Software Engineer

Acara • Scottsdale, AZ

54d

About The Position

Acara Solutions seeks a Software Engineer for our client in Scottsdale, AZ. As a Software Engineer for the SDA GMI program, you will be an integral part of a cross-functional team developing and deploying state-of-the-art ground operational systems. Your work will directly contribute to the success and innovation of the program. Design, develop, test, and maintain software for ground-based space systems. Build and manage APIs and backend services using modern development practices. Collaborate with DevOps, security, and operations teams to deliver scalable solutions. Support cloud-based and containerized application deployments.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Systems Engineering or Science or Engineering or Technology or Mathematics with 5 years of experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with prompt engineering and AI tools to accelerate workloads.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree with 3 years of experience.
• Agile experience.
• Proficiency in Python and Java.
• Strong understanding of API design, testing, development, and management.
• Familiarity with Scaled Agile methodology and best practices.
• Knowledge of DevOps principles, including CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, automation, configuration management, and infrastructure as code.
• Experience with AWS (AWS Solutions Architect preferred), Azure.
• Familiarity with containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Understanding of security best practices, risk, compliance, vulnerability management, encryption, PKI, incident response, auditing, and monitoring.
• Strong ability to work effectively with development, operations, and security teams.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Proficient in generating documentation and sharing knowledge.
• GitLab, Nexus Managed Artifacts, Ansible, Terragrunt, ArgoCD.
• VS Code, Maven.
• AWS: EKS, EC2, Lambda, S3, EBS/EFS, VPC, DNS, IAM, KMS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail Kubernetes, Docker.
• ACAS/Grype vulnerability scanning, SIEM (Splunk), Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).
• Git, Jira, Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software for ground-based space systems.
• Build and manage APIs and backend services using modern development practices.
• Collaborate with DevOps, security, and operations teams to deliver scalable solutions.
• Support cloud-based and containerized application deployments.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees