Senior Software Engineer - DoD Space & Missile Warning

Delta Solutions & Strategies; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

401(k)

PTO

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Military Leave

Jury duty paid leaves

Job summary

Delta Solutions & Strategies is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to support high-fidelity missile warning training software across DoD environments at Peterson Space Force Base. The role emphasizes modernization of legacy systems, scalable solutions, and strong collaboration with stakeholders.

Qualified candidates will have 10+ years in Java/C++/C#, experience in Java EE/J2EE, REST, gRPC, SpringBoot, and messaging, plus DoD experience and US citizenship with clearance readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.

Responsibilities

• Developing and modernizing legacy missile warning software applications.
• Performing agile software development in both unclassified and classified environments applying software engineering best practices including unit testing, peer code reviews, continuous integration, and design documentation.
• Implementing scalable software solutions using Java, C++, and C#, ensuring code consistency, maintainability, and adherence to established architectural standards.
• Collaborating closely with project stakeholders to communicate project status, discuss architectural decisions, identify risks, and develop accurate schedule and effort estimates.
• Assisting with the development and maintenance of technical documentation, including software architecture diagrams, data flow diagrams, interface specifications, progress reports, and milestone deliverables.
• Engaging directly with customers to gather and refine requirements, propose innovative technical solutions, create user and system documentation, and participate in requirements and design reviews.
• Analyzing business and user requirements to translate operational needs into functional software solutions and system enhancements.
• Contributing to the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and sustainment activities.
• Other tasks as directed.

Skills

Java

C++

C#

Java EE/J2EE

REST

gRPC

SpringBoot

Messaging

Docker

Kubernetes

US Citizen

Secret Clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

WebLogic/WebSphere/JBoss

IBM MQ/JMS

Oracle database

Job description

Delta Solutions & Strategies is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to support high-fidelity missile warning training software across DoD environments at Peterson Space Force Base. The role emphasizes modernization of legacy systems, scalable solutions, and strong collaboration with stakeholders.

Qualified candidates will have 10+ years in Java/C++/C#, experience in Java EE/J2EE, REST, gRPC, SpringBoot, and messaging, plus DoD experience and US citizenship with clearance readiness.