Senior Software Engineer III — Cloud, Microservices & SCI

ASD; Redondo Beach (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ASD seeks an Engineer Software 3 to support the Western Region Software Engineering department in a 100% on-site SCIF role in Redondo Beach, CA. The position focuses on ground software development and Operations & Maintenance contracts.

You will design, develop, test, and review software in C++, Java, and Python, contribute to cloud-native architectures, and collaborate with systems engineers and product owners to deliver reliable, scalable solutions while adhering to security and DevSecOps

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree; 10 years with a Master's; 8 years with a PhD; 4 years may substitute for a degree.
• Distributed systems experience in Linux environments and git.
• Proficiency in C++ with strong Python/Java skills.
• Active TS or SCI security clearance is required or achievable within a reasonable time.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications and systems; collaborates with systems engineers for data processing in satellite ground systems software.
• Define architecture for containerized, cloud-deployed mission planning system and maintain technical roadmap.
• Collaborate with product owners and engineers to refine requirements into scalable designs and define non-functional requirements.
• Review implementations in Java, Python, and C++ for standards compliance.
• Establish architectural standards, patterns and best practices (microservices vs modular monolith, APIs, event-driven).
• Support CI/CD pipeline design, automated testing, and DevSecOps for cloud deployments.
• Perform design and code reviews focusing on reliability and maintainability.
• Participate in risk identification and mitigation related to architecture choices.
• Demonstrate strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with Kafka or other asynchronous communication protocols.

Skills

Advanced object-oriented programming

Python programming

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

C++

Java

Python

Linux

Git

Kafka

Job description

ASD seeks an Engineer Software 3 to support the Western Region Software Engineering department in a 100% on-site SCIF role in Redondo Beach, CA. The position focuses on ground software development and Operations & Maintenance contracts.

You will design, develop, test, and review software in C++, Java, and Python, contribute to cloud-native architectures, and collaborate with systems engineers and product owners to deliver reliable, scalable solutions while adhering to security and DevSecOps