Global Edge is an international staffing firm connecting projects worldwide with the industry’s most talented project professionals. We work with high level technical and commercial personnel across multiple industries including Oil and Gas, Energy, Renewables, Infrastructure, Automotive and Motorsports, IT, Marine, Mining, and more. With offices strategically located worldwide, Global Edge is known for the highest level of delivery for our clients and contractors.

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Position Overview

 

Senior Software Engineer

Our client has emerged as a leader in developing cutting-edge solutions for the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. Our tremendous success is a direct result of the dedication of our people and the clarity of our priorities. We hire the best, make them a priority, and never lose focus on the mission. It’s why we’re here. We have built this cultural legacy by working closely with analysts and operators to understand their needs and deliver meaningful value through innovative, cost-effective, and intuitive software solutions.

Our Space Operations directorate is passionate about making America the undisputed leader in Space because we understand that ensuring our nation’s security for future generations depends on it. We create game-changing space solutions by teaming highly respected subject matter experts with brilliant technologists. Are you an experienced Software Engineer looking to grow your skill set and work on a project that has real-world impact? Do you want to be part of a team helping the government solve major national security challenges in the space domain? We need your help.

Our team is looking for an experienced Software Engineer with a Java enterprise software development background who can work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. In this position, as a member of a talented Agile engineering team supporting the development of critical mission applications for the space community, you will be a member of our Space Operations directorate. You will work with software engineers and space analysts to provide ingest, process, and visualize astrodynamics data for space tracking and surveillance. The candidate must also have experience successfully leading software engineering teams and is willing to take on the role of a technical lead when positions become available withing the Space Operations directorate.

This position is in Colorado Springs and requires working in the office two days a week.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, implement, debug and fix backend microservices and associate logic using Java and Spring Boot

• Design, implement, debug, and fix Kafka based messaging services

• Develop and implement unit tests and tests that are part of the build environment

• Working closely with developers to improve product’s functionality

• Develop innovative solutions

• Attend developer and customer engagements meetings

• Participate in code reviews and quality assurance activities

• Participate in estimation discussions with the product team

• Assisting engineering tech lead executing leadership and management duties and responsibilities

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or an engineering discipline and at least 10 years of enterprise software engineering experience using Java and Java frameworks (i.e., Spring Boot)

• +3 years experience leading software engineering teams as a servant leader, with excellent verbal and written communications skills

• Experience in object-oriented analysis and design techniques

• Java application development experience, specifically within microservice architecture

• Experience with Spring Boot, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, GitLab, and Jenkins

• Experience designing, developing, documenting, testing, and debugging enterprise application software

• Experience with Unit/Integration Testing (Junit, SonarQube, Fortify)

• Experience using Docker containers for development and deployment

• Experience with DevOps concepts and using CI/CD pipeline technologies

• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills (both spoken and written English), while establishing and maintaining effective work relationships with team members

• Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, flexible environment, and take the initiative to learn new tools and concepts quickly.

• Experience working in an Agile software development environment using the Scrum methodology

• Must be a US Citizen due to DoD contract

• Ability to obtain a security clearance

Desired Skills

• Experience developing secure code using current security protocols to include OAuth2 and/or implementations such as OpenID Connect

• Experience with SQL commands and queries (PostgreSQL)

• Experience with GraphQL

• Experience deploying software to DoD classified systems & networks

• Experience with Space Domain Awareness (SDA) and related space operations

• Security+ Certification

• Existing TS security clearance with DCID eligibility

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Global Edge Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Global Edge Group, LLC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.