Senior Cloud Software Engineer – Secret Clearance (DoD)

Apex Tk Llc; Huntsville (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Tk Llc in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Software Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency's Next Generation Software Office. You will contribute to the development, integration, and delivery of resilient DoD software in cloud-based environments.

The role requires active Secret clearance, a STEM Master's with extensive missile defense experience, and proven ability to design, implement, and test cloud architectures, AI tooling, and secure pipelines.

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance or ability to qualify for one.
• Master's degree in STEM with 12+ years missile defense or DoD program experience.
• 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 API interfaces and enabling software in Cloud/HWIL environments.
• Experience in AI development and tooling and agentic operations.
• Ability to work independently, as a team member, or lead teams/tasks, applying engineering rigor to solve problems.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Active Secret clearance

Cloud-based architectures

AI development tooling

HWIL/cloud testing

APIs/interfaces

Education

Master's degree in STEM

12+ years DoD missile defense experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Apex Tk Llc in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Software Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency's Next Generation Software Office. You will contribute to the development, integration, and delivery of resilient DoD software in cloud-based environments.

The role requires active Secret clearance, a STEM Master's with extensive missile defense experience, and proven ability to design, implement, and test cloud architectures, AI tooling, and secure pipelines.