Software Engineer

ACQCENTRIC INC; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ACQCENTRIC INC is seeking a senior software engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency's Next Generation Software Office. The role focuses on accelerating development, integration, and delivery of secure, resilient software for complex system-of-systems environments.

Responsibilities include engineering analysis for on-demand and cloud-based software, HWIL testing, API governance, and AI tooling capabilities, with leadership across teams as needed.

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance required for access to sensitive DoD information.
• Master's degree in a STEM field with 12+ years missile defense or related DoD program experience.
• Experience designing, developing, and managing software libraries and cloud-based architectures.
• Experience in hardware-in-the-loop and cloud-based testing to support development and delivery.
• Experience in API/interface control document review and enabling software in Cloud/HWIL environments.
• Experience in AI development, tooling, and agentic operations.
• Ability to work independently, as a team member, or lead teams with engineering rigor.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and engineering analysis to support on-demand and cloud-based software development for system-of-systems integration and testing.

Skills

Active Secret clearance

DoD program experience

AI development tooling

Cloud-based software architectures

HIL/cloud testing experience

Independent / leadership capability

Education

Master's degree in STEM

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/Azure

Terraform/Ansible

Git

Job description

Description

In this role you will provide support to the Missile Defense Agency Next Generation Software Office to accelerate and modernize the development, integration, and delivery of resilient and secure Missile Defense System software.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Provide technical and engineering analysis to support development of on-demand and cloud-based software for system of system development, integration, and testing.

Requirements

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Active Secret clearance.
• Masters degree in a STEM field with 12+ years working on missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD program/project.
• Design, development, and management of software libraries and Cloud-based software architectures and requirements.
• Experience in hardware in the loop and cloud-based testing to support software development and delivery.
• Experience in management and review of application programming interfaces and interface control documentsand enabling software utilized in Cloud-based and HWIL environments.
• Experience in artificial intelligence development and tooling and agentic operations.
• Ability to works independently, as a team member, or leading teams/ tasks, applying engineering rigor to solve engineering/ scientific problems.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Cloud and Containerization: Practical experience with software containerization concepts (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure) and migrating legacy enterprise applications to cloud-native architectures.
• Agile and DevSecOps: Strong working knowledge of Agile and Lean software development principles, particularly within a secure DoW DevSecOps framework.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Knowledge of or direct experience deploying IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) to establish reproducible, auditable, and secure cloud environments.
• Experience using modern configuration management and version control platforms (e.g., Git) to enforce policy-as-code, baseline management, and compliance configurations.
• Top secret clearance or the ability to qualify for one.