Remote Defense Software Systems Engineer

Aether Aerospace; Dayton (OH); Remote; USD 99,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness programs

Income protection

Paid leave

Retirement and savings

Job summary

Aether Aerospace is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to join our Defense Technology platform. You will analyze, design, and integrate hardware, software, and HMI solutions, delivering integrated results within cost and regulatory constraints, for DoD customers in a remote-first role with occasional on-site visits.

You will lead system test planning, implement patches, backups, and data integrity tasks, and collaborate across teams to meet performance goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with 10–12 years of related experience.
• Hands-on Linux system administration (RHCE equivalence).
• Experience with Keycloak integration.
• DevOps experience with AWS and Terraform.
• Familiar with STIGs, NIST/FEDRAMP, and IA compliance.
• Proven customer interaction and issue resolution skills.
• Experience scripting with Ansible, Bash, YAML, and Python.

Responsibilities

• Provide analysis, design, development, and integration of hardware, software, human-machine interfaces, and all system level requirements and objectives.
• Develop integrated system test requirements, strategies, devices, and systems.
• Install new software releases, system upgrades, evaluating and installing patches and resolving software issues.
• Perform system backups and recovery.
• Maintain data files and monitor system configuration to ensure data integrity.
• Possesses and applies expertise across key tasks and high impact assignments.
• Plans and leads major assignments.
• Evaluates performance results and recommends major changes for project growth.
• Support ATO efforts by generating documents and gathering system artifacts.
• Functions as an expert across multiple project assignments.
• May supervise others.

Skills

Security+ CE Certification

Linux system administration

Keycloak integration

DevOps & AWS

STIGs & NIST/FEDRAMP compliance

Customer interactions

Ansible/Bash/Python scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

AWS

OpenSSL

Azure Key Vault

Job description

Aether Aerospace is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to join our Defense Technology platform. You will analyze, design, and integrate hardware, software, and HMI solutions, delivering integrated results within cost and regulatory constraints, for DoD customers in a remote-first role with occasional on-site visits.

You will lead system test planning, implement patches, backups, and data integrity tasks, and collaborate across teams to meet performance goals.