Sr. Software Engineer - Space Force - DevOps / AWS

Acara SolutionsScottsdale, AZ

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Description

ACARA Solutions and our client in Scottsdale, AZ have a long term contract or contract-to-direct hire position available.

Senior Software / Systems Engineer (Space Force) This is an onsite position and it requires the contractor to be able to obtain a U.S. Citizen Secret clearance after start (a current active Secret clearance is a plus).

Skills :

Python / Java programming languages
Understanding of DevOps principles : Knowledge of CI / CD pipelines, GitOps, automation, configuration management, and infrastructure as code
Familiar with Scaled Agile methodology and its best practice
Security knowledge : Familiarity with security best practices, risk, compliance & vulnerability management, encryption & PKI, incident response, auditing and monitoring
Programming and scripting : Proficiency and strong knowledge in languages such as Python, Linux / UNIX, YAML, and JSON.
Cloud platforms : Experience with AWS (AWS Solutions Architect strongly preferred) and its services (including fundamental AWS networking), knowing Azure is a plus
Containerization : Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes
Strong understanding of API Design, testing, development and management
Collaboration and communication : Ability to communicate and work effectively with development team members, operations, and security teams
Problem-solving and analytical skills : Ability to identify issues and develop effective solutions
Documentation : Well versed in generating documentation and sharing important knowledge
Artificial Intelligence : Well versed in prompt engineering and utilizing popular AI tools to accelerate workload

Tools :

CI / CD tools : Gitlab, Nexus Managed Artifacts,

AWS : AWS EKS, EC2, Lambda, S3, EBS / EFS, VPC, DNS, IAM, KMS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail

Configuration management : Ansible, Terragrunt, ArgoCD

Build / Development : VS Code, Maven

Event streaming platform (nice to have) : Kafka messaging

Container orchestration : Kubernetes, Docker,

Security, Monitoring and logging : ACAS / Grype vulns scanning, SIEM (Splunk) Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)

Version control : Git

Infrastructure as Code : Terraform, CloudFormation

Collaboration : Jira, Confluence

Job Requirements Required Skills / Qualifications :

Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering or Science or Engineering or Mathematics.

Minimum of 8 years of experience in software engineering that includes the majority of the following :

Agile experience.

Python / Java programming languages

Understanding of DevOps principles : Knowledge of CI / CD pipelines, GitOps, automation, configuration management, and infrastructure as code

Familiar with Scaled Agile methodology and its best practice

Security knowledge : Familiarity with security best practices, risk, compliance & vulnerability management, encryption & PKI, incident response, auditing and monitoring

Programming and scripting : Proficiency and strong knowledge in languages such as Python, Linux / UNIX, YAML, and JSON.

Cloud platforms : Experience with AWS (AWS Solutions Architect strongly preferred) and its services (including fundamental AWS networking), knowing Azure is a plus

Containerization : Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes

Strong understanding of API Design, testing, development and management

Collaboration and communication : Ability to communicate and work effectively with development team members, operations, and security teams

Problem-solving and analytical skills : Ability to identify issues and develop effective solutions

Documentation : Well versed in generating documentation and sharing important knowledge

Artificial Intelligence : Well versed in prompt engineering and utilizing popular AI tools to accelerate workload