Senior Software Systems Engineer (TS/SCI) – Mission-Critical

Redhorse Corporation

Chantilly (VA)

On-site

USD 230,000 - 240,000

Full time

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Job summary

Redhorse Corporation seeks a Senior Software Systems Engineer to serve as a technical authority tackling complex software and systems challenges. You will advance research, design, and deployment of data processing solutions supporting government missions.

The role requires deep expertise in low-level systems, SDLC, and modern cloud/container tech, with multi-disciplinary collaboration and mentorship of other engineers. TS/SCI with Polygraph is required.

Qualifications

  • Requires TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
  • Over 8–10+ years in software systems engineering or related field.
  • Demonstrated ability to solve unusually complex technical problems.
  • Extensive full SDLC experience including research, design, development and debugging.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a recognized technical authority for complex software and systems issues.
  • Lead research in design, development, testing, and utilization of software.
  • Design and develop applications integrating advanced mathematical solutions.
  • Collaborate with hardware engineers to plan data processing systems.
  • Determine user needs and analyze system capabilities to meet requirements.
  • Coordinate large-scale software system installations and monitor performance.

Skills

Senior software systems engineering
DoD program experience
SDLC expertise
Low-level systems programming
Cloud architectures
Containerization
GitLab
Jira
Spark / DataBricks
Mentoring senior engineers
Security clearance TS/SCI

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 10+ years OR Master’s with 8+ years

Tools

GitLab
Jira
Spark
DataBricks

Job description

Redhorse Corporation seeks a Senior Software Systems Engineer to serve as a technical authority tackling complex software and systems challenges. You will advance research, design, and deployment of data processing solutions supporting government missions.

The role requires deep expertise in low-level systems, SDLC, and modern cloud/container tech, with multi-disciplinary collaboration and mentorship of other engineers. TS/SCI with Polygraph is required.

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