Senior Software Engineer

Aireon•Mclean, VA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Aireon deployed the world’s first global space-based air traffic surveillance system, providing real-time aircraft monitoring capabilities around the world, including over the poles, over the oceans and in remote areas. Aireon data enables safer, more efficient and more environmentally friendly aviation travel, resulting in significant CO2 emission reductions. More than 20 Air Navigation Service Providers representing more than 40 countries – including NAV CANADA, NATS (UK), Air Traffic and Navigation Services (South Africa), Airports Authority of India (AAI), and ASECNA (Africa) -- rely on Aireon data to navigate aircraft in their airspaces. We are committed to offering an employment experience and benefits package that enables you and your family to grow with us and to share in our success. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle which includes estimating, technical design, implementation/development, documentation, testing, deployment, and production operations support of Aireon’s integrated product applications developed for our external and internal customers. As a member working in a team environment, you will take direction from the Product Engineering Lead and/or the Product Engineering Director on development and production operations activities. Aireon is certified to provide surveillance as a service to global customers in a safety-critical industry. This role is essential to the delivery of this service and will be required to reach and maintain an acceptable standard of competency. Aireon will provide initial and ongoing training to support competency standards. This is measured through assessment that is renewable annually.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in MIS, computer science, math, engineering, or comparable major
Passionate developer with 5 years of application development and testing experience
At least 7 years of demonstrable programming/testing experience in C#, .NET, and PowerShell scripting
Experience RESTful APIs and microservices in containerized environments
Experience using Microsoft’s Azure Cloud to create and deploy applications
Working knowledge of geospatial data solutions
Eligible to obtain SF-85P Public Trust clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service on Linux clusters
Experience with Azure DevOps as a collaboration tool
Experience with Azure Pipelines CI/CD
Hold an active Microsoft Azure certification
Experience using AI coding tools such as Github Copilot

Responsibilities

Participate in technical planning & requirements gathering phases including design, code, test, troubleshoot, and document software applications
Ensure that technical software development process is followed on the project according to internal and industry best practices for software development and operational support
Document and present design documents for project approval
Develop and perform unit and integration testing and document results
Perform peer code reviews
Define measures and KPI’s
Utilize key components of Aireon’s cloud ecosystem for the integrated products we launch and operate
Perform analysis and troubleshooting of processing errors and data inconsistencies and provide solutions
Understand Data Flows and Common Data Model
Participate in daily scrum meetings and weekly status meetings to provide a status report of work in progress or accomplished, as well as issues encountered
Track and maintain task activities using Azure DevOps tool
Support implementation of CI/CD pipelines and test automation, as well as automate operational procedures (DevOps)
Create and maintain technical documentation following Aireon’s policies and procedures for software engineering
Adapt and work with team members of various experience levels and locations