Lead, Software Engineer (DevOps Engineer)
About The Position
Join L3Harris and the ATLAS team to build and operate mission-critical backend and deployment capabilities supporting the U.S. Space Force. This role combines modern backend development with hands-on DevOps responsibilities to ensure services run reliably across multiple environments. Using Java, Spring Boot, SQL, and Kubernetes, the Lead, Software Engineer designs, develops, deploys, and sustains high-impact services for the Advanced Tracking & Launch Analysis System, enabling operators to make better decisions in a space mission environment. The position offers national security impact, technical collaboration, and the opportunity to support both operational software and tooling used in real-world missions. The role is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with a 9/80 schedule: employees work 9 out of every 14 days, totaling 80 hours, with every other Friday off. The position requires a U.S. Secret security clearance, which the employee must hold or be able to obtain and maintain.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience; or a graduate degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
- Strong hands-on experience developing backend microservices and APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and SQL.
- Experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting distributed applications, including concurrent processing, service coordination, and data consistency.
- Hands-on experience deploying and managing Kubernetes-based applications, including deployment automation, workload isolation, resource configuration, and troubleshooting.
- Experience developing data initialization, provisioning, or lifecycle-management capabilities for training, simulation, testing, or comparable multi-instance environments.
- Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, and application configuration management.
- Experience collaborating across application development, platform administration, DevOps, and integration teams.
- Experience working in Linux and Windows Server environments.
- Must hold or be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with simulation-time control, state checkpointing and restoration, event replay, or reproducible scenario execution.
- Familiarity with concurrency control, event ordering, idempotency, and distributed state management.
- Experience with Kubernetes virtual clusters, such as vCluster, or comparable multi-tenant isolation technologies.
- Experience with Helm, Kubernetes operators, custom resource definitions, infrastructure as code, or GitOps.
- Experience implementing application and infrastructure observability, including logging, metrics, and tracing.
- Experience with GraphQL APIs or similar data-querying technologies.
- Background in space operations, Space Domain Awareness (SDA), or orbital modeling and simulation.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and sustain backend microservices and APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and SQL to support operational and training capabilities.
- Develop services supporting concurrent training scenarios, including execution coordination, scenario-data management, and lifecycle operations.
- Collaborate with application and systems architects to implement scenario-time control, state capture and restoration, and replay across distributed services.
- Design and implement Kubernetes deployment and orchestration solutions for concurrent training environments, including automated provisioning, workload isolation, and resource management.
- Evaluate and integrate virtual-cluster technologies with the Platform Services Administration team to meet isolation, scalability, security, and operational requirements.
- Collaborate with platform, DevOps, and integration teams to establish service interfaces, deployment automation, configuration practices, and integration testing.
- Develop automated tests and observability capabilities to validate application functionality, scenario-data integrity, and deployment reliability.
- Troubleshoot and optimize backend services, database interactions, and Kubernetes workloads across development, test, staging, and operational environments.
- Work with systems engineers, front-end developers, testers, and mission operators to deliver reliable, resilient capabilities.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Disability insurance
- 401(k) match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Education assistance
- Parental leave
- Paid time off
- Company-paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
