Specialist, Software Engineering

Job Title: Specialist, Software Engineering 

Job Code:  38011

Job Location: Palm Bay, FL

Job Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:

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.

Essential Functions:

• 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 DevSecOps 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.

Qualifications:

• 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, OpenTofu, Cloud Formation).


• Experience with container deployment including YAML manifests, Helm and ArgoCD

Preferred Additional Skills:

• 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, CloudWatch, etc.)


• Experience with iterative software development processes (Agile, SCRUM, Kanban)


• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate


• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)


• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Associate

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