Mid Astro Software Engineer
Core
Develop and implement secure, end-to-end cluster and application lifecycles in cloud environments for U.S. Space Force satellite communication and space domain awareness systems.
Role type
Mid-level software engineer (DevSecOps & Astrodynamics)
Builds
Cloud-native containerized applications, CI/CD pipelines, and astrodynamics algorithm solutions
Domain
National Security / Space Defense / Cloud Infrastructure
Required skills
Astrodynamics propagation methods, Java (Spring Boot), Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, AWS, GitOps, numerical methods (root finding, interpolation), statistical analysis, scripting (Matlab, Python, Bash)
Preferred skills
Astrodynamics libraries (Orekit, Astropy, STK), database development (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB), event-streaming (Apache Kafka), Kubernetes-native deployment patterns, Service-Mesh (Istio)
Technologies
Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GitLab, Ansible, Maven, Gradle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle, MySQL, Apache Kafka, Istio, Matlab, Python, Bash
Responsibilities
Design and maintain applications using Java and modern engineering practices; oversee development of astrodynamics algorithm solutions; implement DevSecOps best practices and automated deployment processes; manage log analytics for system monitoring; collaborate on modernizing legacy systems (Fortran, C++); work with various database technologies.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC
