Senior Software Engineer – DoD Space & SATCOM Systems

ENSCO, Inc.; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

ENSCO, Inc. seeks a Senior Software Engineer to collaborate with Government mission leaders and program teams on a critical space mission capability.

You will provide SE&I leadership for secure software applications and act as the Government’s technical integrator across multiple DoD product teams. You will define mission use cases, system constraints, and integration priorities, while developing interface requirements, ICDs, and IRS.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, systems engineering, or related discipline.
• 5 years of experience in software systems engineering or software integration, including defining requirements and leading integration across teams.
• Demonstrated experience in software systems engineering, including requirements decomposition, architecture definition, interface specifications, verification strategy, and integration oversight.
• Strong understanding of secure software development lifecycle, secure design principles, and embedding security requirements early in the lifecycle.
• Experience with service oriented architectures, microservices, and designing/assessing secure APIs and data interfaces.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity processes relevant to DoD delivery, including RMF awareness and ATO supporting technical artifacts.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering analysis and SE&I leadership for secure software applications supporting DoD mission planning and operations.
• Serve as the Government’s technical integrator across PTS G software elements, ensuring interoperability, data flow, and operational alignment.
• Lead Government coordination with prime contractors and stakeholders to define mission use cases, system constraints, and integration priorities within governed DoD environments.
• Develop, refine, and manage software and interface requirements for prime contractors, including interface definitions and data exchange constraints.
• Produce and maintain Government artifacts such as ICDs and IRS, with verified traceability.
• Plan and oversee software integration into restricted DoD environments, including air gapped and classified deployments.

Skills

Secure integration

DoD collaboration

Software systems engineering

Requirements decomposition

Architecture definition

Interface specifications

Verification strategy

Cross-domain data

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE/Systems

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Jira

Confluence

Job description

ENSCO, Inc. seeks a Senior Software Engineer to collaborate with Government mission leaders and program teams on a critical space mission capability.

You will provide SE&I leadership for secure software applications and act as the Government’s technical integrator across multiple DoD product teams. You will define mission use cases, system constraints, and integration priorities, while developing interface requirements, ICDs, and IRS.