Software Systems Engineer
About The Position
Aether Aerospace is hiring a Software Systems Engineer as a full-time, permanent employee. The role is remote, with Boston, MA or Dayton, OH preferred. The engineer provides analysis, design, development, and integration across hardware, software, human-machine interfaces, system requirements, and functional objectives to deliver integrated solutions that account for practicality, regulation, and cost. The position also involves system administration, software maintenance, system testing, data integrity, and supporting Authorization to Operate (ATO) efforts. The role requires an active Secret clearance and extensive relevant professional experience.
Requirements
- Active Secret clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 10–12 years of cumulative relevant professional experience, including experience with the specified technologies and responsibilities.
- Security+ CE certification or another IAT Level II or III certification.
- Hands-on systems administration in Linux environments, at an RHCE-equivalent level.
- Keycloak integration experience.
- Experience with DevOps, AWS, and Terraform.
- Ability to secure systems by following STIGs, best practices, and government or compliance requirements, including NIST 800-53, NIST 800-27, NIST 800-137, FISMA, and FedRAMP, and to work with information assurance personnel on effective solutions.
- Customer interaction experience, including presenting, answering questions, and proactively resolving issues.
- Experience creating and analyzing Ansible, Bash, YAML, and Python scripts.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with IT security concepts and implementations.
- Experience implementing, managing, and configuring AWS.
- Experience enhancing data protection and compliance, such as with OpenSSL, Keystores, Azure Key Vault, and ciphers.
- Experience with log management, network firewalls, and testing, including tracing service or application failures through logs and CLI-based tools.
- Experience researching, analyzing, documenting, and presenting Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) for key product solutions.
- Experience with Agile/Kanban and GitOps.
Responsibilities
- Analyze, design, develop, and integrate hardware, software, human-machine interfaces, system-level requirements, and functional objectives into integrated solutions while considering practicality, regulation, and cost.
- Develop integrated system test requirements, strategies, devices, and systems.
- Install software releases and system upgrades, evaluate and install patches, and resolve software-related problems.
- Perform system backups and recovery.
- Maintain data files and monitor system configuration to ensure data integrity.
- Apply expertise across key tasks and high-impact assignments.
- Plan and lead major assignments.
- Evaluate performance results and recommend major changes affecting short-term project growth and success.
- Support ATO efforts by generating documents and gathering system artifacts.
- Function as an expert across multiple project assignments.
- May supervise others.
Benefits
- Health and wellness programs.
- Income protection.
- Paid leave.
- Retirement and savings benefits.
- Learning and development opportunities.
- Benefits options designed to support employees and their families.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
