Cloud & Sensor Systems Engineer (AWS/Kubernetes CI/CD)

Core4ce; Kentucky; On-site; USD 170,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Medical coverage

Training & certifications

Tuition assistance

Parental leave

Paid time off

Holidays

The Forge program

Job summary

Core4ce is seeking a Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership and systems engineering support across complex software, sensor, cloud, and advanced systems development efforts at WPAFB, Ohio. This role translates customer requirements into integrated technical solutions and manages the lifecycle of software capabilities.

The position emphasizes AWS, Kubernetes, cloud-native architectures, and CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical discipline.
• Active TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Poly.
• Experience in systems engineering activities including planning, requirements analysis and allocation, system integration, interface definition, verification and validation, and technical risk assessment.
• Proven ability to integrate complex, multi-faceted software systems and architectures in rigorous operational, mission, or R&D environments.
• Deep, hands-on expertise with Amazon Web Services (AWS), including cloud architecture, service design, deployment, configuration, and management.
• Strong experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, particularly Kubernetes.
• Demonstrated experience designing, managing, and optimizing Kubernetes-based CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to translate complex customer requirements into system architectures, technical plans, software specifications, and executable engineering tasks.
• Strong understanding of system-level architecture, functional analysis, requirements allocation, interface definition, trade studies, and technical integration.
• Experience supporting technical test planning, execution, characterization, verification, and validation activities.
• Ability to coordinate effectively across multidisciplinary engineering teams, customers, government stakeholders, and technical leadership.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical concepts and assessments to technical and government audiences.

Responsibilities

• Perform technical planning, systems integration, verification and validation, and cost, risk, supportability, and effectiveness analyses across the system lifecycle, from concept and design through development, test, deployment, operation, and sustainment.
• Provide comprehensive technical management and oversight for the development and integration of complex software capabilities and advanced sensor concepts.
• Translate complex customer and mission requirements into actionable technical plans, system architectures, software definitions, hardware/software specifications, and integrated solutions while balancing technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Conduct functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition activities to ensure requirements are logically and systematically transformed into effective system solutions.
• Architect, deploy, and manage cloud-based software solutions within Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments.
• Design, manage, and optimize Kubernetes-based CI/CD pipelines to support reliable, scalable, and efficient software development and deployment.
• Manage technical integration across multiple software systems, architectures, sensors, and supporting infrastructure.
• Drive technical scheduling, planning, coordination, and deconfliction of critical test and characterization activities.
• Provide technical observation, support, and assessment during specialized test events, system characterization activities, and government technical meetings.
• Develop and maintain a cohesive technical strategy across multiple integrated projects, ensuring alignment between technical plans, system requirements, deliverables, schedules, and strategic R&D objectives.
• Identify and resolve technical risks, dependencies, interfaces, and integration challenges across hardware, software, cloud, and sensor systems.
• Provide technical oversight of project execution and assess progress against requirements, architecture, test objectives, and expected system performance.
• This position is designed to be flexible, with responsibilities evolving to meet business needs and enable individual growth.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud architecture

Systems engineering

Requirements analysis

Software integration

Test & verification

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering

Job description

Core4ce is seeking a Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership and systems engineering support across complex software, sensor, cloud, and advanced systems development efforts at WPAFB, Ohio. This role translates customer requirements into integrated technical solutions and manages the lifecycle of software capabilities.

The position emphasizes AWS, Kubernetes, cloud-native architectures, and CI/CD pipelines.