Software Evaluation Engineer (Mid-Level): Sandbox to Enterprise

Trideum; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Medical, dental, vision

401k matching

Paid leave

Education assistance

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Trideum Corporation in Huntsville, AL seeks a hands-on Software Evaluation Engineer to support AMC CTO and modernization efforts. You will stand up a cloud sandbox, evaluate candidate technologies, and drive them from sandbox to pilot to enterprise while documenting findings and ensuring security.

This role blends integration, evaluation, and rapid prioritization in a dynamic, mission-focused environment. The position requires strong technical writing and direct collaboration with senior

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software or Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience standing up, integrating, and operating software and cloud environments — sandboxes, pilot programs, or enterprise integration efforts.
• Hands-on depth in cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP), containers, CI/CD and DevSecOps tooling, API integration, infrastructure-as-code, and IdAM.
• Proven ability to conduct rigorous technical evaluations and to assess cybersecurity risk and architectural fit in emerging software and hardware solutions.

Responsibilities

• Stand up and operate a controlled, virtualized sandbox to safely evaluate technology concepts from industry, academia, and internal teams before they touch the operational network.
• Define and run a repeatable technical evaluation framework assessing operational feasibility, cybersecurity risk, and architectural fit, with clear transition gates from sandbox to pilot to broader enterprise adoption or termination.
• Execute hands-on evaluations: stand up candidate applications and capabilities, integrate them via APIs, exercise them against realistic synthetic or sanitized data, and document findings.
• Define selection criteria and success measures for technology programs, in concert with the Analytics Engineer's metrics and the Enterprise Architect's roadmap.
• Lead the technical onboarding and transition of successful technology programs into sustained enterprise environments.
• Support the transition of technologies to the Chief Information Office when appropriate.
• Define security and access models for testing environments, including procedures for handling synthetic or sanitized data during evaluations.
• Produce technical evaluation reports and findings that feed decision products.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Containers

CI/CD tooling

DevSecOps tooling

API integration

Infrastructure as code

IdAM

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

RMF/ATO exposure

Job description

Trideum Corporation in Huntsville, AL seeks a hands-on Software Evaluation Engineer to support AMC CTO and modernization efforts. You will stand up a cloud sandbox, evaluate candidate technologies, and drive them from sandbox to pilot to enterprise while documenting findings and ensuring security.

This role blends integration, evaluation, and rapid prioritization in a dynamic, mission-focused environment. The position requires strong technical writing and direct collaboration with senior