Principal Software Engineer
About The Position
KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security. KBR is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to work on-site at Schriever SFB, near Colorado Springs, CO for our front range operations and sustainment effort. We liaison with an IC customer and Satellite Control Network to provide satellite support services to our mission critical customer. Our team handles real time on-orbit support, launch ascent support and End-of-Life operations for all NOPS missions. The software team works in a state-of-the-art dynamic environment to develop new containerized software and maintain existing software for different needs on the program. Why Join Us? Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions. Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace. Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.
Requirements
- Clearance: TS/SCI with a Polygraph
- Education: Undergraduate degree in computer science or related field
- Experience: 5 years of software engineering (development/coding) experience
- Experience and proficiency with Java programming language
- Knowledge with Spring Boot framework or other similar experience
- Interpersonal Skills: Ability to interface effectively with users, customers, management, and other engineering personnel
Responsibilities
- Maintain software used to establish connections for status & control of ground equipment.
- Provide Java software development.
- Perform all aspects of software engineering support required to implement systems.
- Also maintain software that handles scheduling of on-orbit contacts, and orbit calculations.
- Write software that supports launch operations with trajectory calculations for the SpaceX and ULA vendors.
- Provide support to team members primarily with Java development and utilizing the Spring Boot framework.
- Develop React-based user interfaces for operator interaction.
- Assist writing microservices that interact with a variety of vendor interfaces for data processing.
- Deploy new containerized applications in Kubernetes environments.
- Assist with new customer requests by extending and enhancing existing capabilities and creating new ones where needed.
Benefits
- KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule.
- We support career advancement through professional training and development.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
