Title:  Specialist, Software Engineering

Job Title: Specialist, Software Engineering 

Job Code: 26341

Job Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Job Schedule: 9/80 Shift Work

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced, self-motivated software engineer with a DevOps focus to join our L3Harris Broadband Communications Systems team in Salt Lake City, Utah.  The successful candidate will work as a critical member of our DevOps team collaborating with 5 -7 other engineers serving unclassified and classified environments. Typical day-to-day activities include SW development pipeline maintenance, deployment and system configuration management, automation, virtualization, and containerization. We are mission-focused, results-oriented, innovative problem solvers and require these traits in the successful candidate as well.

Essential Functions:

·         Work with DevOps team to design and deploy software development pipelines

·         Support integration of disparate systems for customer end systems in air-gapped environments

·         Implement and maintain features with Git, Infrastructure as Code, and Kubernetes

·         Work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team, while adhering to best practice and development processes

·         Implement and maintain infrastructure and servers using configuration management tools such as Salt, Ansible and Puppet

·         Create tools to improve automation, improve reliability, and continuously improve our pipeline

·         Promote continuous improvement and exploration of new technologies

·         Ensure all systems security operations and maintenance activities are properly documented and updated as necessary

·         Travel requirement – less than 10%

Qualifications:

·         Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field and 4 years of relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years prior relevant experience.  In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years relevant experience.

·         “Relevant Experience” means demonstrable experience at the level requested in some of the following areas:

o    Infrastructure-as-code (IAC) maintained using Salt, Ansible and Puppet

o    Developing software pipelines with tools such as Jenkins and/or Gitlab-CI

o    Application containerization and on-premises Kubernetes integration

o    Utilizing and developing primarily in Linux

o    Working knowledge of software engineering and quality assurance processes 

o    Technical background in software development (language agnostic)

·         Ability to script in various languages (e.g. Python, Bash, etc.)

·         Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written

·         Due to the nature of our work, qualified candidates must have or be able to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.

·         Excellent computer skills

Preferred Additional Skills:

·         Experience scripting with Bash, Python, and Make

·         Experience in CMake and C++ development

·         Experience with RHEL 7/8/9 environments as well as Ubuntu or Debian

·         RedHat Certified Engineer (RHCE)

·         Knowledge of network firewalls, routing, subnetting and port mappings

·         Experience with security implementations such as SELinux, FAPolicyd, and security scans

·         Security certifications (e.g. CISSP, SEC+)

·         Experience developing, implementing, and integrating REST APIs