Principal Advance Software Engineer

engineeringjobs.net, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Indie is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency NGSO and accelerate secure software development, integration, and delivery for system-of-systems projects.

The role is on-site in Huntsville, AL, requiring leadership in cloud-based architectures, AI tooling, and secure DevSecOps practices across teams.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in a STEM field with 12 years working on missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD program/project.
• Design, development, and management of software libraries and Cloud-based software architectures and requirements.
• Experience in hardware in the loop and cloud-based testing to support software development and delivery.
• Experience in management and review of APIs and interface control documents and enabling software in Cloud-based and HWIL environments.
• Experience in AI development and tooling and agentic operations.
• Ability to work independently, as a team member, or lead teams/tasks with engineering rigor.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and engineering analysis to support development of on-demand and cloud-based software for system of system development, integration, and testing.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Cloud computing

Containerization

Agile methodologies

DevSecOps

Team leadership

Independent work

Education

Master's degree in STEM

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Job description

Mount Indie is hiring a Principal Software Engineer to join our team! In this role you will provide support to the Missile Defense Agency Next Generation Software Office to accelerate and modernize the development, integration, and delivery of resilient and secure Missile Defense System software.

This is an on-site position in Huntsville, AL.

Position Duties:

• Provide technical and engineering analysis to support development of on-demand and cloud-based software for system of system development, integration, and testing.
• Other duties as assigned

Position Required:

• Active Secret clearance.
• Masters degree in a STEM field with 12 years working on missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD program/project.
• Design, development, and management of software libraries and Cloud-based software architectures and requirements.
• Experience in hardware in the loop and cloud-based testing to support software development and delivery.
• Experience in management and review of application programming interfaces and interface control documents and enabling software utilized in Cloud-based and HWIL environments.
• Experience in artificial intelligence development and tooling and agentic operations.
• Ability to works independently, as a team member, or leading teams/ tasks, applying engineering rigor to solve engineering/ scientific problems.

Position Desired:

• Cloud and Containerization: Practical experience with software containerization concepts (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure) and migrating legacy enterprise applications to cloud-native architectures.
• Agile and DevSecOps: Strong working knowledge of Agile and Lean software development principles, particularly within a secure DoW DevSecOps framework.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Knowledge of or direct experience deploying IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) to establish reproducible, auditable, and secure cloud environments.
• Experience using modern configuration management and version control platforms (e.g., Git) to enforce policy-as-code, baseline management, and compliance configurations.
• Top secret clearance or the ability to qualify for one.