Software Engineer - Developer ( Experienced or Lead)

Boeing • Seal Beach, CA

3d • $135,150 - $232,300 • Onsite

About The Position

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is hiring Experienced and Lead Software Engineers to join the Space Mission Systems (SMS) team in Chantilly, Virginia, or Seal Beach, California. The position focuses on Mission Management and Mission Planning software development, with a primary emphasis on Oracle Middleware platforms that enable application integration, API delivery, messaging, and identity and access flows. The work includes implementing, administering, monitoring, troubleshooting, and supporting middleware in on-premises and/or cloud environments.

As part of a cross-functional software team, the engineer contributes throughout the product development lifecycle, from conceptualization and development through maintenance and customer support. The team provides a collaborative mentoring environment, and the role offers opportunities to influence project outcomes. The position is expected to be 100% onsite at one of the listed locations and may require travel up to 10% of the time. Relocation is available based on eligibility. An active U.S. Top Secret/SCI clearance is required; a clearance active within the past 24 months is considered active. U.S. citizenship is required for the clearance, and U.S.-person status is required to meet export control requirements. Candidates must complete a technical assessment as part of selection.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher, or equivalent as stated in the education section.
• 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; a clearance active within the past 24 months is considered active. U.S. citizenship is required for the clearance.
• Must meet U.S. export control requirements as a U.S. Person.
• Must complete a technical assessment as part of the selection process.
• Successful candidates must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest assessment process.

Nice To Haves

• For Level 4: 9 or more years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, engineering technology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science and 5+ years of related work experience; or a bachelor's degree and 9+ years of directly related work experience; or 13+ years of related, relevant experience.
• Familiarity with test-driven development (TDD), DevSecOps, and CI/CD management.
• Experience using CI/CD tools such as 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 design, coding, and unit, integration, functional, and system testing of customer features and user stories; ensure acceptance criteria are met.
• Partner with stakeholders on system definition and review translation of system-level requirements into software requirements and models that meet customer, operational, and performance requirements, with traceability to design, code, and test artifacts.
• Review 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.
• Monitor and review test completion, verification processes, and issue resolution for software systems.
• Lead reviews of products and processes for alignment with project plans and industry standards, tracking and evaluating internal team and supplier performance.
• Install, configure, administer, and patch middleware platforms in on-premises and/or cloud environments.
• 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.

Benefits

• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Eligible employees may enroll in health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, and programs providing paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Boeing 401(k) with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 10% of eligible pay and immediate 100% vesting.
• Student Loan Match through the Boeing 401(k) for eligible enrolled U.S. employees.
• Relocation based on candidate eligibility.

What This Job Offers

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