Senior Specialist, Software Engineer 1

L3Harris Technologies•Tulsa, OK

19h

About The Position

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a highly motivated AWS Development Engineer to design, build, deploy, and support scalable cloud-based applications and infrastructure on Amazon Web Services. The role focuses on cloud-native development, infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software engineering practices. The engineer will work closely with software developers, DevOps and MLOps engineers, security teams, and product stakeholders to deliver reliable and secure cloud solutions. The position is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and follows a 9/80 schedule: employees work nine of every 14 days for a total of 80 hours, with every other Friday off. L3Harris describes itself as an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator delivering solutions across space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains. The company reports approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 47,000 employees, serving customers in more than 100 countries. Its stated culture emphasizes inclusion, employee growth, work-life success, community commitment, and excellence.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior relevant experience; or a graduate degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
Experience developing cloud-native applications and automating cloud infrastructure.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern software engineering practices.

Nice To Haves

AWS certification such as AWS Certified Developer, Solutions Architect, or DevOps Engineer.
Hands-on experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, and Route 53.
Experience with serverless architectures and event-driven design.
Knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
Full-stack development experience.
Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Datadog.
Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
Understanding of cost optimization and performance tuning in AWS environments.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain scalable applications and services on AWS.
Build and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform.
Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment processes related to cloud deployments, working with the existing DevOps and MLOps team to mature cloud workflows.
Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to support system reliability and performance.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define cloud architecture and best practices.
Integrate security, compliance, and governance standards into AWS solutions.
Troubleshoot and resolve issues involving application deployment, cloud infrastructure, and system performance.
Support containerized workloads using Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or ECS.
Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and technical planning sessions.
Evaluate and adopt new AWS services and cloud engineering practices.