Space Ops Senior Software Engineer (Go/K8s) - Flexible PTO

RKF Engineering Solutions, LLC (DBA Auria); Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Flex Time (contract permitting)

11 Paid Holidays/Floating Holidays

401(k) match up to 4%

Tuition & certifications support up to

Healthcare + HSA

Life insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Auria is actively seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Carlsbad, CA to design, develop, and integrate key software components for the Space Data Network-Backbone (SDN-B) Mission Operations Center (MOC). This is a contingent position based in Carlsbad, California.

The role focuses on building decision logic for resource allocation, hierarchical arbitration, and automated provisioning. 7–10 years of software engineering experience and TS clearance are strongly preferred.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years software engineering experience.
• Active TS security clearance required.
• Go experience strongly preferred; Python; backend/distributed systems; rules engines or policy engines; workflow/orchestration software; concurrency experience.

Responsibilities

• Build the decision logic that determines how SDN resources get allocated and prioritized.
• Specifically build hierarchical arbitration across Service, Regional and User precedence, along with performance at scale.
• Support automated provisioning (terminal whitelisting, IP assignment and traffic-flow pinning to regional pLEO SDN PoPs).

Skills

Go

Python

Backend systems

Rules engines

Workflow/orchestration

Concurrency

Kubernetes

API services

Network provisioning

Automated testing

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Auria is actively seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Carlsbad, CA to design, develop, and integrate key software components for the Space Data Network-Backbone (SDN-B) Mission Operations Center (MOC). This is a contingent position based in Carlsbad, California.

The role focuses on building decision logic for resource allocation, hierarchical arbitration, and automated provisioning. 7–10 years of software engineering experience and TS clearance are strongly preferred.