Software Systems Engineer

Aether Aerospace•Dayton, OH

5d•Remote

About The Position

Aether Aerospace is seeking a Software Systems Engineer to provide analysis, design, development, and integration of hardware, software, human-machine interfaces, system-level requirements, and functional objectives. The role develops integrated system test requirements, strategies, devices, and systems; installs software releases and system upgrades; evaluates and installs patches; resolves software-related problems; performs system backups and recovery; and maintains data files and system configuration to ensure data integrity. The engineer applies expertise to key tasks and high-impact assignments, plans and leads major assignments, evaluates performance results, and recommends significant changes affecting project growth and success. The position supports Authority to Operate (ATO) efforts by generating documents and gathering system artifacts, functions as an expert across multiple project assignments, and may supervise others. The role is a full-time, permanent position and is remote, with Boston, Massachusetts or Dayton, Ohio preferred locations.

Requirements

Active Secret clearance.
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
10–12 years of cumulative relevant professional experience, including experience with the listed technologies and responsibilities.
Security+ CE certification or another IAT Level II or III certification.
Hands-on systems administration experience in Linux environments, equivalent to RHCE.
Experience with Keycloak integration, DevOps, AWS, and Terraform.
Experience securing systems in accordance with STIGs, best practices, and government or compliance requirements, including NIST 800-53, NIST 800-27, NIST 800-137, FISMA, and FedRAMP.
Ability to negotiate and work with IA personnel to arrive at sensible and effective solutions.
Experience interacting with customers, 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 with enhanced data protection and compliance tools and concepts, such as OpenSSL, keystores, Azure Key Vault, and ciphers.
Experience with log management, network firewalls, and testing, including identifying root causes of service or application failures using 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 practical, regulatory, and cost constraints.
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 and potentially supervise others.