information management services. We value a strong knowledge of software development best practices and experience delivering & deploying Cloud‑ready applications and services. Seeking experienced Software Engineers to join our dynamic team, focusing on operating, maintaining, and sustaining an AWS cloud operational system.

• Design and implement software for satellite ground systems, including TT&C, mission management, data ingest, processing pipelines, and operator workflows.
• Monitor and implement updates from AWS and third‑party suppliers
• Maintain and enhance our Kubernetes‑based cloud architecture
• Proficiency in Python, Java or C++ programming languages
• Support Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions including single sign on, active directory, or Keycloak
• Assist in cloud migration of applications
• Write and maintain comprehensive documentation for developers, administrators, and operators
• Ensuring consistency across the baseline (version tagging, naming schemes)
• Develop secure, reliable, and maintainable software using modern engineering and Dev Sec Ops  practices.
• Write automated unit, integration, and system tests, including negative and failure‑mode scenarios.
• Support system architecture, interface definition, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Collaborate with mission operations, systems engineering, cybersecurity, and test teams to deliver operationally ready capabilities.
• Contribute to documentation including requirements traceability, interface control documentation, design artifacts, and user/developer guides.
• Ability to obtain a High‑Risk NOAA Public Trust clearance.

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
• Experience developing and deploying containerized applications using Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, or equivalent.
• Experience with the Kubernetes Container Network Interface (CNI) and Custom Resource Definitions (CRD)
• Experience of networking principles and security best practices in an AWS cloud environment
• Experience with Linux environments, including scripting, configuration, and software deployment.
• Experience with configuration management (Ansible, Chef, Puppet) and Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CDK, Open Tofu, Cloud Formation).
• Experience with container deployment including YAML manifests, Helm and ArgoCD

• Familiarity with Agile workflow tools and collaborative version‑control practices (Git, JIRA, Confluence, etc.)
• Experience with container observability tools such as Prometheus, PromQL, and Grafana
• Experience with Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
• Experience with Helm charts and Kubernetes package management
• Experience with security best practices in cloud environments
• Experience with monitoring and logging solutions (Splunk, Cloud Watch, etc.)
• Experience with iterative software development processes (Agile, SCRUM, Kanban)
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• AWS Certified Dev Ops Engineer – Associate