Senior Defense Systems Engineer – Remote

Aether Aerospace; United States; Remote; USD 99,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness programs

Income protection

Paid leave and retirement and savings

Job summary

Aether Aerospace is seeking a senior systems professional to join a Defense Technology platform. The role focuses on analysis, design, and integration of hardware, software, and system-level requirements to deliver secure, compliant solutions for national security customers.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree with 10–12 years of relevant experience, hands-on Linux, Keycloak, DevOps, AWS, and Terraform skills, plus experience with compliance and IA processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; 10–12 years of relevant professional experience.
• Security+ CE Certification (or IAT Level II/III) is required.
• Hands-on Linux systems administration (RHCE equivalence).
• Keycloak Integration experience.
• DevOps, AWS, Terraform experience.
• Follows STIGs and NIST/FEDRAMP compliance; IA coordination.
• Customer interactions and issue resolution experience.
• Experience creating/analyzing Ansible, Bash, YAML and Python scripts.

Responsibilities

• Provide analysis, design, development, and integration of hardware, software, human-machine interfaces, and system requirements to deliver integrated solutions.
• Develop integrated system test requirements, strategies, devices, and systems.
• Install software, apply patches, and resolve software issues.
• Perform system backups and recovery; maintain data integrity.
• Plan and lead major assignments; supervise others if needed.
• Assist with ATO efforts by generating documents and artifacts.
• Evaluate performance and recommend changes for project growth.

Skills

Security+ CE Certification

Linux Systems Administration

DevOps

Customer interactions

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

Keycloak Integration

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

Bash

YAML

Job description

Aether Aerospace is seeking a senior systems professional to join a Defense Technology platform. The role focuses on analysis, design, and integration of hardware, software, and system-level requirements to deliver secure, compliant solutions for national security customers.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree with 10–12 years of relevant experience, hands-on Linux, Keycloak, DevOps, AWS, and Terraform skills, plus experience with compliance and IA processes.