Software Engineer

GA Telesis, LLC•Fort Lauderdale, FL

13d•Onsite

About The Position

GA Telesis is seeking a Software Engineer to design, build, integrate, and support secure enterprise applications, while providing practical technical leadership and mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers. This hands-on individual-contributor role spans modern web development, Oracle database administration, ERP technical ownership, API engineering, AI-enabled automation, production troubleshooting, and engineering standards. The position is based on-site in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and reports to the Senior Vice President and Global Chief Information Officer. The successful candidate will work in a mixed technology environment, own the Oracle database layer underpinning Quantum Control ERP, learn aviation MRO workflows, and turn complex business requirements into reliable, auditable solutions. Only U.S. citizens or permanent residents will be considered. The engineer will support business-critical applications across MRO, inventory, sales, procurement, finance, logistics, and customer-facing operations. Responsibilities include owning application lifecycles; building web experiences and reusable enterprise services; developing and administering Oracle databases and APEX applications; and serving as the technical IT owner of Quantum Control ERP. The role also includes building document extraction and workflow automation using AI and cloud services, maintaining production systems, establishing monitoring and runbooks, and partnering with stakeholders and external vendors. The position requires at least seven years of professional software development experience, including ownership of production applications and complex integrations, along with mentoring and technical design experience. A bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent relevant experience is required. Relevant professional certification is preferred or expected within the first 12 months, based on assigned responsibilities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
At least 7 years of professional software development experience, including direct ownership of production applications and complex integrations.
Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers, leading code reviews, improving engineering practices, and guiding technical design decisions.
Oracle Database administration experience covering instance management, schema and user administration, backup and recovery, tablespace management, performance monitoring, patching, and environment management.
Ability to analyze and tune Oracle database performance using AWR/ASH reports, execution plans, and index strategies.
Strong SQL and PL/SQL skills, including packages, procedures, functions, cursors, exception handling, and transactional logic.
Familiarity with Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) for building and consuming database-native REST APIs.
Hands-on experience administering or technically owning an enterprise ERP system from the IT side, such as Quantum Control, SAP, Oracle EBS, Syspro, or an equivalent system.
Ability to troubleshoot ERP application errors, manage configuration, and liaise with ERP vendors on escalated technical issues.
Experience translating business workflow requirements into ERP configuration changes, database schema updates, or stored procedure logic.
Strong JavaScript or TypeScript skills and production experience with a modern web framework such as React, Angular, or Vue.
Experience designing and consuming REST APIs with authentication, validation, versioning, error handling, logging, idempotency, and secure write-back patterns.
Experience with Git-based delivery, peer review, automated testing, and controlled promotion across development, QA, and production environments.
Proven ability to mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, technical coaching, pair programming, and structured knowledge sharing.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical decisions to technical teammates and non-technical business stakeholders.
Experience setting or contributing to engineering standards for code quality, documentation, testing, and deployment workflows.
Relevant professional certification is preferred or expected within the first 12 months, based on assigned responsibilities.
Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

