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Iridium · 3 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer

Reston, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Iridium is an award-winning and innovative satellite communications company that provides essential connectivity worldwide. The Senior Software Engineer will develop and enhance software for ground system operations within a satellite operations environment, utilizing cutting-edge technologies to support critical communications needs.

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No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Hiring Manager

Jennifer Bainbridge

Responsibilities

Work independently to develop and enhance ground system software to meet the requirements of the SDA project

Develop optimized code for both scalability and performance

Work within the Agile/Scrum framework for software development (Atlassian tool suite desired)

Create or maintain build environments for software products

Play a key role in planning and executing software releases per stakeholder/program schedules and budgets

Update issue/feature data in Atlassian Project/Software tracking tools

Follow existing Iridium processes for Change Control, Prioritization, Risk Management, Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Management, Build and Test software deployments and use advanced knowledge to assist in development of process/procedure documentation materials

Edit, structure and present data, concepts and arguments clearly and succinctly through briefings and documentation

Respond to questions within scope from stakeholders, as appropriate

Qualification

Software programmingAgile developmentKubernetesCI/CD PipelinesPythonLinux environmentsAutomated testingMicroservices architectureAnalytical mindsetCommunicationTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, or other engineering discipline

8+ years software programming experience

Coding experience on Agile based teams

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey products, deliverables, analyses, and/or issues to groups outside of your team or those who are unfamiliar with the topic

Have confidence and be able to easily build relationships with leadership and colleagues outside of your team

Possess an analytical mindset, with the ability to understand a situation or problem and think critically to make decisions and come up with out-of-the-box solutions

Be proactive in providing feedback and be enthusiastic in sharing your knowledge with others

Capable of prioritizing your own tasks and potentially the tasks of others while making sure deadlines are met

Proactivity in seeking out ways to continuously improve yourself and gain new knowledge, including the ability to learn the different software that make up the System Performance and Analysis software

Ability to comprehend technical documentation

Have a positive attitude to take on ever increasing software development tasks

Passion for working in a team driven environment consisting of operators, software testers, senior developers, and system engineers

Must be a US Citizen