Title:  Senior Specialist, Software Engineering

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Software Engineering 

Job Code:  38005

Job Location: Palm Bay, FL

Job Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:

This is an opportunity to take on unique challenges, expand your skills and experience, and contribute to the Space Systems Sector of L3Harris. You will join a great team of talented professionals with world class technical expertise who take a collaborative approach to engineering and enjoy working together. We are a company on the move, growing in the Space area; with long history of innovative and exceptional performance, we have earned our place as a trusted provider to our customers. 

The SDA T1 infrastructure 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 software engineers to join our dynamic team, focusing on operating, maintaining, and sustaining an AWS cloud operational system.

Essential Functions:

• Monitor and implement updates from AWS and third-party suppliers
• Maintain and enhance our Kubernetes-based cloud architecture 
• Implement and maintain security automation using AWS EventBridge, GuardDuty, and Inspector
• Support Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions using Keycloak
• Assist in migrating third-party toolchains to AWS native solutions
• Assist with the design, build, deployment, and maintenance of cloud and/or hybrid infrastructure necessary to reliably host, run, and support applications through all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC).

• Design, develop, and maintain advanced software applications for our Satellite Ground Systems. This role involves close collaboration with systems engineers, hardware designers, and other software engineers to deliver reliable and high-performance software solutions. 
• Design, implement, and test Java-based applications and software components for satellite ground systems.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives, driving adoption of DevOps pipelines, automated testing, containerization (Kubernetes), and cloud deployment practices across the enterprise.

• Work collaboratively with systems and SI&T engineers to analyze, implement, and test system modification requests to the existing system baseline.
• Ability to obtain a secret clearance

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• Experience working in a continuous integration/continuous development environment, and CI/CD pipelines.
• 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 AWS services such as license management
• Experience with configuration management (Ansible, Chef, Puppet) and Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CDK, OpenTofu, Cloud Formation).

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 implementing security best practices in cloud environments
• Experience managing licenses within cloud environments
• Experience with monitoring and logging solutions (Splunk sidecar, CloudWatch, AWS Forwarder, 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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