Senior Defense Software Engineer – Cloud, AI & DoD

Socket.dev; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Valkyrie Enterprises in Huntsville, AL is seeking an Advanced Software Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency Next Generation Software Office, accelerating and modernizing software for system-of-systems in cloud and HWIL environments.

The role requires a Master’s degree in a STEM field with 12+ years on missile defense or large DoD programs, experience with cloud testing, APIs and IC documents, and tooling for AI and agentic operations, with leadership potential.

Qualifications

• Must have a Master’s degree in a STEM field with at least 12+ years working on missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD program/project.
• Must have experience in hardware in the loop and cloud-based testing to support software development and delivery.
• Must have experience in management and review of application programming interfaces and interface control documents and enabling software utilized in Cloud-based and HWIL environments.
• Must have experience in artificial intelligence development and tooling and agentic operations.
• Must hae the ability to work independently, as a team member, or leading teams/ tasks, applying engineering rigor to solve engineering/ scientific problems.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and engineering analysis to support development of on-demand and cloud-based software for system-of-systems development, integration, and testing.
• Design, development, and management of software libraries and Cloud-based software architectures and requirements.

Skills

Security clearance

Education

Master's degree in STEM

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Git

Job description

Valkyrie Enterprises in Huntsville, AL is seeking an Advanced Software Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency Next Generation Software Office, accelerating and modernizing software for system-of-systems in cloud and HWIL environments.

The role requires a Master’s degree in a STEM field with 12+ years on missile defense or large DoD programs, experience with cloud testing, APIs and IC documents, and tooling for AI and agentic operations, with leadership potential.