Software Engineer - Developer ( Experienced or Lead)

Boeing • Chantilly, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Boeing Company’s Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) organization is hiring Experienced and Lead Software Engineers for the Space Mission Systems (SMS) team in Chantilly, Virginia, or Seal Beach, California. The role focuses on Mission Management and Mission Planning software development, with a primary emphasis on Oracle Middleware: implementing, administering, monitoring, and troubleshooting middleware platforms that enable application integration, API delivery, messaging, and identity/access flows. The engineer participates in the entire product development lifecycle, from conceptualization and development through maintenance and customer support, and works with commercial, government, and proprietary customers. The team offers a collaborative mentoring environment and opportunities to influence project outcomes.

This position is expected to be 100% onsite at one of the listed locations. Travel may be required up to 10% of the time. Relocation is available based on candidate eligibility. The position requires an active U.S. Top Secret/SCI security clearance and U.S. citizenship, and candidates must satisfy the company’s Conflict of Interest assessment process. The role is not contingent upon a program award. Applicants must complete a technical assessment as part of the selection process. Boeing will not sponsor employment visas.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• Experience with message-oriented middleware such as ActiveMQ, Redis, or Kafka.
• Experience administering complex infrastructure and software development systems.
• Experience administering and troubleshooting Java application servers such as WebLogic, WebSphere, or JBoss.
• Active U.S. Top Secret/SCI security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required. A clearance active within the past 24 months is considered active.
• Successful completion of the company’s Conflict of Interest assessment process.
• Ability to meet U.S. export-control compliance requirements as a U.S. Person.
• Candidates must complete the required technical assessment to remain under consideration.

Nice To Haves

• For Level 4: 9 or more years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• A Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, engineering technology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science and 5 or more years of related work experience; or a bachelor’s degree and 9 or more years of directly related work experience; or 13 or more years of related, relevant experience.
• Familiarity with test-driven development (TDD), DevSecOps, and CI/CD management.
• Experience using Jenkins or GitLab CI to automate build, test, and deployment processes.
• Experience in API management, including API security policies and rate limiting.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift.
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI and messaging/API services.
• Experience writing and executing unit, integration, and system test cases to verify software functionality and performance against specifications.
• Experience with systems engineering or software development on space-based or ground-based systems.
• Adjudicated CI Polygraph before starting.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning of software development tasks, including detailed software design, coding, and unit, integration, functional, and system testing of customer features and user stories, ensuring acceptance criteria are met.
• Partner with stakeholders to inform system definition and review the translation of system-level requirements into software requirements and models that meet customer, operational, and performance needs, with traceability to design, code, and test artifacts.
• Review completion of software system-level analyses to identify risks, issues, and opportunities, and lead integration and deployment of lifecycle mitigation actions.
• Lead code reviews to ensure alignment with requirements and standards.
• Lead monitoring and review of test completion, verification processes, and software-system issue resolution.
• Lead reviews of products and processes for alignment with project plans and industry standards by tracking and evaluating internal team and supplier performance.
• Install, configure, administer, and patch middleware platforms, on-premises and/or in the cloud.
• Diagnose end-to-end integration issues across applications, middleware, and network layers.
• Assist development teams with deployment packaging, configuration, and connectivity.
• Tune middleware settings and analyze thread dumps, heap usage, logs, and connection pools.
• Support CI/CD pipelines for middleware components.
• Containerize middleware components where appropriate and support deployments.
• Participate in the product lifecycle from conceptualization and development through maintenance and customer support.

Benefits

• Eligible employees may enroll in benefit programs that generally include health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, and paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Boeing 401(k) plan with dollar-for-dollar matching contributions up to 10% of eligible pay, with immediate 100% vesting.
• Student Loan Match: eligible enrolled U.S. employees may have qualified student loan payments counted, along with match-eligible contributions, when determining the company match to their Boeing 401(k) accounts.
• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Relocation based on candidate eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level