Senior Backend/Integration Engineer — TS/SCI, AWS & AI

L3Harris Technologies; Florida; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies seeks a Lead Software Engineer (Backend/Integration) to provide technical leadership across software and infrastructure teams at Patrick Space Force Base, Melbourne, FL. The role emphasizes secure, scalable backend services, cloud deployment in AWS, and agile collaboration in a high-security environment.

The successful candidate will guide design, CI/CD, and documentation efforts, while mentoring teams and delivering mission-critical software integrations for national

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or computer engineering with 9+ years of experience; graduate degree with 7+ years; or 13 years in lieu of a degree.
• Active TS clearance with ability to obtain SCI.

Responsibilities

• Develop secure and scalable back-end services and application logic to support mission applications and workflows.
• Apply software engineering best practices across the full development lifecycle, including code reviews, automated testing, version control, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Deploy and maintain applications in AWS, ensuring scalability, security, resilience, and cost-effectiveness.
• Engage with customers daily to refine requirements and improve application functionality.
• Prepare and brief technical designs, implementation plans, roadmaps, and documentation.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation for system design, application architecture, deployment procedures, and sustainment activities.
• Support Agile software development teams and participate in Scrum ceremonies.
• Build and deploy mission applications in classified or high-security environments.
• Security+ Certification or DoD IAT Level II certification, or ability to obtain within 6 months.

Skills

Java

AWS

Docker

Linux

CI/CD

Python

REST APIs

Microservices

Security+ / DoD IAT II

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or computer engineering

Graduate degree (preferred)

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS

PostgreSQL

MySQL

DynamoDB

Git

Job description

L3Harris Technologies seeks a Lead Software Engineer (Backend/Integration) to provide technical leadership across software and infrastructure teams at Patrick Space Force Base, Melbourne, FL. The role emphasizes secure, scalable backend services, cloud deployment in AWS, and agile collaboration in a high-security environment.

The successful candidate will guide design, CI/CD, and documentation efforts, while mentoring teams and delivering mission-critical software integrations for national