Nice To Haves

Direct hands-on experience with Quantum Control ERP v12 or later from the IT side, including administration, configuration, troubleshooting, or integration development.
Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) DBA certification or equivalent demonstrable DBA experience.
Hands-on Oracle APEX development, including Page Designer, Dynamic Actions, Interactive Grids, Shared Components, APEX Office Print, ORDS, and security schemes.
Experience with Node.js/Express or a comparable service framework, connection pooling, repository/service patterns, and reusable component libraries.
Experience with Python and AI/LLM application development, including OCR, embeddings, vector search, RAG, agentic workflows, and structured document extraction.
Hands-on experience with GCP services such as BigQuery, Cloud Storage, and Vertex AI, or comparable Azure/AWS services.
Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, containers, application security, secrets management, monitoring, alerting, and release runbooks.
Knowledge of aviation, aerospace, MRO, supply chain, traceability, quality, or regulated-data environments; familiarity with airworthiness documentation such as 8130 forms, repair orders, and PMA records.
Awareness of ITAR, CMMC, NIST 800-171, auditability requirements, and data-handling controls in a defense or aerospace supplier context.
Experience modernizing legacy applications or consolidating fragmented application and API patterns into reusable enterprise services.
Prior experience as a tech lead, senior engineer, or informal team lead, including ownership of quality standards, engineering practice improvement, and junior engineer development.
Recommended certifications include Oracle Certified Professional DBA, Oracle APEX Cloud Developer Professional, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Developer or Data Engineer, Microsoft Azure Developer Associate, AWS Certified Developer, Microsoft Power Platform Developer, or security-focused credentials such as Security+.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, deploy, and support business-critical applications for MRO, inventory, sales, procurement, finance, logistics, and customer-facing operations.
Own application lifecycles from requirements through production, including documentation, error handling, and sustainable architecture.
Build maintainable user experiences using JavaScript or TypeScript and modern frameworks such as React; apply accessibility, responsive design, state management, and performance practices.
Develop secure REST APIs and service layers integrating Quantum Control ERP, Oracle databases, DocuWare, ILS, Aeroxchange, Smart145 ERP, Salesforce, and other enterprise platforms.
Design maintainable integrations with authentication, versioning, validation, idempotency, logging, and secure error handling; support read and controlled write-back workflows.
Create and optimize Oracle SQL and PL/SQL packages, procedures, functions, views, and transactional logic supporting business rules and ERP data integrity.
Administer Oracle Database instances supporting Quantum Control ERP, including instance management, users and schemas, tablespaces and storage, backup and recovery, patching, and development, QA, and production environments.
Apply least-privilege access, schema separation, controlled migrations, index strategies, execution-plan analysis, and AWR/ASH performance tuning.
Enhance and support Oracle APEX applications, including Dynamic Actions, Interactive Grids, Shared Components, security schemes, ORDS services, and APEX Office Print workflows; build new APEX pages and components as appropriate.
Serve as the technical IT owner of Quantum Control ERP by troubleshooting application errors, managing configuration, coordinating escalated issues with Quantum support, and owning ERP data integrity.
Partner with MRO, FSG, finance, and procurement teams to convert ERP workflow requirements into database schema changes, stored procedures, or configuration updates.
Document Oracle database architecture, schema design, user roles, and ERP configuration to support business continuity.
Build production-grade document extraction and workflow automation using LLM APIs, OCR, structured outputs, vector search, RAG, confidence scoring, human review, and auditable exception handling.
Design extraction pipelines for aviation records such as 8130 airworthiness certificates, repair orders, PO invoices, and parts traceability records, and write structured results into Oracle and Quantum ERP.
Collaborate with external AI delivery partners and use Google Cloud Platform services such as BigQuery, Vertex AI, and Cloud Storage to build reliable AI workflows.
Assist with adoption of Oracle AI Vector Search and Oracle 23ai generative AI features as they mature.
Troubleshoot incidents across application, API, database, and integration layers; perform root-cause analysis, improve observability, and deliver sustainable fixes.
Coordinate Oracle database patching, upgrades, and environment refreshes across development, QA, and production with IT leadership.
Establish monitoring, alerting, and runbook practices to reduce detection and resolution times.
Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, pair programming, design sessions, debugging walkthroughs, and knowledge transfer.
Set and model engineering standards for source control, branching, pull requests, testing, security, documentation, and deployment controls.
Lead technical design discussions, help evaluate architectural trade-offs, and foster engineering judgment and continuous learning.
Share knowledge of Oracle, AI/LLM, and integration patterns through documentation, internal sessions, and examples.
Provide IT leadership with input on team capabilities, skill gaps, and development priorities.
Work with business leaders, end users, vendors, infrastructure, security, and data teams to clarify requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver outcomes.
Explain technical decisions clearly to non-technical stakeholders and bridge IT and business needs.