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General Dynamics · 3 months ago

Space Force - Advanced Software Engineer - Cloud/AWS

USA-AZ-Scottsdale

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$116K/yr - $128K/yr

5+ years exp

General Dynamics is a leading company in high technology solutions for defense and scientific operations. They are seeking an Advanced Software Engineer specializing in Cloud/AWS to develop and deploy advanced ground operational systems within a cross-functional team.

AerospaceNational SecurityPublic Transportation

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Develop and deploy state-of-the-art ground operational systems

Collaborate with development team members, operations, and security teams

Identify issues and develop effective solutions

Qualification

Python programmingAWS experienceDevOps principlesAPI DesignContainerizationSecurity knowledgeCollaboration skillsArtificial IntelligenceAgile methodologyProblem-solving skillsDocumentation skills

Required

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field

Also requires 5+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 3 years of job-related experience

Department of Defense Secret security clearance is preferred at time of hire

Candidates must be able to obtain a Secret clearance within a reasonable amount of time from date of hire

Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information

Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required

Preferred

Agile experience preferred

Python / Java programming languages

Understanding of DevOps principles: Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, automation, configuration management, and infrastructure as code

Familiar with Scaled Agile methodology and its best practice

Security knowledge: Familiarity with security best practices, risk, compliance & vulnerability management, encryption & PKI, incident response, auditing and monitoring

Programming and scripting: Proficiency and strong knowledge in languages such as Python, Linux/UNIX, YAML, and JSON

Cloud platforms: Experience with AWS (AWS Solutions Architect strongly preferred) and its services (including fundamental AWS networking), knowing Azure is a plus

Containerization: Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes

Strong understanding of API Design, testing, development and management

Collaboration and communication: Ability to communicate and work effectively with development team members, operations, and security teams

Problem-solving and analytical skills: Ability to identify issues and develop effective solutions

Documentation: Well versed in generating documentation and sharing important knowledge

Artificial Intelligence: Well versed in prompt engineering and utilizing popular AI tools to accelerate workload

CI/CD tools: Gitlab, Nexus Managed Artifacts

AWS: AWS EKS, EC2, Lambda, S3, EBS/EFS, VPC, DNS, IAM, KMS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail

Configuration management: Ansible, Terragrunt, ArgoCD

Build/Development: VS Code, Maven

Event streaming platform (nice to have): Kafka messaging

Container orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker