SPACE GROUND SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC. · 10 hours ago
Software Systems Engineer
Alexandria, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$145K/yr - $214K/yr
20+ years expSpace Ground System Solutions (SGSS), a Parsons company, is seeking a Software Systems Engineer to work on cloud-native technologies for distributed space/ground antenna services. The engineer will be responsible for the architecture, design, and implementation of software systems, as well as managing the full lifecycle of customer engagement and technical development.
ConsultingSoftwareInformation Technology
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Contributes to the architecture and implementation of specification and middleware which will provide request/response and publish/subscribe messaging for NRL's ground systems software and systems
Use of NATS.io, Google Protobufs, REST and OpenAPI
Develop prototypes, examples and production cloud-native services to demonstrate new features, and deliver new services for antenna sharing, as well as distributed spacecraft C2, mission planning, orbital mechanics, ground system visualization. This is a full-stack development effort, with a focus on the software development, visualization, and cloud infrastructure elements of the problem
Integrate specialty equipment and proprietary software management and status for RF/SDR
Provide implementation and quality assurance over a multi-language integration effort including C/C++, Go, Python, and Java
Aggressive design and implementation of contemporary approaches to secure software development
Integration of active and passive cyber resilience capabilities into a full-stack implementation
Bootstrap a governance effort to help build developer community consensus around shared interfaces and messages and enable bottom-up engineering of application specific capabilities
Integrate with NRL's Neptune and Kuiper C2 software to enable mission SOC and NOC side integration
Integrate with NRL's ground station sites to expose antennas and services over well-defined APIs
Develop a continuous integration and test approach to exercise developmental capabilities for the organization
Develop and integrate a monitoring and cyber defense regime across the stack, and across the enterprise
Work with mission and system partners to identify and deliver end-to-end comms and services
Integrate with NRL's existing antenna broker activities for transport, broker, and scheduling of enterprise antenna resources
Qualification
Required
Active DoD SECRET clearance, with ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance within 18 months from date of hire
Must be a US citizen
B.S. in Computer Science/Engineering or other relevant field from an accredited university or equivalent combination of formal education
Minimum 20 years' experience in a professional relevant field
20+ years of growing scope of responsibility and technical stature in software systems engineering
AWS, virtual private cloud, and hybrid deployment
Full-Stack Software Development, Integration, and Test
Familiarity with network engineering Infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform)
Engineering and implementation of cyber/security related resilience approaches across the stack from physical compute and network through application layer
Demonstrated leadership of projects including a breadth of engineering outside immediate discipline (e.g., Networking; physical computing; security; systems engineering)
Excellent technical communication skills demonstrated through leading training; technical writing; work in professional or standards organizations; etc
Preferred
Strong preference for candidates holding current TS/SCI
Formal gov't authorization of commercial cloud (e.g., AWS GovCloud) hosted systems
Experience with classified commercial cloud environments
Defensive cyber operations development and operations
Development of structures and execution of mentorship and small technical team leadership
Benefits
ALL benefits fully funded , for your entire family
This includes Medical/Dental/Vision/Group Life/STD/LTD - no employee premiums
SGSS funded HSA (Health Savings Account) provided
With SGSS funding the maximum amount allowed by the IRS
Retirement Savings Plan (RSP/401k) with a 20% annual company contribution - no employee contribution required
Company
SPACE GROUND SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase